Wally was a natural progression being that he was the sidekick for years, unlike Connor and Kyle which were either shoehorned in or had no connection to the character at all.
I loved the early issues of the new Flash book when it launched after the Legends mini, as Wally was all about tradition by sticking with the classic costume etc, but was a completely different person with his cockier, less mature attitude.
Barry was great in his day, but Wally superceded him and made Barry unecessary to be brought back.
I also think, unlike Hal, there were rarely any calls to bring Barry back from the fans.
Fans accepted he was dead, and died heroically, and I think they wanted it to stay that way for respect!
