I have my doubts. They were booking Hennig as the heel for screwing Lex over but Lex was a terrible baby face which is why the Lex Express crashed and burned. I mean the guy got a giant push but they pulled the plug on him because he wasn't likeable or personable and failed to connect with the fans. I think they would have been better off having Yoko squash him, give him some time off, maybe repackage him and give him a feud with a bigger star like Taker.
Hennig was a great worker but I don't know that he could have pulled Lex to that level, especially since he'd been injured for a number of years by then.