Val Venis: Bio And Career – 5 Fascinating Facts About The ‘Porn Star’ Wrestler

Val Venis is a Canadian professional wrestler who made a lot of waves with his entertaining theatrics while making appearances with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE). He rose through the ranks as a wrestler to become one of the most admired men in the ring especially by the ladies who fell in love with his persona. He adopted a ‘porn star’ gimmick and put on several raunchy displays in the ring that made him even more popular.

Venis is on record to have wrestled professionally in different countries including Japan, Mexico, and Puerto Rico before he eventually made it in the United States where he signed with the WWE and started getting wider attention.

Val Venis’ Many Career Exploits

Born on the 6th day of March in 1971 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Val Venis began his journey as a wrestler in the early 1990s when he started training under the tutelage of Jason and Dewey “The Missing Link” Robertson. Eventually, he debuted on the Canadian independent circuit before he proceeded to forge his path to the international circuit, working with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in Japan.

Venis, soon after, joined the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico where he found a lot of fame and became one of the highly talked about wrestlers. While in Mexico, he won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. Soon after, he then joined the 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
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Eventually, after making several exploits in Puerto Rico, Val Venis finally made his way to the United States where he got signed by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1998 and immediately started making waves especially because he was given the gimmick of an adult movie star. His raunchiness made him very popular with the ladies who came to adore his body.

Venis made his debut on May 18, 1998, during an episode of Raw, defeating Scorpio and winning the admiration of fans. Val Venis’ theatrics made him one of the standout stars from the Attitude Era of the WWE history during which time programming regularly pushed the limits of good taste. He also showed class and great skill different in matches against WWE superstars such as Mankind, Ken Shamrock, Rikishi, Eddie Guerrero and The Rock.

Venis went on to record quite some success in the WWE winning different championships including the Intercontinental Championship twice, the European Championship once, as well as the World Tag Team Championship once.

5 Fascinating Facts About Val Venis

His real name is not Val Venis

Val Venis is a very popular name in the wrestling world but it is not the real name of the man who owns it. Venis’ real birth name is actually Sean Allen Morley. He only started answering Val Venis when he debuted for the WWE. It is also noteworthy that he has also used ring names including The Big Valbowski, Chief Morley, Glamour Boy Sean, El Steele, and others.

He was the youngest CMLL World Heavyweight Champion.

Val Venis made history when he fought in the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico after winning CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. His victory made him the youngest person ever to win that title. In addition to that, it also made him the very first non-Mexican to win it.

Venis trended after making anti-transgender comments

Val Venis made waves on social media and trended online in February 2020 after making some anti-transgender comments. The wrestler openly criticized the All Elite Wrestling’s decision to put their women’s championship on Nyla Rose, a transgender wrestler. According to him, Rose was a biological man and so should not hold the women’s championship which should be reserved for a “real woman”.

His comments attracted a lot of reactions with many condemning his views.

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He is an advocate for the legalization of cannabis,

Val Venis is a known advocate for the legalization of cannabis and has made his views public very often. In fact, the wrestler is now the owner of the “Health for Life” marijuana dispensary in Mesa, Arizona, according to our findings.

He is the father of two daughters

Val Venis is a proud father. According to our findings, he has two daughters named Celina Rose and Jordan Maree whom he dutifully raised with his ex-wife Lourdes.

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