42 Facts About Val Venis

1.

Val Venis has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

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

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

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Val Venis 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Val 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 included Ken Shamrock and Goldust.

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Val Venis then entered the 1999 King of the Ring tournament but was eliminated in the first round by Chyna.

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Val Venis started a feud with Steve Blackman and defeated him at Unforgiven.

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Val Venis engaged in feuds with several main eventers including The Rock, Mankind, and Steve Austin.

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At No Mercy, Val Venis faced Mankind in a winning effort.

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In late 1999, Val Venis started a feud with European Champion The British Bulldog over the title.

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At Survivor Series, Val Venis teamed up with Mark Henry, Gangrel, and Steve Blackman to face the British Bulldog and the Mean Street Posse with his team winning the match.

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At Armageddon, Val Venis pinned the British Bulldog in a triple threat match with D-Lo Brown to win the WWF European Championship.

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At the Royal Rumble, Val Venis competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Kane.

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At King of the Ring, Val Venis participated in the King of the Ring tournament where he defeated Eddie Guerrero in the Quarter-Finals but was defeated by Rikishi in the semi-finals.

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Venis and Rikishi continued their rivalry as Venis defended the title in a rematch at Fully Loaded.

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Shortly after, Val Venis underwent a complete change in persona and became a member of the Right to Censor stable.

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Val Venis joined RTC after being abducted by Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather.

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Val Venis became a censorship-based character, directly contrasting with his previously provocative on-screen character.

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At No Mercy, Val Venis teamed up with Steven Richards to face Chyna and Mr Ass.

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Val Venis started a feud with Chyna, culminating in a match at Armageddon which Val Venis won.

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At the Royal Rumble, Val Venis competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by The Undertaker.

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Val Venis stayed in RTC until they disbanded right before the Invasion storyline, feuding with Chyna and "The One" Billy Gunn during his tenure with the group.

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When RTC broke up and the Invasion began, Val Venis disappeared from WWF television while recovering from surgery on his hip to remove bone spurs from his motorcycle racing days.

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In June, Val Venis competed in the 2002 King of the Ring tournament.

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Val Venis defeated Christian in the first round, then lost to Chris Jericho in the quarterfinals.

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Val Venis was appointed Raw "Chief of Staff" by Raw General Manager, Eric Bischoff, turning heel by acting as Bischoff's assistant and going by Chief Morley.

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Val Venis was quickly "rehired" by co-General Manager, Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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Val Venis began wrestling as a mid-carder on Heat and on the September 14,2003 episode of Heat, he faced Christian in another match for the Intercontinental Championship, which Christian won.

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Val Venis 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".

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Val Venis defeated Ring of Honor wrestler and future WWE Champion CM Punk in Punk's first WWE tryout match on May 9,2005, which led to CM Punk getting a contract and being sent to developmental.

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At WrestleMania 21, Venis competed in a 30-man Interpromotional battle royal which was won by Booker T In the summer of 2005 he formed another team, V-Squared, with Viscera.

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In March 2006, Val Venis suffered a kayfabe injury at the hands of the Spirit Squad which allowed him to take time off for legitimate elbow surgery, during which about a dozen more bone spurs were removed, six others were shaved down, and a nerve was transplanted.

40.

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.

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Three events later Val Venis challenged John McChesney for the IWC World Heavyweight Championship but was unsuccessful.

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In late 2011, Morley returned to Canada wrestling for Championship Wrestling International, Val Venis defeated former World Tag Team Champion Sylvain Grenier in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.