>>5648340First of all, I'm not even all convinced Tony does "booking", it looks very much like he lets the top talent run the show. He might have some input and draw the general guidelines like who he wants to have belts and fighting but I don't think he would so one note to play with few toys out of hundreds he owns-
Yet guys like Bucks are in the same repetitive feuds, prancing into angles and top matches like they own the show with the least effort possible.
Everyone probably shows him respect and pats his ideas in the back but generally weasel out of everything to get their way and do the things with the least effort required, like make shitty blog promos. This is how the "sportslike presentation" completely fell apart when top guys actually didn't like to work so hard.
But The Owen Hart tournament as an idea is good, I like that there has been more than one fresh pairing. Dax and Cash being one, Reilly doing a solo match. Its just something fresh to see and the only pretense needed is that they need to win a trophy of sorts and not some furniture store match death match over some drama.