Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Val Venis recently discussed Owen Hart’s backstage ribs in an interview. Val Venis discussed a joke that Hart specifically played on him in an interview that was posted on the Wrestling Shoot Interviews YouTube Channel.
Several wrestlers would be harassed by fans seeking their autographs as they checked into their hotels:
“This one cat had long, dark, stringy hair, kinda greasy looking. Had a stack of Val Venis photos about that thick. And he comes up and he goes ‘hey, Val, would you mind signing all these for me?’ And I go, ‘bro, I’m not gonna sign those for you. We could talk, y’know, that’s some money, we can talk, I’ll sign those for ya, but I’m not gonna sit out here and sign all of those for ya.’”
“Other kids are coming up ‘hey, can you sign my action figure?’ So he goes, ‘okay’ and walks away, and little did I know that Owen was behind me, and he had heard this.”