Val Venis Sean Allen Morley ( March 6 , 1971 ) better known by his ring name Val Venis , is a Canadian professional wrestler whom spent the majority of his career in World Wrestling Entertainment . He ' s perhaps best known for his 11 - year run with WWE from 1998 to 2009 . He has also competed for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name , and also for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico and for both NJPW and AJPW in Japan , as well as spending time on the independent circuit . During his career in WWF / E , Morley held the Intercontinental Championship two times , the European Championship once , and the World Tag Team Championship once with Lance Storm . In CMLL , he is a one time World Heavyweight Champion . Professional wrestling career . Training and early career . He began his wrestling training in the early 1990s under the tutelage of Jason and Dewey " The Missing Link " Robertson and 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 ) in Mexico , and World Wrestling Council ( WWC ) in Puerto Rico . 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 / Entertainment ( 1998 – 2009 ) . Debut ; European and Intercontinental Champion ( 1998 – 2000 ) . Morley was signed to the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) in 1998 and given the gimmick of a porn star named Val Venis . The character was introduced with a series of vignettes that showcased Venis ' life style on and off the set , the most notable of these featuring Venis in bed with prominent real - life porn star Jenna Jameson . He debuted on the May 18 , 1998 edition of " Raw is War " , defeating Scorpio . Almost immediately , he was involved in an angle with the Kaientai stable , involving him having an affair with Yamaguchi - San ' s kayfabe wife , Shian - Li Tsang . As a result , the members of Kaientai had a series of unsuccessful matches against him . Venis made his pay - per - view debut at In Your House 23 : Fully Loaded , defeating Jeff Jarrett . On the August 3 edition of " Raw is War " , his tag team partner Taka Michinoku would eventually betray him , which led to him and Kaientai tying Venis up backstage where Yamaguchi - San attempted to castrate him with a sword . The next week , however , he reported that he was saved by " a little shrinkage " and help from his friend , John Wayne Bobbitt . He 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 . The match ended with Michinoku executing the Michinoku Driver on Venis and getting the three - count , ending his undefeated streak . The feud ended a week later , after Venis fought Michinoku to a no contest . After feuding with Kaientai , Venis got his first title shot in the WWF at SummerSlam 1998 against European Champion D ' Lo Brown for his championship . Venis was disqualified and as a result , Brown retained the title . Venis got involved in a storyline where he slept with other people ' s wives . He started a feud with Dustin Runnels , on the September 14 edition of " Raw is War " when Venis showed Runnels his new porn movie , featuring Venis in bed with Dustin ' s wife , Terri Runnels . She then became his on - screen girlfriend . This culminated in a match at , which Venis won . On the October 12 edition of " Raw is War " , Venis participated in a tournament for the Intercontinental Championship , defeating Marc Mero in the first round before losing in the semifinals to Ken Shamrock . On the same night , Runnels returned to his Goldust gimmick . Venis continued his feud with Goldust , with Goldust gaining a victory at . The two faced each other again at Capital Carnage , and Val went on to win the match , to end the feud . At the end of the year , he formed a short lived tag team with The Godfather , unofficially dubbed " Supply and Demand " . They began teaming on the December 7 edition of " Raw is War " against The Acolytes . Their team only lasted a week , including a match against Mark Henry and D ' Lo Brown at , and a match against the Brood . On the February 1 , 1999 edition of " Raw is War " , he started a feud with Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock after Venis made a film starring him and Shamrock ' s kayfabe sister Ryan called " Shaving Ryan ' s Privates " . At , Venis defeated Shamrock with the help of special guest referee Billy Gunn to win the Intercontinental Championship . The next night on " Raw is War " , Venis defended the title against Gunn and retained the title . A few days later , he broke up with Ryan and eventually lost the Intercontinental Title to Road Dogg after only a one - month reign as champion . 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 also included Ken Shamrock and Goldust . Venis failed to win the match . Throughout the rest of the year , he found himself having " woman troubles " with Nicole Bass , Chyna , and Debra . Venis reunited with the Godfather and they began challenging for the Tag Team titles . On the July 12 edition of " Raw is War " , they faced the Hardy Boyz for the titles , but the Hardy Boyz retained the titles by getting disqualified . Venis and the Godfather started a feud with Droz and Albert . The next week on " Raw is War " , Venis and Godfather , Droz and Albert , and the Acolytes challenged the Hardys to a fatal four way elimination tag team match for the titles , where the Hardys went on to retain the titles . He started a feud with Steve Blackman and defeated him at Unforgiven . His next feud was with Mark Henry , whom he beat at Rebellion . He engaged in feuds with several main eventers including The Rock , Mankind , and Steve Austin . In late 1999 , Venis started a feud with European Champion The British Bulldog over the title . At Survivor Series , 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 . At Armageddon , Venis pinned the British Bulldog in a triple threat match with D - Lo Brown to win the WWF European Championship . On the February 10 , 2000 episode of " SmackDown ! " , he dropped the European Title to Kurt Angle , ending his two - month reign . At King of the Ring , he participated in the King of the Ring tournament where he was defeated by Rikishi in the semi - finals . This culminated in a feud between Venis and Rikishi which led to Venis turning heel by aligning himself with Trish Stratus . With Stratus as his manager , and a new look - including a haircut , white boots and trunks - and the near total disposal of the porn star gimmick , he defeated Rikishi to win his second Intercontinental Championship , and aligned himself with Test and Albert . They continued their rivalry as Venis defended the title in a rematch at Fully Loaded 2000 . During the match , Venis was put over by taking a splash from Rikishi from the top of a 15 - foot high steel cage and still going on to defeat Rikishi later in the match to retain the title . Val ' s manager , Stratus , inadvertently lost Venis ' Intercontinental title to Chyna in a mixed tag team match involving the pair against the team of Chyna and Eddie Guerrero at SummerSlam 2000 . Right to Censor ( 2000 – 2001 ) . Shortly after , Venis underwent a complete change in persona and became a member of the Right to Censor ( RTC ) stable . Venis joined RTC after being kayfabe abducted by Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather . He became a censorship - based character , directly contrasting with his previously provocative on - screen character . RTC feuded with the Acolytes and the Dudley Boyz , culminating in an eight - man tag team match at Unforgiven 2000 , which RTC won . At No Mercy , Venis teamed up with Steven Richards to face Chyna and Mr . Ass . After interference from Eddie Guerrero , RTC picked up the win . Venis started a feud with Chyna , culminating in a match at Armageddon which Venis won . At WrestleMania X - Seven , RTC faced Tazz and the APA in a six - man tag match which RTC lost . The next night on " Raw is War " , he faced the champion Kane for the Hardcore Championship but lost the match . Venis stayed in RTC until they disbanded right before the The Invasion storyline , feuding with Chyna and " The One " Billy Gunn during his tenure with the group . When RTC broke up and the Invasion began , Venis disappeared from WWF television while recovering from surgery on his hip to remove bone spurs from his motorcycle racing days . After recovering , he was kept off television along with several other wrestlers , for whom WWE bookers could not come up with any storylines . The Big Valbowski ( 2002 ) . Venis returned to action back in his old gimmick , at the 2002 Royal Rumble , where he entered at # 20 in the Royal Rumble match but was shortly after eliminated by Stone Cold . On " Raw " he had two very short feuds with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mr . Perfect before being drafted to SmackDown ! during the brand extension . On " SmackDown ! " , he began calling himself " The Big Valbowski " and he aligned himself with babyfaces Edge , Randy Orton , Billy Kidman , and Hardcore Holly and feuded with Chris Jericho , Deacon Batista , and Reverend D - Von . He was soon sidelined , however , after a legitimate injury caused by gym equipment falling on him at a gym in Canada during late July 2002 . After his accident , he was removed from television until doctors cleared him to return to in - ring action . He returned to working SmackDown ! dark matches in September 2002 and made one last televised appearance as Venis on October 26 , 2002 at Rebellion , where he returned to team with Chuck Palumbo in a losing effort against Reverend D - Von and Ron Simmons . Chief of Staff ( 2002 – 2003 ) . He returned to television on the November 18 edition on " Raw " under his real name , Sean Morley . He was appointed " Chief of Staff " by Raw General Manager , Eric Bischoff , turning heel once again by acting as Bischoff ' s assistant and going by Chief Morley . Morley began a feud with the Dudley Boyz in March 2003 . On the March 24 , 2003 edition of " Raw " , he officially became one half of the World Tag Team Champions with Lance Storm after Storm ' s partner , William Regal , was sidelined with an illness . Storm and Morley successfully defended the World Tag Team Titles on an edition of " Heat " prior to WrestleMania XIX against Rob Van Dam and Kane with help from the Dudley Boyz , only to lose them to Kane and RVD the next night . Mid - card ( 2003 – 2009 ) . Morley was relegated to mid - card status due to some tension he created in the locker room . Rumor has it that Morley claimed that his genitalia was of greater size than that of former wrestling great , Andre The Giant . Several wrestlers took great issue with those comments and word spread to Vince McMahon . Due to this , 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 2003 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 an edition of " Heat " , he faced Intercontinental Champion Christian in a 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 " . 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 edition of " Raw " , V - Squared participated in a fatal four way match for the World Tag Team Championship , including the champions Kane and The Big Show , The Heart Throbs , and Snitsky and Tyson Tomko but were defeated . Venis and Viscera continued to team in 2006 , getting another shot at Kane and The Big Show ' s title , 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 edition of " Heat " , Venis and Eugene had a match which Eugene won . On the December 18 edition 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 edition 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 edition of " Raw " , which Marella won . On the February 18 , 2008 edition of " Raw " , he lost to Mr . Kennedy in a Money in the Bank qualifying match . On the March 25 edition 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 World Heavyweight Champion Chavo Guerrero later that night . Kane went on to win the battle royal . Morley spent the rest of 2008 out of action due to an injury . On January 9 , 2009 , Morley was released from his WWE contract after over a decade of working for the company . Morley toured in Japan with NJPW , losing to Hiroshi Tanahashi on March 22 , 2009 , and with Hulk Hogan ' s Hulkamania tour of the world which started in Melbourne , Australia . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2010 ) . On the January 4 , 2010 , live , three - hour , Monday night edition of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s " Impact ! " television show Morley made his debut for the company in a backstage segment with the The Beautiful People . On the January 14 edition of " Impact ! " Morley had another segment , complete with revamped theme music , where he explained that he was no longer an adult film star , but rather an adult film producer . This led to Daniels coming to the ring and attacking him , setting up a match at the Genesis pay - per - view . At the pay - per - view Morley defeated Daniels in his first match for the company with his patented Money Shot . On the March 4 , 2010 edition of " Impact ! " , Morley pinned Jeff Jarrett in an impromptu Falls Count Anywhere match by order of Eric Bischoff , turning heel for the first time in TNA . However , the next day Morley announced on his Facebook page that largely due to the move of " Impact ! " to Monday nights , his original plan to wrestle for both TNA and CMLL had to change and therefore he was done with TNA . Personal life . Morley is married to a Mexican woman named Lourdes and speaks social Spanish , which he learned during the time he spent in Mexican Lucha libre promotions . They have two daughters , Celina Rose and Jordan Maree . Sean ' s sister , Alanah Morley , married Adam " Edge " Copeland on November 8 , 2001 . Alanah and Copeland divorced on March 10 , 2004 . Before becoming a wrestler , Morley was a motorcycle racer . Morley identifies himself as Libertarian in his blog . He is also a big fan of the libertarian talk radio show Free Talk Live , and endorsed Marty Gobin of the Ontario Libertarian Party as his choice candidate during the March 2006 by - election in the Ontario riding of Whitby — Ajax .