In a recent interview with Vince Russo on his THE BRAND podcast, former WWE star Sean Morley recalled the conversation in which Vince McMahon issued him the ‘Val Venis’ character:
“When you guys called me that day, I remember Vince saying to me, ‘We have this character, we want to see if you feel comfortable with it.’ And then, he went into this whole thing, ‘If you don’t feel comfortable with it, it won’t work–we need to have something you’re comfortable doing.’ Then he told me that the character was a former film star turn pro wrestler. The first thing that went through my head was–Hogan’s done that, Ventura’s done that, the whole Hollywood thing—eh—that’s what I’m thinking in my head. Then Vince came back and said, ‘The character is actually a former adult film star.” Then–it was just like a snap of the fingers—I’M IN!”
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