How would you rate Val Venis during his stint?

Val Venis made his debut in the then-WWF during the infamous attitude era with a porn star gimmick. He was a good pure wrestler during his day. Not a year later at a WWF pay per-view Val Venis won the IC title off of Ken Shamrock. He would go on to be a major player in the WWF as a potential main eventer...until Kurt Angle made his debut. Around that same time in the winter off 1999 Kurt Angle made his way up the ranks as the WWF's latest superstar to receive a big push towards the main event scene. A place where most wrestling fans were hoping to see Val Venis in. But instead he was placed in a feud for the European championship with D'Lo Brown and Davey Boy Smith.



Val Venis was the first "chosen one" so to speak by WWF/E chairman Vince McMahon as he was hired by the boss personally over the phone while VV was wrestling in Mexico at that time. Val Venis was finally released by the WWE in 2003. But in your own opinion. How would you rate Val Venis during his stint in the WWF/E? I give him a B+ for a strong effort but was at the right place at the wrong time upon his push towards the main event scene.