Hollywood Naitch
The current reigning and defending
Venis was good, noone is disagreeing with that. It's just that there were other mid-card talents around at the end of the 90s/beginning of the 2000s who were better, and while the porn star gimmick was over for a time, it wasn't something that was going to get you a World Title reign.
Look at the other mid-carders around at the time- Guerrero, Jericho, Benoit, Angle, Edge Hardy etc. All better, there was no way that Val Venis was going to get ahead of them in the pecking order.
Look at the other mid-carders around at the time- Guerrero, Jericho, Benoit, Angle, Edge Hardy etc. All better, there was no way that Val Venis was going to get ahead of them in the pecking order.