Didn't the downfall coincide with Jim Cornette's increased involvement with the WWF?

From what I heard, one of the major factors was the money man either backed out or cut his funding amount.
 
SMW was profitable from what I understand. But there are others on here who could say more confidently than I.
 
A lot of talent was gone but they were still drawing just not as much as in the heydays of SMW.
 
I think even with some of the guys gone, the fact that they "moved up" was a selling factor of SMW that they produced talent that could make it in the bigs.

Cornette got more and more involved with WWF. It was a great territory!

The unfortunate thing was, it couldn't hold on for one more year when the boom period started.  I mean, the promotion thrived in the down time of 92-94!  If Cornette and company could have held out until early '96, they would have probably been fine as a company.  Of course, when all the talent started being gobbled up by the big 2, they would have went through some setbacks.  A lot of good talent came through when it was in operation.  And with the increased popularity of wrestling overall, some of the older names could have stayed relevant for a few more years in SMW.  Towards the end, Buddy Landel and Tommy Rich were still going strong in SMW.  How many others could have also?  They introduced a lot of players to the general conciesnes of fans in general.  A few of the guys that gained their first fame in SMW were Bull Buchanon, D-Lo Brown, The Gangstas, Bob Holly, Chris Candido, Sunny, Jericho and Lance Storm (fame in America anyway), Kane, Road Dog, Jimmy Del Ray, and Balls Mahoney.  And SMW took guys who were well known in the territories and helped them finally break into the big 2 like Robert Fuller (Col. Robert Parker), Jimmy Golden (Bunkhouse Buck), Al Snow, Bruise Brothers (Skull & 8 Ball), and Tom Pritchard.  It's just a shame that it ended when it did.  But, there are always the memories.
 
John McAdam had a great collection of footage that I bought from him some years ago that covered all the major angles and events in SMW from the beginning.  I have the first four volumes that went from 92- part of 93.  If you can find copies of those, they are well worth whatever you have to give up to get them.