I honestly think that Mike V. part is the smartest part he could have done. It's a pretty funny part but served it's purpose.
Like he was already considered a legacy pro, coming from a era where the average skate career definitely didn't last 15 years. There were a new guard of skaters who had never seen Powell-Peralta vids, Rubbish heap nor the New Deal videos and he couldn't skate at the same level as his peers injured or not.
But having that gimmick part in Label Kills definitely set him apart from many Johnny Whatshisnames and the video (a bit surprisingly) becoming one of the biggest skate videos of early 2000's extended his career by bringing up his name up to a lot of kids who had no idea about 1281 or what ever. He became the dude who had "that" part in Label Kills and people still remember it.
I think the same happened to Hensley (but in a more positive light maybe), where kids who hadn't seen Hokus Pokus, saw his part in Label Kills and put 2 and 2 together that this dude might be awesome because he has a part in this too. At least it happened to me.