Val Venis

Sean Allen Morley (born March 6, 1971), better known by the ring name Val Venis, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler.

He began his wrestling training in the early 1990s under the tutelage of Jason and Dewey "The Missing Link" Robertson and debuted on the Canadian independent circuit before making his way to the international circuit, finding work with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in Japan, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Promo Azteca, International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in Mexico, International Wrestling Association (IWA) and World Wrestling Council (WWC) in Puerto Rico where he was one half of a tag team known as the Canadian Glamour Boys with Shane Sewell they were two time WWC World Tag Team Champions.

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 in Japanese.

In Mexico, he adopted a robot-like mask and gimmick, changed his name to Steele, and won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.

He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) from 1998 to 2009.

He has also worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

During his career in WWF/WWE, Venis held the Intercontinental Championship twice, the European Championship once, and the World Tag Team Championship once with Lance Storm.

As the masked Steele, he was the youngest person to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.

Morley was signed to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1998 and given the gimmick of an adult movie star named Val Venis.

The night after WrestleMania XIV, on the March 30 episode of Raw is War, vignettes started to air that showcased Venis' lifestyle on and off the set.

The most notable of these aired on May 4 and featured Venis with prominent real-life porn star Jenna Jameson.

He debuted on the May 18, 1998 episode of Raw, defeating Scorpio.

Almost immediately, he was involved in an angle with the Kaientai stable, involving him having an affair with Yamaguchi-San's kayfabe wife, Shian-Li Tsang.

As a result, the members of Kaientai had a series of unsuccessful matches against him.

Venis made his pay-per-view debut at Fully Loaded: In Your House, defeating Jeff Jarrett.

On the August 3 episode of Raw, his tag team partner Taka Michinoku would eventually betray him, which led to him and Kaientai tying Venis up backstage where Yamaguchi-San attempted to castrate him with a sword.

The next week, however, he reported that he was saved by "a little shrinkage" and help from his friend, John Wayne Bobbitt.

He then challenged the four Japanese wrestlers to a match, which they accepted under the conditions that it must be a gauntlet match, meaning that Venis would have to fight all four of them individually in one match.

The match ended with Michinoku executing the Michinoku Driver on Venis and getting the three-count, ending his undefeated streak.

The feud ended a week later, after Venis fought Michinoku to a no contest.

After feuding with Kaientai, Venis got his first title shot in the WWF at SummerSlam 1998 against European Champion D'Lo Brown for his championship.

Venis was disqualified and as a result, Brown retained the title.

Venis got involved in a storyline where he slept with other people's wives.

He started a feud with Dustin Runnels, on the September 14 episode of Raw when Venis showed Runnels his new porn movie, featuring Venis in bed with Dustin's wife, Terri Runnels.

She then became his on-screen girlfriend.

This culminated in a match at Breakdown: In Your House, which Venis won.

On the October 12 episode of Raw, Venis participated in a tournament for the Intercontinental Championship, defeating Marc Mero in the first round before losing in the semifinals to Ken Shamrock.

On the same night, Runnels returned to his Goldust gimmick.

Venis continued his feud with Goldust, with Goldust gaining a victory at Judgment Day: In Your House.

The two faced each other again at Capital Carnage, and Val went on to win the match, to end the feud.

When Terri said she was pregnant, Val dumped her.

At the end of the year, he formed a short lived tag team with The Godfather, unofficially dubbed "Supply and Demand".

They began teaming on the December 7 episode of Raw against The Acolytes.

Their team only lasted a week, including a match against Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown at Rock Bottom: In Your House, and a match against the Brood.

at Royal Rumble, Venis competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Triple H, On the February 1, 1999 episode of Raw, he started a feud with Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock after Venis made a film starring him and Shamrock's kayfabe sister Ryan called Saving Ryan's Privates.

At St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, Venis defeated Shamrock with the help of special guest referee Billy Gunn to win the Intercontinental Championship.

The next night on Raw, Venis defended the title against Gunn and retained the title.

A few days later, he broke up with Ryan and eventually lost the Intercontinental Title to Road Dogg after only a one-month reign as champion.

Venis began a feud with Road Dogg and made his WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania XV, where he challenged for the Intercontinental title in a Four Corners Elimination match which also included Ken Shamrock and Goldust.

Venis failed to win the match.