Weasel of the Week: Jon Bravo

For weeks now, independent filmmaker Jon Bravo has claimed to have evidence that linked WWE wrestlers, particularly Roman Reigns, to a Miami doctor named Richard Rodriguez who dealt in steroids. Now, you'd think Reigns, with one Wellness violation already on his chart, would steer clear of fools like Rodriguez to begin with, and maybe he has, we don't know. Bravo also name-drops actors Channing Tatum & Mark Wahlberg and other wrestlers, past & present, including Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kevin Nash, the latter of whom co-starred with Tatum in the "Magic Mike" movies.

Late Friday night, Bravo dropped this video on YouTube:



The video is also available on Figure Four Weekly & The Wrestling Observer Newsletter's shared website, which is where I obtained the embed code. In Dave Meltzer's article on the subject, Bravo is quoted as saying he was rushed by thousands to get the video out. I'm not so sure about that. To me, and to, I'm sure, millions of others, Bravo is nothing more than a lone whistle-blower in the wilderness looking for his 15 minutes of fame at the expense of other, more famous people. In truth, if he took more time to get his facts straight instead of fanning the flames of idle speculation (and panic in WWE), people might look at this more seriously.

I've not reviewed the film, nor do I intend to. I see a guy desperate to make his name in films coming across as being as sharp as a broken razor, or, to be more precise, his animated namesake, 1990's Cartoon Network dimwit Johnny Bravo. However, Jon Bravo isn't getting a Dunce Cap. He gets the even more dreaded Weasel ears instead for his ongoing campaign of misinformation. It is this video that had WWE thinking of retooling its main event for next month's Wrestlemania in the event there was hard evidence against Roman Reigns.

The bottom line? Smoke & mirrors don't create evidence. Hall of Famer Scott Hall said it best back in the 90's. Don't just sing it. Bring it. Bravo didn't do either.