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Val Venis
Venis in 2010
Birth nameSean Allen Morley
Born(1971-03-06)March 6, 1971(age 53)[1][2]
Oakville, Ontario,Canada[2]
Children2
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[4]
Billed weight244 lb (111 kg)[4]
Billed fromLas Vegas,Nevada[5]
Trained by
Debut1994[2][5]
RetiredApril 2019

Sean Allen Morley[1](born March 6, 1971),[2][5]better known by hisring nameVal Venis,is a Canadian retiredprofessional wrestler.He is best known for his tenure inWorld Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment(WWF/WWE) from 1998 to 2009. He has also worked forConsejo Mundial de Lucha LibreandTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling.

During his career in WWF/WWE, Venis held theIntercontinental Championshiptwice,[6]theEuropean Championshiponce,[7]and theWorld Tag Team ChampionshiponcewithLance Storm.[8]As the maskedSteele,he was the youngest person to win theCMLL World Heavyweight Championship.

Professional wrestling career

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Training and early career (1994–1998)

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He began his wrestling training in the early 1990s under the tutelage of Jason andDewey "The Missing Link" Robertsonand debuted on the Canadianindependent circuitbefore making his way to the international circuit, finding work withAll Japan Pro Wrestling(AJPW) inJapan,Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre(CMLL),Promo Azteca,International Wrestling Revolution Group(IWRG) inMexico,International Wrestling Association(IWA) andWorld Wrestling Council(WWC) inPuerto Ricowhere he was one half of a tag team known as the Canadian Glamour Boys withShane Sewellthey were two timeWWC World Tag Team Champions.[5]In Japan, he was known as Sean Morgan as the name Morley was difficult to pronounce due to the lack of phonetic differences between the L and R inJapanese.In Mexico, he adopted a robot-likemaskandgimmick,changed his name to Steele, and won theCMLL World Heavyweight Championship.[9]

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (1998-2009)

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European Champion; Intercontinental Champion (1998–2000)

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Morley was signed to theWorld Wrestling Federation(WWF) in 1998 and given the gimmick of an adult movie star named "Val Venis". The night afterWrestleMania XIV,on the March 30 episode ofRaw is War,vignettesstarted to air that showcased Venis' lifestyle on and off the set.[10]The most notable of these aired on May 4 and featured Venis with prominent real-life porn starJenna Jameson.[5][11][12]During this time he worked in dark matches while building up for his debut.

He debuted on the May 18, 1998 episode ofRaw,defeatingScorpio.[3][5][13]Almost immediately, he was involved in ananglewith theKaientaistable,involving him having an affair with Yamaguchi-San'skayfabewife, Shian-Li Tsang. As a result, the members of Kaientai had a series of unsuccessful matches against him.[3][5]Venis made hispay-per-viewdebut atFully Loaded: In Your House,defeatingJeff Jarrett.[5][14]On the August 3 episode ofRaw,his tag team partnerTaka Michinokuwould eventually betray him, which led to him and Kaientai tying Venis up backstage where Yamaguchi-San attempted tocastratehim with a sword.[15]

The next week, however, he reported that he was saved by "a littleshrinkage"and help from his friend,John Wayne Bobbitt.[16]He then challenged the four Japanese wrestlers to a match, which they accepted under the conditions that it must be agauntlet match,meaning that Venis would have to fight all four of them individually in one match. The match ended with Michinoku executing theMichinoku Driveron Venis and getting the three-count, ending his undefeated streak.[5][13]The feud ended a week later, after Venis fought Michinoku to a no contest.[5][13]

Venis in 1999.

After feuding with Kaientai, Venis got his first title shot in the WWF atSummerSlam 1998againstEuropean ChampionD'Lo Brownfor his championship. Venis wasdisqualifiedand as a result, Brown retained the title.[5][17]Venis got involved in a storyline where he slept with other people's wives. He started a feud withDustin Runnels,on the September 14 episode ofRawwhen Venis showed Runnels his new porn movie, featuring Venis in bed with Dustin's wife,Terri Runnels.She then became his on-screen girlfriend.[18]This culminated in a match atBreakdown: In Your House,which Venis won.[5][19]On the October 12 episode ofRaw,Venis participated in a tournament for theIntercontinental Championship,defeatingMarc Meroin the first round before losing in the semifinals toKen Shamrock.[5]On the same night, Runnels returned to his Goldust gimmick.[20]Venis continued his feud with Goldust, with Goldust gaining a victory atJudgment Day: In Your House.[5][21]The two faced each other again atCapital Carnage,and Val went on to win the match, to end the feud.[5][22]When Terri said she was pregnant, Val dumped her.[23]

At the end of the year, he formed a short lived tag team withThe Godfather,unofficially dubbed "Supply and Demand".[5]They began teaming on the December 7 episode ofRawagainstThe Acolytes.[5][13]Their team only lasted a week, including a match againstMark Henryand D'Lo Brown atRock Bottom: In Your House,[5][24]and a match againstthe Brood.[5][13]atRoyal Rumble,Venis competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated byTriple H,On the February 1, 1999 episode ofRaw,he started a feud with Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock after Venis made a film starring him and Shamrock'skayfabesisterRyancalledSaving Ryan's Privates.[3][5]AtSt. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House,Venis defeated Shamrock with the help ofspecial guest refereeBilly Gunnto win the Intercontinental Championship.[3][5][25][26]The next night onRaw,Venis defended the title against Gunn and retained the title.[27]

A few days later, he broke up with Ryan and eventually lost the Intercontinental Title toRoad Doggafter only a one-month reign as champion.[3][5][27]Venis began a feud with Road Dogg and made hisWrestleManiadebut atWrestleMania XV,where he challenged for the Intercontinental title in aFour Corners Elimination matchwhich also included Ken Shamrock and Goldust. Venis failed to win the match.[5][28]Throughout the rest of the year, he found himself having "woman troubles" withNicole Bass,[29]Chyna,[30]andDebra.[31][32]AtOver the Edge,Venis and Nicole Bass defeated Jeff Jarrett and Debra, Venis reunited with the Godfather and they began challenging for the Tag Team titles. on the May 24 episode ofRaw,Venis was defeated byThe Rockin the main event. Venis then entered the 1999 King of the Ring tournament but was eliminated in the first round byChyna.On the July 12 episode ofRaw,Venis and The Godfather faced theHardy Boyzfor the titles, but the Hardy Boyz retained the titles by getting disqualified.[5][27]Venis and the Godfather started a feud withDrozandAlbert.The next week onRaw,Venis and Godfather, Droz and Albert, and the Acolytes challenged the Hardys to a fatal four-way elimination tag team match for the titles, where the Hardys went on to retain the titles.[5][27]

He started a feud withSteve Blackmanand defeated him atUnforgiven.[5][33]His next feud was with Mark Henry, whom he beat atRebellion.[34]He engaged in feuds with severalmain eventersincludingThe Rock,[5][35]Mankind,[5][35][36]andSteve Austin.[5][35]on the October 21 episode ofSmackDown!,Venis faced Stone Cold Steve Austin in the main event where he lost. AtNo Mercy,Venis facedMankindin a winning effort. In late 1999, Venis started a feud with European ChampionThe British Bulldogover the title. AtSurvivor Series,Venis teamed up with Mark Henry,Gangrel,and Steve Blackman to face the British Bulldog and theMean Street Possewith his team winning the match.[5][37]

Venis atKing of the RingwithTrish Stratusin 2000.

AtArmageddon,Venis pinned the British Bulldog in atriple threat matchwith D-Lo Brown to win theWWF European Championship.[3][5][38][39]At theRoyal Rumble,Venis competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated byKane.On the February 10, 2000 episode ofSmackDown!,hedroppedthe European Title toKurt Angle,ending his two-month reign.[5][40]Around this time, Morley largely disappeared from WWF television programming until mid-May, due to a legitimate neck injury which limited his mobility.[41]

AtKing of the Ringin 2000, Venis participated in the King of the Ring tournament where he defeatedEddie Guerreroin the Quarter-Finals but was defeated byRikishiin the semi-finals.[42]This culminated in a feud between Venis and Rikishi which led to Venisturningheelby aligning himself withTrish Stratus.On the July 6, 2000 episode of Smackdown, he defeated Rikishi to win his second Intercontinental Championship,[3][5][40][43]and aligned himself withTestand Albert. Venis and Rikishi continued their rivalry as Venis defended the title in a rematch atFully Loaded.The match was notable for seeing Venis take asplashfrom Rikishi from the top of a 15-foot highsteel cageand still going on to defeat Rikishi to retain the title.[43][44]Soon after, Venis began sporting a new look that included a haircut, white boots and trunks - and the near total disposal of the porn star gimmick. AtSummerSlam,Stratus inadvertently lost Venis' Intercontinental title to Chyna in amixed tag team matchinvolving the pair against the team of Chyna andEddie Guerrero.[5][45]

Right to Censor (2000–2001)

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Main article:Right to Censor

Shortly after, Venis underwent a complete change in persona and became a member of theRight to Censor(RTC) stable.[5][46]Venis joined RTC after being abducted byBull Buchananand The Goodfather.[46]He became acensorship-based character, directly contrasting with his previouslyprovocativeon-screen character. Of this change, Morley said in an interview that "the porn star gimmick and storylines kind of overshadowed my work," and that he wanted a more serious persona to better highlight his in-ring abilities and move towards being one of the WWF's top heels.[41]Morley has gone on record saying, the RTC character was his least favorite character, since he lost the core of his previous character and it was hard to wrestle wearing a tie and t-shirt.[47]RTC feuded with the Acolytes and theDudley Boyz,culminating in an eight-man tag team match atUnforgiven,which RTC won.[48]On the October 12 episode ofSmackDown!,Venis got a shot at theWWF ChampionshipagainstThe Rockbut failed to win the title. AtNo Mercy,Venis teamed up with Steven Richards to face Chyna andMr. Ass.After interference from Eddie Guerrero, RTC picked up the win.[49]On the November 6 episode ofRaw,Venis lost to The Undertaker. On the November 23 episode ofSmackDown!,Venis defeated K-Kwik. Venis started a feud with Chyna, culminating in a match atArmageddonwhich Venis won.[50]At theRoyal Rumble,Venis competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated byThe Undertaker.

AtWrestleMania X-Seven,RTC facedTazzand theAPAin a six-man tag match which RTC lost.[46][51]The next night onRaw,he faced Kane for theHardcore Championshipbut lost the match.[5][52]On the April 26 episode ofSmackDown!,RTC faced The Undertaker in a 4 on 1 handicap match where the other members of the group walked out on Steven Richards. Venis stayed in RTC until they disbanded right before theInvasionstoryline, feuding with Chyna and "The One" Billy Gunn during his tenure with the group. When RTC broke up in June and the Invasion began in July, Venis disappeared from WWF television while recovering from surgery on his hip to removebone spursfrom his motorcycle racing days. After recovering, he was kept off television along with several other wrestlers, for whom WWFbookerscould not come up with any storylines. Instead, he worked in WWF's developmental territoryHeartland Wrestling Associationin late 2001.

The Big Valbowski (2002)

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Venis returned to action back in his old gimmick, at the2002 Royal Rumble,where he entered at #20 in the Royal Rumble match but was shortly after eliminated by Steve Austin.[5][53]OnRawhe had two very short feuds with Stone Cold Steve Austin andMr. Perfectbefore beingdraftedtoSmackDown!during thebrand extension.

OnSmackDown!,he began calling himself "The Big Valbowski" and he aligned himself withbabyfacesEdge,[5]Randy Orton,[5]Billy Kidman,[5]andHardcore Holly[5]and feuded withChris Jericho,Deacon Batista,andReverend D-Von.

In June, Venis competed in the2002 King of the Ringtournament. He defeatedChristianin the first round, then lost to Chris Jericho in the quarterfinals.

Morley was sidelined with alegitimateneck injury and laceration in late July, after gym equipment fell on him inCanada.[5]He returned to wrestlingSmackDown!dark matchesin September, and made his last televised appearance as Val Venis on October 26 atRebellion,where he teamed withChuck Palumboin a loss to Reverend D-Von andRon Simmons.[5]

Chief of Staff; World Tag Team Champion (2002–2003)

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He returned to television on the November 18 episode onRawunder his real name, Sean Morley. He was appointed Raw "Chief of Staff" by RawGeneral Manager,Eric Bischoff,turning heel once again by acting as Bischoff's assistant and going by Chief Morley.[5][54]Morley began a feud with the Dudley Boyz in March 2003. On the March 24, 2003 episode ofRaw,he officially became one half of theWorld Tag Team ChampionswithLance Stormafter Storm's partner,William Regal,was sidelined with an illness.[5][55][56]Storm and Morley successfully defended the World Tag Team Championship on the episode ofHeatprior toWrestleMania XIXatSafeco FieldagainstRob Van DamandKanewith help from the Dudley Boyz,[5][57]only to lose them to Kane and Van Dam the next night.[5][58]

Late WWE career (2003–2009)

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Morley (as Val Venis) in 2006.
Venis (right) wrestling againstDaivariin 2007.
Venis executing anelbow dropin 2007.

Morley was "fired" from his assistant job by Bischoff after he lost a match toJerry "The King" Lawlerin whichJim Ross' job was on the line.[5][59]He was quickly "rehired" by co-General Manager, Stone Cold Steve Austin. After returning as Val Venis, he participated in abattle royalatJudgment Dayfor the vacant Intercontinental Championship, won byChristian.[5][60]Throughout mid-2003, 2004, and the first half of 2005, Venis became a face again, but did not get much in the way of apush.Venis began wrestling as a mid-carder onHeatand on the September 14, 2003 episode ofHeat,he faced Christian in another match for the Intercontinental Championship, which Christian won.[5][61]

He reformed his previous tag team with Lance Storm as faces, but the partnership faded and Venis became utilized mainly as a "jobber to the stars".AtArmageddon,Venis and Storm competed in a Tag Team Turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship which was won by Batista and Ric Flair.[5]In 2005, he started shaving his headbald.He defeatedRing of Honorwrestler and futureWWE ChampionCM Punkin Punk's first WWE tryout match on May 9, 2005,[62]which led to CM Punk getting a contract and being sent to developmental. On the January 2 episode ofHeat,Venis lost toRic Flairin the main event of the night.

AtWrestleMania 21,Venis competed in a 30-man Interpromotional battle royal which was won byBooker T.In the summer of 2005 he formed another team, V-Squared, withViscera.[5]While wrestling onHeat,theysquasheda number of other tag teams including the World Tag Team ChampionsLance Cade and Trevor Murdochin a non-title match.[5][63]On the December 5 episode ofRaw,V-Squared participated in a fatal four-way match for the World Tag Team Championship, including the championsBig Show and Kane,The Heart Throbs,andSnitskyandTyson Tomkobut were defeated.[5][64]Venis and Viscera continued to team in 2006, getting another shot atBig Show and Kane's titles, while occasionally having solo matches.[5][65]In March 2006, Venis suffered a kayfabe injury at the hands of theSpirit Squadwhich allowed him to take time off forlegitimateelbow surgery, during which about a dozen more bone spurs were removed, six others were shaved down, and a nerve was transplanted.[5][66]

While he was out, Viscera began teaming withCharlie Haas,leaving Venis to team with Snitsky upon his return in a team that didn't last long.[5]Venis began a feud withEugeneonHeatwhen Eugene interrupted and attacked him during a "Kiss Cam" segment on December 4.[5][67]On the following episode ofHeat,Venis and Eugene had a match which Eugene won.[5][68]On the December 18 episode ofRaw,Val participated in a #1 contender's battle royal, won by Edge.[5][69]In February 2007, WWE.com launched a new broadband network giving fans an opportunity to access free videos, and Venis was given his own show calledSex-U.[70]The show would see Venis and a special guest offering love tips to the viewing audience.[70][71]Sex-Uwas the most popular show in the first three months of the new broadband network and its four episodes were streamed more than 800,000 times.[72]No new episodes were made after this and the show was removed from WWE.com without reason shortly afterwards.[73]On the March 19, 2007 episode ofRaw,he participated in aMoney in the Bankqualifying battle royal, won byEdge.[5][74]

In late 2007, he began a feud withSantino Marella.During the feud, Marella gave Venis a sneak attack, causing him an injury.[5][75]The two had a match on the October 15 episode ofRaw,which Marella won.[5][76]On the February 18, 2008 episode ofRaw,he lost toMr. Kennedyin a Money in the Bank qualifying match.[5][77]On the March 25 episode ofECW on Sci Fi,he participated in a twelve-on-twelve tag team match involving all the participants of the battle royal.[5][78]AtWrestleMania XXIV,he participated in a pre-show number one contender's battle royal, with the winner facingECW ChampionChavo Guerrerolater that night. Kane went on to win the battle royal. On the April 7 episode ofRaw,Venis fell toUmaga.On the April 14 tapings forHeat,he lost his last WWE match to Snitsky. Morley spent the rest of 2008 out of action due to an injury,[5][79]during which WWE transitioned to the more family-friendlyPG Eraand his traditional porn star gimmick would no longer be appropriate for the company's target demographics of children. On January 9, 2009, he was released from his WWE contract after over a decade of working for the company.[80]

Independent circuit (2009–2010)

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After his release from WWE, Morley toured in Japan withNew Japan Pro-Wrestling(NJPW), losing toHiroshi Tanahashion March 22, 2009, and withHulk Hogan'sHulkamania: Let the Battle Begintour of the world which started inMelbourne,Australia.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010)

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Morley made his debut forTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling(TNA) on the January 4, 2010, episode ofImpact!in a backstage segment withThe Beautiful People.[81]On the January 14 episode ofImpact!Morley had another segment, complete with revamped theme music, where he explained that he was no longer an adult film star, but rather an adult film producer. This led toDanielscoming to the ring and attacking him, setting up a match at theGenesispay-per-view.[82]At the pay-per-view Morley defeated Daniels in his first match for the company with his patented Money Shot.[83]On the January 28 episode ofImpact!Morley suffered his first loss in TNA, losing toDesmond Wolfein an8 Card Stud Tournamentqualifying match.[84]On the March 4, 2010, episode ofImpact!,Morley pinned Jeff Jarrett in an impromptu Falls Count Anywhere match by order ofEric Bischoff,turning heel for the first time in TNA.[85]However, the next day Morley announced on his Facebook page that largely due tothe move ofImpact!to Monday nights,his original plan to wrestle for both TNA and CMLL had to change and therefore he was done with TNA.[86]

Later career (2010–2019)

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Morley worked with Elite Xtreme Wrestling now known as Future Stars of Wrestling as Val Venis where he was a former EXW Tag Team Champion with Dexter Verity.[87]On April 16, 2011, Venis defeatedRhett TitusinFranklin, Pennsylvaniafor a special IWC Nights of Legends event.[88]Three events later Venis challenged John McChesney for the IWC World Heavyweight Championship but was unsuccessful.[89]

In late 2011, Morley returned to Canada wrestling for Championship Wrestling International, Venis defeated formerWorld Tag Team ChampionSylvain GrenierinLindsay, Ontario,Canada.[90]The following day Venis defeatedChris Mastersat CWI Fall Brawl 2 inCaledonia, Ontario,Canada.[91]

On June 1, 2012, Morley lost to former WWE wrestler and tag partnerBig Daddy Vin New York City for ECPW Five Boros.[92]

In 2013 Morley returned to Canada working in Manitoba's Canadian Wrestling's Elite and 2014 in British Columbia'sElite Canadian Championship Wrestlingand Invasion Championship Wrestling where he reunited with his former WWE tag partnerThe Godfather.[93]

Morley toured in England for House of Pain: Evolution where he defeatedMarty Scurllin Derby, England on June 19, 2015.[94]

On April 5, 2019, Morley teamed withJoey RyanandSeXXXy Eddylosing toScarlett Bordeaux,Priscilla KellyandMartinain a six tag intergender match at Wrestlecon Joey Ryan's Penis Party in New York City.

Personal life

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Morley speaks socialSpanish,which he learned during the time he spent in Mexicanlucha librepromotions.[95]His sister, Alannah Morley, was married toAdam "Edge" Copelandbetween 2001 and 2004, after she had been in a relationship with Copeland since 1998.[96][97][98]

Morley is an advocate for thelegalisation of cannabis,and now works as a budtender at "Health for Life"marijuana dispensaryin Mesa,Arizona.[99]

Controversy

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In February 2020, Morley came under fire from many wrestlers and wrestling fans after making several comments criticizingAll Elite Wrestling(AEW)'s decision to put their women's championship on a transgender wrestler,Nyla Rose.Morley commented on his Twitter and Facebook profiles, arguing that Rose was a biological man and saying only a "real woman" should be holding a women's championship. Several professional wrestlers in many promotions immediately came to Rose's defense, most notablyCodyandDustin Rhodes,and criticized Morley's views.[100]In February 2024, Morley would receive similar backlash for an edited image of a selfie involving Cody Rhodes and a transgender flag that a trans fan brought to a WWE live event, saying that the trans fan "needs the power of Jesus to affirm their salvation instead of affirming a mental disorder."[101]Mat Koon, a wrestling podcast host and musician, would later buy the valvenis.com domain and have it redirected to theNational Center for Transgender Equality's website.[102]

Morley has been known to express libertarian political beliefs and to be a believer inQAnonconspiracy theories. On his YouTube channel, "Top Shelf Anarchy," he advocates foranarchyand claims that "thegovernment"is a" criminal organization. "His channel features several videos of Morley attempting to film in facilities that prohibit video recording, and the resulting confrontations with security and law enforcement officers, a practice described by practitioners as"First Amendment audits".[103]Morley has on multiple occasions postedCOVID-19 vaccine misinformationon his social media pages.[104]In January 2021, Morley was temporarily banned from Twitter for violating their child sexual exploitation policy after posting a photo which he claimed showedHunter Bidenhaving sex withMalia Obama.[105]

Championships and accomplishments

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Val Venis (as "Sean Morley" ) asWorld Tag Team Championin 2003.

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