i love this 
The only decent angle i remember with Dusty was when Dustin was attacked in the crowd by Dibiase & Virgil, leading onto their tag battle at that years RR (?), which somehow managed to work its way into the Hennig / KVE angle. If i remember correctly KVE saved Dustin from a beat down because they had slated Texans before assaulting Dustin, & Dibiase then arranged to be a special guest ring announcer (forgive me for any inaccuracies, i was 9 years old lol).
Dibiase ultimately costing KVE the IC title devestated me, "Did you hear that? And NEW in-ter-con-tin-en-tal champion, MR PERFECT AHAHAHAHAHAHA".
Yeah, but it worked out...especially after Kerry did not
(as I-C champ).I've given some thought to why KVE never really got over in the Fed, but could never come up with any kind of substantial conclusion.
However, starting with Hennig, we saw a string of incredible workers who restored prestige to the Intercontinental belt, and even elevated it beyond what it had ever seen.
Hennig, Bret, Shawn, Davey, etc... for quite a number of years, the best mat-workers in the company traded that belt.
Had Steamboat not pissed off the wrong people, I suspect he would have remained a strong player in that mix, as well.
