Funny you mention Sting because he was basically the heir apparent to TA. Even funnier, he was squandered just like TA in his first few years. Instead of a Flair/Sting 60 minute draw at the first Clash(which was competing with Wrestlemania), Sting should have won the title.
One other massive mistake was not truly capitalizing on Steamboat. Dude was red hot after WMIII, and while he did beat Flair, it was not a long title reign and was simply an angle to draw in a Flair feud with Funk, which was brief. They brought in Steamboat for a classic feud with Flair knowing the end game was a one month feud with Funk? Were these dipshits on dope?
Crockett(and then Turner) simply did not know how to run this organization without Flair at the top, and it cost them dearly.
Need I remind anyone of the years without Flair when we were subjected to a Ron Simmons world title reign?
The pieces should have already been put in place YEARS earlier to live comfortably in a post Flair era without dragging the bottom of the roster into the world title picture.
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