Time's Arrow

[YellowSubmarine]

It seems pretty plausible that such would be the case, just as this would remain the same in new movie timeline as well

Troll idea: Cast a new actor to play Bell in randomly shown archival footage. Let us spend a few years arguing whether he's Sisko or not, and whether he is going to appear in a tribble story in the next film. Then reveal that's a different Bell.