Val Venis

[0.0] "Boring wrestler with a dull gimmick that coasted on being semi-successful in 1998 (that success being the "choppy choppy pee pee" segment) by being directionless on Heat for most of the 2000s, alongside his forgettable run as Chief Morley. Had a terrible run in TNA following him way overstaying his welcome in WWE, and now he spends the rest of his days clinging onto any relevancy he has left by being an alt-right shock jock on Twitter."

[0.0] "Val Venis is an awful wrestler with a disgustingly bad gimmick. Nothing appealing about this guy, in or out of the ring. He is terrible. No idea how he kept his job for so long, never left an impression on anyone beyond how stupid his gimmick was. That was all a subjective review of his actual work, I won't get into things outside the ring, but yeah, pretty shitty guy from what I've seen. 0/10. Simply terrible."

[0.0] "Not a fan and never did anything impressive. He's remembered because of the era, not because of talent. He never got better in the ring or on the mic, and ended up being a deplorable person nowadays as well. Whatever mild tolerance someone might have had for the character is completely obliterated by who he's become outside the ring. Loud, embarrassing, and openly hateful. It's not "separating art from artist" when the art wasn't good to begin with."

[0.0] "One of the absolute worst, imo. His gimmick definitely worked at the time and as a kid, I thought it was funny, but everything this guy did was garbage. His matches were bad and his promos, especially as Chief Morley, were horrendous. Not to mention that horrendous TNA run he had toward the end. I really don't think there's anything in this guy's career worth mentioning. Not to mention he seems like a genuinely terrible person."

[2.0] "The guy was over for 10 minutes in 1998 with an admittedly funny gimmick. He wasn't a bad worker either but once that gimmick was gone so was he. He never got anywhere near the level of popularity he had for that one brief period of time. Eventually fans saw him for what the gimmick really was, a raunchier Ravishing Rick Rude knock off but with a fraction of Rude's charisma. He's also a garbage human being so minus points for that."

[4.0] "Venis has a time where he was a good mid carder. He was solid in the ring during the attitude era and played the porn star gimmick well. Definitely had a ceiling of the mid-card because of in ring limitations and gimmick. Will probably always be best known for choppy choppy your pee pee. Outside of WWE he was unable to leave an impact anywhere on the industry despite attempts in NJPW and TNA."

[8.0] ""HELLO LADIES! " - val venis had a decent level of in ring skill, some questionable storylines that he was given, and a lot of charisma that made him a very memorable and reliable mid carder - rare a val venis match disappoints, however rare one impresses too"

[1.0] "Val Venís was always someone average on WWF, a project focused on actitude was. But he was very bad, what is most remembered of him may be his role as part of Right to Censor or his confrontation against Ken Shamrock, his match in St. Valentine's Day Massacre is the worst thing I have seen in my whole life in WWE, the story was silly and unattractive, the Match was horrible and the result of the worst of all. Mainly that's why I hate him. He never showed skill and was just another mediocre in the backstage of the 99 '. (And the story where they cut their sausage with a katana is also horrible)"

"Agreed with the guy below me excluding his whole "someone dares to go against the woke agenda" bullshit, This a wrestling website and the moderators need to do something about these ratings that are clearly motivated cause someone doesn't agree with a persons political views, or they said someone on a podcast they didn't like (see Disco Inferno's ratings), it's stupid."

"The recent ratings for Sean Morley, highlight a major issue with cagematch. I keep seeing the same thing, over and over for many different entries. Is it too much to ask to rate wrestlers according to in ring ability and promo skills, rather than what their political/personal views are? Let me remind you this is a wrestling website and a damn good one at that, been my primary source for information for years, yet it is being lost to the "easily offended" generation, who have zero continuity. People seem to overlook double murder suicides and rate them on "just wrestling" when it suits their narrative, but someone dares to go against the woke agenda and they get zeros? It's nonsense, pure muppetry. You are not here to cast judgement on the man, you are here to give a constructive, informative & fair reflection of a career, not something they might of said on a podcast. It's ruining the validity of the ratings and reviews. More spinebusters, less filibusters!"

[2.0] "Legitimately only enjoyed his tenure with Right To Censor. The pornstar gimmick was grating, and his in-ring work was generally subpar. Now he's just a bitter old man who spends his days sharing conspiracy theories and being bigoted while complaining about the woke communist left. The dude can't take a joke and beefed with a trans wrestler whose gimmick is a fun play on the Val Venis name (Valerie Venus). Unimpressive and forgettable."

[0.0] "This guy was never a good wrestler, never interesting on the mic, his gimmick was garbage, and he's a terrible human being on top of all that. The only memorable thing he did in his career was the "choppy choppy pee pee" segment. To this day, I have yet to see one person name one memorable moment outside of that. Even both his Intercontinental Championship runs were forgettable. Why WWE kept this guy employed all the way up to 2009 or why TNA hired this guy and pushed him over Christopher Daniels will never not be baffling to me."

[0.0] "For a time on his Wikipedia page, someone edited his page to say "Currently he is a walking billboard for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)." and I think that perfectly sums him up. A decent worker in the attitude era, has truly fallen off the deep end. A conspiracy theorist bigot who spends his time on social media being a xenophobic, transphobic, massive piece of shit, spewing hate on transgender wrestlers while also spreading misinformation on stuff like vaccinations. Ultimately, he will be completely forgotten about in the grand scheme of things. a totally fine wrestler who was known for his pornstar gimmick and somehow winning the intercontinental title who has completely lost his entire reputation quickly."

[5.0] "In ring, I'll say Val was an entertaining character that was only going to work during the Attitude Era. He was a decent wrestler in the ring and they would try to shift his personality during his tenure but he was never anything more than artifact of the attitude era by the time the mid early - to - mid 2000s came along. I try not to comment on the personal lives of some of these guys because most of them can be exposed as shit bags in some form or another but Val's behavior has gotten increasingly troublesome over the years. Clearly he's taken alot of shots in the head because he's since become a man whose hell-bent on working the Christian Libertarian grift while spreading hateful rhetoric towards the trans community as well as weird anti-vaccine stuff. Clearly, he's a guy whose gone off the deep end and I hope he gets help sooner or later."

[0.0] "Peaked as a lower mid carder with average ability that was never a talking point or a draw. I remember him most for taking a splash off the cage from Rikishi. Turned into a xenophobic bigot that spreads crazy conspiracy theories and all round hate filled rhetoric. I would have rated him a 5 or 6 because of his wrestling career but a man so set on spreading hate, misinformation and crazy consiracy theories doesnt deserve a rating at all. I'd like to remember him as the sleazy character he played but will actually remember him far worse for the human being he is than the character he played."

[4.0] "He was an entertaining gimmick wrestler while in the WWF/E which worked as I was a teenager then. Just try and ignore the fact he clearly got dropped on his head a few too many times and has gone off into the deep end."

[9.0] "Val Venis is one of the most awesome gimmicks ever. So funny and entertaining. It's still great to see his old matches and promos. Great wrestling skills too, there's a reason he was very popular during 1998 until early 2000. Never forget Big Valbowski!"

[8.0] "Always found the Big Valbowski funny & entertaining and that was telling during the Attitude Era as he was clearly over. Though in the ring he was decent at best, his insane & hilarious gimmick allowed him to thrive. From the "Hello Ladies" catchphrase to his sexual storylines, it's a damn shame we can't get that level of entertainment in recent years."

[1.0] "Vals a horrible wrestler and somehow an even worse human being. Never seen a match of his I enjoyed outside of Royal Rumble 2002. His NJPW run in 2009 was especially hard to watch. His gimmick was able to produce some passionate fans thats without a doubt, but for me personally Ive always disliked him and have even flipped the channel or fast forwarded his work. Not the worst ever but honestly not far from it. Giving him a 1 because he was able to connect with some, but I dont think he deserves anything above that personally."

[2.0] "Val Venis was marginally entertaining during the Attitude Era with his pornstar gimmick as it helped to cover his lack of any real in-ring talent but once he joined RTC Venis' matches became completely unwatchable and never got any better until he retired. Him beating Daniels in 2009 reigns as one of the most baffling booking decisions I've ever seen in my time watching wrestling. Also, in recent years Venis has shown himself to be a complete transphobic scumbag. The only match of his that I would ever recommend to anyone would be the cage match against Rikishi and that only be because of Rikishi's crazy dive off the cage."

[3.0] "Had a cool moveset and his gimmick could be entertaining at times, but ultimately nothing special. Would be a 5, but gets two points docked for being a transphobic nutcase."

[1.0] "I'll give him one point for longevity. But the man is a tranphobic garbage fire, and he only got over because he was a fake pornstar in the attitude era. There's no way he would have gotten over in modern WWE as he's only decent in the ring by attitude era mid card standards. And like what would his gimmick be in modern WWE? maybe a tag team with Rhonda Rousey called Terf Enough? Sounds atrocious. Honestly I feel guilty giving him a 1 as he doesn't even deserve that."

[5.0] "Dude had his place in the Russorifice Attitude Era and although I thought the pornstar gimmick was too much Jerry Springer trash for 1998, he got over for about 2 years and peaked as IC champ. Then he just became another body in the Right To Sensor, left for a little while, came back as Val Venis before getting repackaged into Chief Morely and he was just another body on the roster hanging out in the lower card."

[7.0] "Val Venis is a very underrated wrestler who played his character extremely well and got it over. In the ring, he had a solid moveset and was a GREAT seller."

[6.0] "Quite an entertaining character who turned out to be in the right place at the right time, diluting the division in the famous Attitude Era with a rather eccentric unique gimmick."

[8.0] "Over like rover. He looked every bit of the part of the sleazy porn star character they portrayed him as. Had a great series of vignettes -- I would put them up there with Million Dollar Man, Mr. Perfect, Boss Man, etc. in terms of building excitement for a character . Had one of the more memorable debuts at least in terms of reaction that I can remember anyone in WWF history having. I forgot who he wrestled, but that place exploded when Val walked out, and he debuted AS A HEEL. I still to this day say man, that was a great build to a debut. A lot of his promos were written for him by russo or whoever, but his delivery& performance of them in that sleazy porn star esque voice made them memorable. His catchphrase of "Hello Ladies" was a huge hit, again go back and watch the first time he was on t.v.. Those two words ignited the crowd as much as any opening to any other music they had lol. The latter part of his run was more focused away from the character and on his in ring work which was ok because he was a good in ring worker. I remember him having solid feuds with Rikishi, him and Lance feuded with the Dudleyz, Jerry Lawler, etc, but I guess to me the first year and a half of the Val Venis character was his most prominent ( Spring 1998- Early 2000)."

[5.0] "He gets a 5 because he was a good worker in the Attitude Era and his gimmick was over. Speaking of, his gimmick is what keeps him on the low end here. The whole "pornstar" gimmick has *NOT* aged well and plenty of his work in the late 90's and early 2000's can be cringey to watch in hindsight. His inability to move beyond the Val Venis character, and all his subsequent attempts to get over as Sean/Chief Morley is what keep him as a 5. Oh yeah, and he's fucking crazy outside the ring so that doesn't help."

[2.0] "In the ring, Val Venis was...fine. Unexceptional but average-ish. And that's the best thing you can possibly say about him. His porn star gimmick was stupid from the start, and as it went on and on and on it just got more and more tiresome. When he wrestled without the porn star gimmick (with Right to Censor or as Chief Morley), he was boring and vanilla as hell. Oh and also he's a terrible person who spreads misinformation, bigotry, and just plain bitterness. Like, spend a couple minutes looking at his twitter feed. Regardless of your political beliefs, the guy is just deeply unpleasant and nasty."

[2.0] "Average wrestler at best, brought absolutely nothing else to the table. Horrible gimmick that has only aged poorly, no mic skills or personality to go with it anyway, not to mention an absolute shit human being."

[0.0] "Outside of his cringeworthy gimmick Val brought very little to the table. His run as Sean Morley in the wwe showed that he acthlly had very little charisma and was just boring. Dude was only passable in the ring, he never broght any fire and intensity. Outside of the ring comes off as very bitter and has a shitty outlook when it comes to trans people. Maybe in his mind he thought he was a big part of the attitude era or something but i dont think many people are clamoring for the return of Val Venis."

[0.0] "Val Venis is one of those guys that I probably would have ranked higher if it wasn't for his longevity. He was meh at best during his peak and only got worse and worse as time went on. Also using his platform to make wrestling an unsafe environment for Trans wrestlers makes me think way lesser of him as a person too."

[4.0] "For all that he was pushed, on and off, Val Venis never had a match that stood out to me. Now, he never stunk up the joint either, but as a wrestler he was on the lower part of average."

[5.0] "Val Venis really added absolutely nothing to the WWF roster when he was introduced. Had a dozen or so moments in his WWF career, but never looked to impressive in the ring and didn't have much of a personal style."

[3.0] "Sean Morley has been wrestling forever but you still can't point out one match of his that was good."

[3.0] "He's not funny, he's not good in the ring, his character was stupid, there was nothing good about him"

[4.0] "Val Venus is one of my most disliked characters of all time. I just never thought it was clever, interesting, fun, or funny. I wasn't offended or anything like that.... just thought it was something that a braindead twelve year old would have got a kick out of. He was above average in the ring, but everything came second to his porn star character. I thing the WWE would have been better had he never come around."

[6.0] "Sean Morley was a decent worker, but he didn't improve much once he came to the WWF. The Val Venis gimmick got him over in the Attitude Era, but it limited his upward trajectory because it's the kind of gimmick that isn't going fit past a certain level. And because Morley kept the gimmick until it got stale, he was pigeon-holed as a midcard talent."

[7.0] "Sean Morley is an example of gimmick surpassing worker. Morley was a very skilled worker, and when he was given the porn star gimmick of Val Venis, he was massively over. He was hella charismatic with his double entendres boosting his promo work. Ultimately, he ruled the midcard and even had some spells in the main event with Foley but confusion over his dispostion (face/heel) might've hindered him. Toward the 2000's, he seemingly became a tired character and left with a whimper. At a time, however, he was one of the most over midcarder."

[7.0] "Great worker! More entertaining to watch. Hello Ladies always brings memories of his lascivious, and sexy moves. He had some great moves like the Money Shot. He was very appropriate for the Attitude era. Today he would not be allowed to wrestle in the WWE. He deserved the Intercontinental title. The Right to Censor gimmick looked horrible on Val. He had great matches with the Rock, Stone Cold, Billy Gunn, Goldust and Umaga. Chief Morley was a weird time for him. The sad thing was he was a jobber in his later years and injuries affected his career. They released him in 2009 after he was recovering form an injury that happened a year before. TNA boo not his best. He is a legend and an icon for the Attitude era."

[6.0] "Hello Ladies! The Big Valbowski is a very underrated performer. Val Venis had a lot of the tools you needed to succeed. While Val was not the best in ring performer i think he had a little bit of everything. He had a great High Flying finisher with the money shot, He also had a great physique that helped him look strong and he could use just a little bit of technicality. The Mix of all that made him a solid performer. I believe the problem is that mix could sometimes muddle his performances and would make for sloppy, underwhelming even boring matches at times. Where Val Venis really shined was in two departments. His Charisma and gimmick. The guy could really talk on the mic. He was so good at working the crowd (especially the ladies) and it would be some of the dirtiest most creative innuendos you will hear. Val Venis also had a great gimmick that may not have worked with anyone else but him. The porn star gimmick was a gimmick perfect for the Attitude Era and he played it so well you could believe that he was this dirty, nasty sex star you were seeing. He was a part of some of the most controversial and memorable moments of that Era and he had the looks to make it work. I was never a massive fan of the Right To Censor or his time in the group and i did not like his time with the company from late 99 til he eventually left. While the guy was entertaining and possibly the most entertaining mid card gimmick of the late 90's and had the look, the gimmick, the charisma and he wasn't half bad in the ring, he had a gimmick that was never going to reach past mid card status and despite having all the tools it was never fully realized. It may have been a problem creatively or a major issue with him or maybe he had just overstayed his welcome."

[8.0] "I found his wwe gimmic entertaing but ultimately it was limiting to him as a potential head line act. He made the most out of his gimmick though and imo could have become a main event type wrestler if given the opportunity. Lots of charisma... decent mic skills... decent body... competent worker.... solid well rounded performer"

[6.0] "While the "porn star" gimmick for Val Venis got tiresome. (He was in essence doing the same thing from 1998 to 2006! ) he was a good character with him being eye candy for the ladies and his character will likely never be replicated again given WWE being PG since 2008. He also introduced us to Trish Stratus with T&A back in 2000 so there's some good things to say regarding Val Venis. SOME."

[7.0] "Another guy that I always thought could have been a bigger deal than he was. True, Val Venis was thoroughly a midcard act, albeit a popular one. But the wrestler playing him, Sean Morley, had in my opinion all the tools to succeed - solid ring skills, good look, great charisma. What ultimately sunk him more than anything was probably just the creative direction (or lack thereof) - each of his heel turns, first with Right to Censor and then with the Bischoff regime as Chief Morley, presented the opportunity once the story concluded to have him do something different and potentially move up the card; yet each time he was simply made to revert to the by-then tired Venis character and ultimately languish as an enhancement talent. At any rate, he was a memorable part of the Attitude Era."