Tough to say.
E showed up right as the PR was being turned off, an odd coincidence. Yet, he often attacked Taylor. Also Taylor called ManinFl to scold him for his bashing on RB. He certainly wouldn't have done that if he were paying E. The more free bashing the better. So perhaps not.
All I know is he was "Captain of the ship" so to speak. IMO, he knew IPXes was a joke and was going to be sprung. He knew that the rally from the revenue announcments was going to be massive. He knew they would never be followed up on. And, he's not an idiot.
So are we the victims of mystery man ML, or are we victims of the man with the plan?
ML didn't run off to Canada leaving us with our c*ck's in our hands.