Val Venis - Was he as good as Rick Rude?

[Heyman]

Originally Posted by Funky Fly 4. The midcard needs to go back to its sort of 2 tiered system during the attitude era. Owen Hart and Ken Shamrock were not maineventers. That's not really up for debate. The fact is, they weren't. But they clearly weren't your run of the mill midcarders either. These guys feuded with maineventers on the regular and were used to catapult guys like The Rock and HHH to the main event scene.

Few things:

1) Excellent overall post.

2) I'll concede that Shamrock wasn't really main-event material...given his lack of charisma. Owen Hart however, was generating spectacular heat...and was way over with the fans. DX, Austin, and even The Rock (former members of The Nation) all could have had potential axes to grind with Owen. Owen could have and would have been a tremendous main-eventer in my opinion. He had the charisma and he had the wrestling ability.

However - given how deep the roster was at the time, perhaps this was not realistic (and in that sense, perhaps you are right).