page_title: Val Venis
section_title: Later WWE career and release (2003–2009)
hierarchical_section_title: Val Venis / Professional wrestling career / World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE / Later WWE career and release (2003–2009)
caption_attribution_description: English: Daivari after taking a shot from Val Venis. Image taken by me on 18 August 2007 at a en:Summer Slam promo held at Venice Beach. WTStoffs 21:24, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
context_page_description: Sean Allen Morley, better known by the ring name Val Venis, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment 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 and the first non-Mexican to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.
context_section_description: Morley was "fired" from his assistant job by Bischoff after he lost a match to Jerry "The King" Lawler in which Jim Ross' job was on the line. He was quickly "rehired" by co-General Manager, Stone Cold Steve Austin. After returning as Val Venis, he participated in a battle royal at Judgment Day for the vacant Intercontinental Championship, won by Christian. Throughout mid-2003, 2004, and the first half of 2005, Venis became a face again, but did not get much in the way of a push. Venis began wrestling as a mid-carder on Heat and on a September 2003 episode of Heat, he faced Intercontinental Champion Christian in another match for the Intercontinental Title, which Christian won.
  He 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". At Armageddon, Venis and Storm competed in a Tag Team Turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship which was won by Batista and Ric Flair. He 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. On the January 2 episode of Heat, Venis lost to Ric Flair in the main event of the night.
  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. While wrestling on Heat, they squashed a number of other tag teams including the World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in a non-title match. On the December 5 episode of Raw, V-Squared participated in a fatal four-way match for the World Tag Team Championship, including the champions Big Show and Kane, The Heart Throbs, and Snitsky and Tyson Tomko but were defeated. Venis and Viscera continued to team in 2006, getting another shot at Big Show and Kane's titles, while occasionally having solo matches. In March 2006, 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.
  While he was out, Viscera began teaming with Charlie Haas, leaving Venis to team with Snitsky upon his return in a team that didn't last long. Venis began a feud with Eugene on Heat when Eugene interrupted and attacked him during a "Kiss Cam" segment on December 4. On the following episode of Heat, Venis and Eugene had a match which Eugene won. On the December 18 episode of Raw, Val participated in a #1 contender's battle royal, won by Edge. In February 2007, Venis was given a video program entitled Sex University on WWE.com, which lasted until April when it and its archives were removed from the site. On the March 19, 2007 episode of Raw, he participated in a Money in the Bank qualifying battle royal, won by Edge.
  In late 2007, he began a feud with Santino Marella. During the feud, Marella gave Venis a sneak attack, causing him an injury. The two had a match on the October 15 episode of Raw, which Marella won. On the February 18, 2008 episode of Raw, he lost to Mr. Kennedy in a Money in the Bank qualifying match. On the March 25 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, he participated in a twelve-on-twelve tag team match involving all the participants of the battle royal. At WrestleMania XXIV, he participated in a pre-show number one contender's battle royal, with the winner facing ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero later that night. Kane went on to win the battle royal. on the April 7 episode of Raw, Venis fell to Umaga. On the April 14 tapings for Heat, he lost his last WWE match to Snitsky. Morley spent the rest of 2008 out of action due to an injury. On January 9, 2009, he was released from his WWE contract after over a decade of working for the company.
caption: Daivari (left) wrestling against Venis
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