Val venis vs eddie guerrero biography
Eddie Guerrero
American professional wrestler (1967–2005)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guerrero and the second or maternal family name is Llanes.
| Eddie Guerrero | |
|---|---|
Guerrero in April 2004 | |
| Birth name | Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes |
| Born | (1967-10-09)October 9, 1967 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | November 13, 2005(2005-11-13) (aged 38) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Acute heart failure |
| Alma mater | New Mexico Highlands University |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 3, including Shaul Guerrero |
| Family | Guerrero |
| Ring name(s) | Black Tiger (II) El Caliente Eddie Guerrero Eddy Guerrero Gory Guerrero Jr. Máscara Mágica Latino Heat |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Billed from | El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Trained by | Gory Guerrero |
| Debut | September 5, 1986 |
Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). A prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family, being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
Guerrero performed in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions, and in the United States he performed for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and most notably World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). Guerrero's gimmick was that of "Latino Heat", a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His catchphrase became "I Lie! I Cheat! I Steal!" and was used in one of his entr
Val Venis
Canadian professional wrestler
"el Steele" redirects here. For other uses, see Steele (disambiguation).
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Sean Allen Morley (born March 6, 1971), better known by his ring nameVal Venis, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) 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 Championshiptwice, the European Championshiponce, and the World Tag Team Championshiponce with Lance Storm. As the masked Steele, he was the youngest person to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.
Professional wrestling career
Training and early career (1994–1998)
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), Promo Azteca, International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in Mexico, International Wrestling Association (IWA) and World Wrestling Council (WWC) in Puerto Rico where he was one half of a tag team known as the Canadian Glamour Boys with Shane Sewell they were two time WWC World Tag Team Champions. 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 / W Val Venis
“Helllloooooo, ladies!”
Val Venis made it very clear who he came to WWE to impress in the late 1990s. Hailing from Las Vegas, The Big Valbowski set out to bring his own unique brand of sin to the squared circle, tearing off his towel and gyrating as women screamed with joy before breaking out an off-color joke to get the men on his side, as well.
Venis was skilled in the ring, to boot, wowing crowds worldwide with a devastating top-rope splash that spelled the end for his opposition.
Though he was gifted in between the ropes, it may have been Venis’ romantic exploits that made the biggest mark in WWE. The Big Valbowski was an expert at playing the game of love to his advantage, getting inside the heads of his opponents by wining and dining the women in their lives. From the wife of Kai En Tai’s manager to Ken Shamrock’s sister, many have fallen for Venis’ charms.
The swaggering Superstar went through several changes of heart during his WWE tenure, briefly joining the puritanical Right to Censor and later becoming Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff’s Chief of Staff. However, he always reverted to his outrageous ways when all was said and done.
All of those moves worked for The Big Valbowski as he racked up World Tag Team and European Title reigns, along with two stints as Intercontinental Champion. He remained with WWE through most of the 2000s, teaming with numerous Superstars before heading back to Sin City for good.
Val Venis
“Helllloooooo, ladies!”
Val Venis made it very clear who he came to WWE to impress in the late 1990s. Hailing from Las Vegas, The Big Valbowski set out to bring his own unique brand of sin to the squared circle, tearing off his towel and gyrating as women screamed with joy before breaking out an off-color joke to get the men on his side, as well.
Venis was skilled in the ring, to boot, wowing crowds worldwide with a devastating top-rope splash that spelled the end for his opposition.
Though he was gifted in between the ropes, it may have been Venis’ romantic exploits that made the biggest mark in WWE. The Big Valbowski was an expert at playing the game of love to his advantage, getting inside the heads of his opponents by wining and dining the women in their lives. From the wife of Kai En Tai’s manager to Ken Shamrock’s sister, many have fallen for Venis’ charms.
The swaggering Superstar went through several changes of heart during his WWE tenure, briefly joining the puritanical Right to Censor and later becoming Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff’s Chief of Staff. However, he always reverted to his outrageous ways when all was said and done.
All of those moves worked for The Big Valbowski as he racked up World Tag Team and European Title reigns, along with two stints as Intercontinental Champion. He remained with WWE through most of the 2000s, teaming with numerous Superstars before heading back to Sin City for good.
Val Venis -The Real Story
Mouthy Idiot said:
I hate when ppl say stuff like "nobody bought him next to those guys"... Its really simple ... He wasn't booked to go over on those guys in a believeable way.
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Val Venis pinned Mankind clean on PPV. That's a pretty big endorsement, going over somebody that had won the WWF title twice that year. If I remember, the crowd was pretty flat for Val winning though to be fair it might have been due to the finish of the match.
Mouthy Idiot said:
why didn't they book him to be dominant and win.. Val was just as good in the ring as those guys , its not like he was horrible and botching moves and finishes.
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He wasn't as good as them in the ring. He lacked that certain je ne sais quoi that the best guys have. Are there really any particularly memorable Val Venis matches? The only one that immediately comes to mind is his cage match against Rikishi and that's only because of Rikishi's dive off the top of the cage.
As ShieldGirl said, it takes a lot more than executing moves to put on a great wrestling match. Sure, it takes skill to execute moves properly but I've never marked out after a match because of how 'botchless' it was.
Mouthy Idiot said:
All it takes is Vince to sign off on Val going over and beating those guys consistently. Vince apparently never allowed it., I am asking why???
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Vince could sign off on anyone going over and beating his top stars but that doesn't mean that he should. Venis seems like such an arbitrary name to choose to moan about his lack of push, like you put all the late '90s mid-carders into a hat and Venis was the one you drew. He was no more equipped for the main event than D'Lo Brown, Hardcore Holly or Test were. When The Rock and Sock is one of your hottest acts and when HHH/Austin is your hottest feud, do you really want a