10 Precise Moments Wrestling Bookers Lost Their Minds

The hope, as it pertains to Tony Khan, is that he is man of diverse tastes.

He isn't bound to one fixed philosophy. Vince McMahon likes colossal babyfaces who sell, sell and sell. Antonio Inoki prized legitimacy to a quite absurd and damaging degree by the end. Tony Khan, a hardcore tape trader who likes the best of everything, won't walk into a familiar and stubborn trap. Burnout is the one ominous sign that things might be going awry; if nothing else, Khan won't burden his audience with a singular style of wrestling that has exhausted them.

This was the fate of Gabe Sapolsky, who was removed from the position of Ring Of Honor booker in October 2008.

He was incredible in his prime. He transformed the wrestling landscape under the foot of the monopoly, who (very reluctantly) incorporated the talent he helped build. The problem - and let's put this "precise moment" somewhere near the 10,000th day of Nigel McGuinness' great if very overlong title reign - is that Gabe thought the solution to the issue was more issues. Business declined between 2007 and 2008 because his penchant for strong style strike battles and near-fall excess became tiresome to the point of parody.

It's almost no wonder that he linked up with NXT subsequently.