As part of the WWE Draft , Chris Benoit was drafted from SmackDown ! to ECW . In his debut on the ECW brand , Benoit teamed up with CM Punk in a tag team match against Elijah Burke and Marcus Cor Von , in which Benoit and Punk won . On the June 19 episode of '' ECW '' , an ECW qualifying match was held in which it would determine the opponents for Vengeance for the vacant ECW title . The first qualifying match saw Benoit defeat Elijah Burke by submission and thus for advancing to the Vengeance finals . That same night , CM Punk went on to defeat Marcus Cor Von to advanced to the finals . At Vengeance , Benoit was replaced by Johnny Nitro , after he withdrew from the match for " personal reasons " . At the event , Nitro defeated Punk to win the vacant ECW title
personal reasons
Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide
One Night Stand (2007)