Sean Allen Morley[1] (born March 6, 1971),[2][5] better known by his ring name Val Venis, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler.

In Mexico, he adopted a robot-like mask and gimmick, changed his name to Steele, and won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.

[9] Morley was signed to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1998 and given the gimmick of an adult movie star named "Val Venis".

The night after WrestleMania XIV, on the March 30 episode of Raw is War, vignettes started to air that showcased Venis' lifestyle on and off the set.

[5][14] On the August 3 episode of Raw, 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.

[5][19] On the October 12 episode of Raw, Venis participated in a tournament for the Intercontinental Championship, defeating Marc Mero in the first round before losing in the semifinals to Ken Shamrock.

[5][13] at Royal Rumble, Venis competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Triple H, On the February 1, 1999 episode of Raw, he started a feud with Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock after Venis made a film starring him and Shamrock's kayfabe sister Ryan called Saving Ryan's Privates.

[3][5] 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.

[5][37] At Armageddon, Venis pinned the British Bulldog in a triple threat match with D-Lo Brown to win the WWF European Championship.

[5][40] Around this time, Morley largely disappeared from WWF television programming until mid-May, due to a legitimate neck injury which limited his mobility.

[43][44] Soon after, Venis began sporting a new look that included a haircut, white boots and trunks - and the near total disposal of the porn star gimmick.

Of this change, Morley said in an interview that "the porn star gimmick and storylines kind of overshadowed my work," and that he wanted a more serious persona to better highlight his in-ring abilities and move towards being one of the WWF's top heels.

[5][52] On the April 26 episode of SmackDown!, RTC faced The Undertaker in a 4 on 1 handicap match where the other members of the group walked out on Steven Richards.

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

Morley was sidelined with a legitimate neck injury and laceration in late July, after gym equipment fell on him in Canada.

dark matches in September, and made his last televised appearance as Val Venis on October 26 at Rebellion, where he teamed with Chuck Palumbo in a loss to Reverend D-Von and Ron Simmons.

After returning as Val Venis, he participated in a battle royal at Judgment Day for the vacant Intercontinental Championship, won by Christian.

[5][61] 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 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.

[5][63] 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.

[5][65] 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.

[5][69] In February 2007, WWE.com launched a new broadband network giving fans an opportunity to access free videos, and Venis was given his own show called Sex-U.

[5][78] 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.

Morley spent the rest of 2008 out of action due to an injury,[5][79] during which WWE transitioned to the more family-friendly PG Era and his traditional porn star gimmick would no longer be appropriate for the company's target demographics of children.

[84] On the March 4, 2010, episode 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.

[91] On June 1, 2012, Morley lost to former WWE wrestler and tag partner Big Daddy V in New York City for ECPW Five Boros.

Morley commented on his Twitter and Facebook profiles, arguing that Rose was a biological man and saying only a "real woman" should be holding a women's championship.

Several professional wrestlers in many promotions immediately came to Rose's defense, most notably Cody and Dustin Rhodes, and criticized Morley's views.

"[101] Mat Koon, a wrestling podcast host and musician, would later buy the valvenis.com domain and have it redirected to the National Center for Transgender Equality's website.

[104] In January 2021, Morley was temporarily banned from Twitter for violating their child sexual exploitation policy after posting a photo which he claimed showed Hunter Biden having sex with Malia Obama.