Did Mark Henry win the ECW title this week because of recent racial statement made by Michael Hayes?

None other than celebrity gossip website TMZ poses this question, claiming that various WWE sources have said that The World's Strongest Man" would never have been in line for a championship belt if the racial controversy didn't exist.

In April, the company suspended writer Michael Hayes for 60 days for telling Henry: "I'm more n***** than you are." On Sunday, at Night of Champions (one week after Hayes was reinstated) the twelve-year WWE veteran and former Olympian finally got his big moment by winning the company's ECW world title.

WWE officials did not return TMZ's phone call on the issue. What's our take on it?

We almost hope this is true. The alternative would be that writers think Henry's in-ring work is actually deserving of a title - and that's even scarier!