Here's the thing with Taz.
He was "The Human Wrecking Machine" in ECW, because most of the wrestlers in ECW were as small, or smaller than him. It was completely believable that this guy who was built solid, but was maybe 5 and a half feet legit, was able to throw everyone around and dominate the shit out of them.
Tazz is a perfect example of Heyman's genius when it came to hiding their weaknesses, accentuating their strengths, and getting them over.
Once he left ECW though and went to the WWE? This "Wrecking Machine" was no longer that believable when staring face to chest with pretty much everyone.
Once he didn't have Heyman booking for him, he didn't enjoy a lot of success inside the ring.
Owen, for everyone that likes to say he's just overrated because of how he died, actually ends up getting underrated because it gets lost exactly how good he was in the ring.
Owen's big fault was always that he wasn't a mark for either himself or the business, and he simply saw it as a job where he could make enough money to provide his family a good life, and retire young enough to enjoy that life with them. Which is really the sad irony of Owen Hart.
Had he wanted more professionally than that... he could have got it. He was as good in the ring as anyone of his time. Better than most in fact. I would actually try arguing that he was a better wrestler than Bret, but I don`t feel like getting inundated with match results and titles won.
Owen spent his career in the mid-card/upper mid-card out of choice, so he won't go too far in a tournament like this as a result. He would definitely go over a guy who was only mid card/lower mid card when working on the same stage as him... and who wasn't there out of choice, but because of his own limitations.
Owen beats Tazz easily here... and probably after making you believe that a normal bag of popcorn was the ultimate hardcore weapon.