I agree about the whole tommy ryan murder is confusing n the answer to what really happend would clear up alot (we will never know the real truth). Because legend has it Gambino had him killed over a unpaid debt from a drug deal. If the Genovese let another boss kill their acting boss or underboss than they were not more powerful. Also, the genovese was once the family of luciano the man who arranged everything, so u would think his family would be the strongest n with all of costello's connections. So with all of that being passed down to the next administration its hard to see them getting passed up. But empires do fall just like the Taylor street crew of the chicago outfit did. I just cant see them being replaced by the gambinos. Plus chin n gaspipe had gotti n gravano on the run after the murder of big paul. But all the experts say the gambinos were the most powerful especially during Carlo's reign