Hot take: Val Venis as a CHARACTER is damn near as good as Ted Dibiase

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

in ring dont compare them.

In terms of the way the character was introduced, the commitment to the charactor, delivery of lines, keepin it kayfabe, the vignettes building it up, the uniqueness and how it was a sect of america that the crowd hates but secretly loves....The big Valboski was fukkin phenomenal. Creating a million dollar belt is ingenious...but so was hiring LEGIT JENNA JAMESON in her prime to sell that he was a porn star.

DiBiase buying the wwf title has little parallel, but valboski stealing marlena, fukking her, making a porn, and talking shyt about it to a SAVED dustin rhodes, bringing goldust back, and was money.


Your wife wasnt safe

Your SISTER wasnt safe


Yeah he was Rick Rude adjace but DiBiase was Ric Flair adjace (among others).

Valboski doesnt get his due, but he was definitely a highlight of his era. Morely fukkin BROUGHT IT whenever he got the mic from 98-02 for sure. Maybe Russo (clearly venis was russo) best creation considering Morely isnt nearly as inherently talented as austin rock or foley.

"HELLO LADIES" is a goat catchphrase, we used to say it as much as SUCK IT and TOO SWEEEEET in school

But, the thread title...agreed?

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

The Million $ Man gimmick is an extension of Vince, that's what his gimmick would of been, if he was a wrestler.

Venis was cool, fit with the times. But the latter part of his career was more known for tapping the side of the ambulance and dressing up as a druid/security/goon

 

[puppetmaster]

Not an unreasonable hot take IMO

Dude was a snapshot of that late 90's Generation X raunchiness. Much like Dibase was perfect for the excess millionaire playboy lifestyle of the late 80's

 

[Riley Escobar]

Saw the thread title like

Read the OP like

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

The Million $ Man gimmick is an extension of Vince, that's what his gimmick would of been, if he was a wrestler.

Venis was cool, fit with the times. But the latter part of his career was more known for tapping the side of the ambulance and dressing up as a druid/security/goon

He had that goat walk tho

I used to do this in football practice

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

But the latter part of his career was more known for tapping the side of the ambulance and dressing up as a druid/security/goon

basically

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

basically

Oh yeah, as soon as he joined rtc and cut his hair, and tried to go back to being venis...shyt was over.

Godfather is up here too but he is better than venis on the mic and still gets a huge pop at his theme.

 

[puppetmaster]

He had that goat walk tho

I used to do this in football practice

I remember asking my older brother why did Val do that with his hands.

My brother: hes a porn star, he's drying off his hands.






shyt changed me man.

 

[boriquaking]

Ted Jr basically tried to be Val with maryse and he flopped

 

[Heelish]

I remember asking my older brother why did Val do that with his hands.

My brother: hes a porn star, he's drying off his hands.






shyt changed me man.

 

[Heelish]

Idk about all that, but he had one of the WOAT shirts

And speaking of Jenna Jameson, he's also now a druggie Trump supporter

 

[dh86]

Million Dollar Man was a generational character that should have won the WWF title when the title meant the world. Val Venis was a lower mid carder that the show could have went without

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

If you're saying Sean Morley as a performer did his gimmick on par with Ted Dibiase, then I would say that's not an unreasonable take. But the Val Venis pornstar character is nowhere near as genius as the Million Dollar Man character. That's probably the best gimmick in wrestling history

 

[(Lean Ambrose)]

Val Venis was underrated as fukk...

 

[El Guapo]

Idk about all that, but he had one of the WOAT shirts

And speaking of Jenna Jameson, he's also now a druggie Trump supporter

I don't even remember that shirt. Wear fonts that look like Jizz? We don't do that in Harlem