I think the E's braintrust's plan along along was to destroy the ECW legacy which would help destroy both the "extreme" movement in wrestling and the indie outfits that were starting to crop up.

Benoit was a trainwreck. The concussions, the roids, Eddie dying, the ref whose name escapes me dying, the myriad of daily shit piling up that we'll never know about.

Apparently the Briscoes turned down the E to stay with ROH. The ROH community is nicely up in arms over the whole thing.