Missing a PPV where you are slated to win a Championship Belt (ECW) is even huger (is huger a word? lets just say really, really, really, f'n huge)... not to mention that he was slated to carry the ECW francise for a rumored long run...
Yes, I agree. I don’t doubt that was the excuse he gave for cutting out on a PPV (and as you note, a big one for him), but that may not be based in reality at all. Wait and see.