Commenting to ESPN via attorney Edward Brennan, Wight confirmed that the dinner did take place. However, the AEW performer categorically denied being involved in the doping ring.

“Paul never took any PEDs from [Jorge Valazquez] or anyone else,” Brennan said. “He is as clean as you can be. More importantly, he would never take any PEDs because of his underlying medical condition.” The medical condition Wight suffers from is an endocrine system disorder that would make PEDs dangerous for the performer, according to Brennan.

The use of steroids or PEDs in professional wrestling is nothing new. Vince McMahon infamously went to trial for allegedly distributing steroids to wrestlers in his promotion in the early 1990s, but McMahon was acquitted on all counts.

When all was said and done, the Biogenesis scandal resulted in more than a dozen MLB players receiving suspensions and left a permanent stain on the career of Alex Rodriguez. As for Wight, while he was with WWE at the time of the investigation, the 51-year-old is currently signed to AEW. Wight has stated that he made the move from WWE to AEW because he wanted to challenge himself and avoid complacency.