10 Wrestling Gimmicks That Got Out Of Control

9. Val Venis

Val Venis Choppy Choppy Pee Pee
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One might argue that a wrestling porn star is already out of control, but Val Venis did have his place in the raunchy 'Attitude' era amidst other cartoonish horn-dogs like The Godfather. Crucially, everybody's favourite grappling pimp (?!) kept things simple.

Venis, meanwhile, did not.

The WWF blatantly ran out of ideas for Val and looked to capitalise on real-world events as a short-term fix to make him relevant. Five years on from sensationalist headlines about John's Bobbitt wife cutting off his willy, the company decided to have Japanese faction Kaientai kidnap a helpless Venis and lop off his money-maker too.

This was obviously a step too far and did nothing for Val as a character. He then revealed that his penis was safely attached and moved on to a fake pregnancy story with Terri Runnels and Goldust instead. Everything just felt so forced, and more than a little crass.

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