yea but a lot of people were bouncing back-n-forth between heel & face in WCW during that time period.
darn near all the major names were in the NWO at one point as well.
why does bret hart have to be an exception? he just didn't have the juice.
they hyped up his debut appearances & debut matches. crowd just wasn't into him.
gave him the world title(I think multiple times)…..still nothing.
but it came back around full circle via the bret hart debate.
further proof that the grass isn't always greener on the other side and it might be too crowded for you over there.
same thing with the street profits thinking they got enough juice to hang in AEW's tag division.they better stay where theyre at.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think you are incorrect. Its just that Bret was in a very unique place in real life and the industry that had never happened before. He might not have singlehandedly saved WCW but he could have been a tideturner. All he really had to do was come out as legit face and star, instead of the side character/ref position they gave him and immediately cut a promo how he beat all the top stars in WWF already.
But WCW was juggling so many irons, I think they were doomed to fail. both WCW and WWF seem to do more with less because when there are only 30-40 talents like in the Attitude Era, everyone has a position on the card vs. now when you have tons of guys who only make appearances once a month.
But overall I agree with your assessment.
