Val Venis Critiques Mexican Wrestling, WWE Had Ideas For KSI At Money In The Bank 2023
Val Venis performed as Steele in CMLL and held the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship in 1997 before leaving for Vince McMahon’s promotion.
Venis spoke about his time in CMLL on the “Stories With Bradshaw & Brisco” podcast. He said,
“When you watch Mexican wrestling, you get a lot of the ‘Ooh, ahh’ and the pops from great-looking moves. But there’s no emotional connection from the fans to the talent. You get a guy at the water cooler the next day, and they’re talking about the match they saw the night before. ‘Oh, did you see this match? It was incredible. Double moonsault with three half twists, and he landed on the guy. It was great.’ ‘Oh, what was the guy’s name?’ ‘I don’t know, but it was a great-looking move.’ You know what I mean?”
“There’s no emotional attachment. They don’t care about the wrestler’s name, they don’t care about the wrestler’s character. All they remember is the move. But because there’s no selling behind it, there’s no emotional connection…when you get somebody that goes down there and begins to sell and starts to develop an emotional connection with the fans, you can make big money down there doing that.”
KSI is Logan Paul’s business partner in the beverage industry.
Appearing on “The MMA Hour” podcast, KSI spoke about Paul’s transition to WWE and whether the creative had anything special for him at Money in the Bank 2023.
KSI gave Paul a bottle of their PRIME energy drink during the 2023 Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match this past month.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On if he saw Logan Paul’s SummerSlam match: “Yes, I did. He’s insane. I was talking to him. I was like, ‘Bro, that DDT, you back-flipping onto him and then DDTing him was insane.’ The whole match was top-tier. Literally one of the best matches I’ve ever watched, and I’ve seen a lot of WWE. He’s just insane. He’s sick, man. He’s very, very dope.”
On if there were discussions about him doing more Money in the Bank: “We had a few ideas, but we decided it wasn’t gonna work. So we just left it, and I just decided to watch since I was in England. Yeah, it was sick.”
On the reaction to Paul at Money in the Bank: “The crowd was crazy. There were times where Logan would do something cool, and then the audience would chant, ‘You still suck. You still suck.’ Even after he did something super dope. They were just calling him a wanker, all in unison. ‘Wanker, wanker.’ Yeah, he just fits wrestling so well.”
On Paul’s transition to WWE: “I’m just like, what other YouTuber could do that so seamlessly? He puts his body through hell. It’s not easy. But I respect it. I would never do it myself, no chance, but I fully respect it.”
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