As previously reported on ECW.com, Paul Heyman was left ECW shortly after the poorly received December To Dismember Pay Per View.

The long-time creative force and face of ECW was technically the head writer of ECW, but like all of his peers he answered to and was edited by Vince McMahon. It has been reported that Vince McMahon had always either somewhat or heavily editing Heyman’s scripts for ECW TV. The PPV on Sunday was said to be a collaborative effort, however it was heavily edited by McMahon even more than usual.

It has been rumblings that several wrestlers were aware of Heyman’s original plans for the Elimination Chamber match, but were given different plans from McMahon. Vince McMahon was seemingly behind several changes, including Sabu being removed from the match, as well as CM Punk and RVD being eliminated so early, potentially to force the crowd to cheer for the eventual winner Bobby Lashley. 

Interestingly it is thought that Paul Heyman had scripted CM Punk to be eliminated first in the extreme elimination chamber, but it was Vince McMahon’s call to basically bury him in the match.

During the evening McMahon appeared to be satisfied with the results, but by the next day he was said to have realised how bad it was and that’s when the blame game begun. After a backstage meeting lead by Vince and Stephanie Mcmahon, Heyman left the arena without saying goodbye or announcing what happened to anyone. He immediately went to the airport and flew home.
Reports suggest that Paul Heyman has not been fired, he is still under a WWE contract, at least a short term contract extension. It is unknown if his release will still be worked on, or if Vince McMahon will be dealing with it once he returns from Iraq.
David Lagana will be taking over as the new head of ECW creative. Lagana was formerly part of Smackdown creative before being placed on the ECW staff early in the year. It is believed that Legana’s initial move to the New ECW was as a fall-back option in case Paul Heyman ever fell out of the picture. Heyman did write last week’s ECW on Sci Fi show, so this week’s episode will be the first under Dave Lagana as head writer.