I ve always held that Eric Embry holds as much responsibility as any other single person for the collapse of Dallas as a wrestling town. Embry made himself as the lead babyface and put himself over the best and the baddest that was available. The fans didn t buy into Embry, and they stopped buying tickets. I was at the Spring Stampede PPV, along with about 14,000 other folks, who came to see what was going to happen in the culmination of Week 1 in the Bischoff - Russo era. It s rare that a company would have the chance to completely re-define everything.
Professional wrestling is a linear business.
Angles take fans from Point A to Point B to Point C, and typically, that history is kept. The pecking order can be completely reset if they choose to. There is no history in their mind. There is, however, still that fans remembrance of points A, B and C, and all the years of history that preceded everything to this point. A good booker will pay attention to what the fans want.