Question: why do you think Vince wouldn't go with Piper-Steamboat as a stopgap, buying time for him to find a Hogan-type babybace who either could feud with Hogan when he returned, or take over for Hogan if necessary:



* Hacksaw Duggan, at this time working for Jim Watts in Mid-South Wrestling



* Kerry Von Erich, working for World Class in Texas



*Randy Savage, feuding with Jerry Lawler in Memphis.



(Maybe it's because those are the only options outside the WWF that McMahon thinks Steamboat-Piper 'might work')



What I'm interested in here, is what makes McMahon change his booking philosophy, and his change in mindset if this is to become the "Era of the Dragon".



The last post implied that Steamboat saw a golden opportunity for himself and took the time to sell the Piper match to McMahon. It also implies him going all-out to sell himself in the build-up and pay-off of the feud, as the top face in the company, hence the Rise of the Dragon.

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