I had the benefit of flying a stall package in a Q400 simulator recently and was pleasantly surprised by a number of observations.
Left to its own devices, in level flight with the AP engaged, power levers at flight idle, the shaker will activate followed by the pusher as you would expect. If you simply do nothing at this point, the AP will auto disconnect and the aircraft will settle into a gentle descent - with the shaker tripping on & off as you go on down.
If you add power to this equation, and nothing else - the aircraft will gently start to climb and bank to the left.
Adding a sharp pull back, increasing the g-loading only succeeds in destroying the last of the wing lift. I can only imagine what a reduction in wing flap at this moment would do to any potential recovery.