Val Venis
Canadian professional wrestler
Sean Allen Morley (born March 6, 1971), better known by his ring name Val Venis, is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) from 1998 to 2009. He is also known for his tenures in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
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.
Professional wrestling career
Training and early career (1994–1998)
Morley began his wrestling training in the early 1990s under the tutelage of Jason and Dewey "The Missing Link" Robertson.He 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.
World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (1998–2009)
European Champion; Intercontinental Champion (1998–2000)
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.
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