Lucchese also probably wouldnt of lived very long, because Bonanno, who had Maranzanos ear and tugged on his coattails wasnt at all fond of Lucchese. You think Maranzano would've just stopped at Luciano? Ask yourself what Lucchese would've stood to gain from ratting out Maranzanono to Luciano, why didn't he just keep his mouth shut if the definitive explanation is the result would have been so positive for Lucchese? The fact that Maranzano was threatened by Luciano, to the point where he supposedly had his name at the top of a hit list, after Luciano got rid of Masseria and effectively became the head of that family, I think shows who was more influential and powerful of the two at that time (Luciano & Lucchese).

You've given Luciano way too much discredit these last few threads. He didnt invent the Five Families, he wasnt this supreme being. But at the same time, he was already ahead a lot of his counterparts and didnt NEED Lucchese or anyone else other than his immediate allies to get as far as he did prior to Maranzano's death.