No Evidence Against WWE's Roman Reigns In Jon Bravo's Video On Steroid Distribution

"If you come on here and make a statement, you better be prepared to back it up with evidence," growls Jon Bravo at the start of his long-awaited and much-publicised 'documentary' peering into steroid distribution within the sports-slash-entertainment industry.

It's a threat he'd have done well to heed himself. After weeks of hyping, both implicitly and explicitly, that WWE superstar Roman Reigns would be concretely implicated by the film, not one scrap of proof surfaced substantiating the claim. Not a sausage. Not even a cocktail one.

Reigns' name was mentioned several times throughout the 21-minute long video - which largely comprised of a moodily-lit Bravo talking on the phone in splendidly laundered white shirt - but at no point did the filmmaker provide anything firm linking him back to Wellness Fitness Nutrition dealer Richard Rodriguez.

Text messages with namesake and possible future canonical dad Matt 'Luther Reigns' Wiese were shown. Even if it was a case of mistaken identity, these SMS missives are nothing like solid confirmation in Wiese's case.

The video repeatedly teased that evidence would finally be made available after the Drug Enforcement Administration have concluded their investigations. It's hard to take these claims seriously at this point, given the whole package has been sold in the most pro-wrestling way imaginable.

Ironically for a case involving recreational drugs, it seems where there's smoke, there isn't fire.

Another name heavily mentioned in the build-up to Bravo's film going public was A-list action star Mark Wahlberg. Bravo persisted with his claims that Wahlberg had ordered substances through an unnamed doctor, but couldn't even show supposed text messages on account of the devices being confiscated by the DEA.

Many other wrestlers' names were baselessly dropped throughout the documentary, amongst them The Rock, Brock Lesnar, John Cena, The Ultimate Warrior, and Steve Austyn. No, that's not a typo. Kevin Nash was also indirectly referenced through allegations that a certain 'Steve Nash' sought the juice whilst filming gigolo-'em'up Magic Mike.

In every case, the basis for such claims was nothing but chatter.

Overall, the entire documentary was essentially 21-minutes of complete hot air, appropriate enough given the promotional bluster used to sell it. Anyone can iron a £5 Primark t-shirt, turn the contrast down on the camera, and sit there making random accusations over the phone. As Bravo himself attested, without proof, it's utterly meaningless. And not a little libelous.

Understandably, the film has drawn criticism for being such guff. In the YouTube comments, Bravo was typically defiant, blaming being "rushed by 1000s" for the video's copious errors. He further re-stated that "their is EVIDENCE on Reigns" - and yes, that spelling mistake was his. Clearly he was rushed by 1000s to make his response as well.

Bravo concluded that he will be "taking some time away from youtube." Presumably to count whatever advertising dollars he earned from this elaborate sham.