John Layfield
Personal Info
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Acting
Known Credits
172
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-11-29 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Sweetwater, Texas, USA
John Layfield
Biography
John Charles Layfield is an American retired professional wrestler and current wrestling commentator/host for WWE, where he performs under the ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). Outside of his WWE work, Layfield is a financial analyst for Fox News. Within WWE, he was previously known by the ring name Bradshaw, and prior to that, the variations Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw and Blackjack Bradshaw (as half of The New Blackjacks with Blackjack Windham). As JBL, Layfield was WWE Champion for 280 days. Layfield's main gimmick as JBL—a wealthy, gladhanding, big-mouthed, fiery-tempered businessman—was based on Layfield's real-life accomplishments as a stock market investor. Layfield is a guest panelist on Fox News Channel's The Cost of Freedom, has appeared on CNBC, and has written a best-selling book on financial planning called Have More Money Now. Layfield also hosts a weekend talk radio program, syndicated nationally by Talk Radio Network, in which he discusses his conservative political views. Layfield is also employed by Northeast Securities as its Senior Vice President. In WWE, Layfield won 24 total championships including one reign as WWE Champion, one reign as United States Champion, one reign as European Champion, seventeen reigns as Hardcore Champion, one reign as Intercontinental Champion, and three reigns as World Tag Team Champion with Faarooq as part of the Acolytes Protection Agency (APA). He is also recognized as the twentieth Triple Crown Champion, and the Sports Illustrated has said that Layfield "has been accused for years of being a locker room bully", while Deadspin wrote that "backstage tales of Layfield's hazing and bullying have long been legend among hardcore wrestling fans."[136] Dayton Daily News described that "YouTube has dozens of interviews where former [WWE] performers discuss harassment, bullying and taking real blows from Layfield while wrestling him in supposedly choreographed matches." Le Journal de Montréal listed Mark Henry, Matt Hardy, René Duprée, Daivari, and Ivory, among others, as wrestlers who in interviews described Layfield as a bully.In 2010, The Miz referenced Layfield in an onscreen promo about hazing he faced in the locker room early in his career. Layfield admitted to hazing Miz and said that he did not regret doing so. In April 2017, WWE commentator Mauro Ranallo took an absence from WWE, which Dave Meltzer reported had been triggered by hostilities with Layfield. The allegations coincided with the release of former WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts' autobiography, in which he alleged that Layfield encouraged Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury to steal his passport. Angered WWE fans subsequently called on WWE to fire Layfield. On April 22, Newsweek reported that Ranallo and WWE "mutually agreed to part ways", and Ranallo released a statement in which he said his departure had "nothing to do with JBL" after liking tweets that implied JBL was the main reason. Layfield released a statement of his own, stating: "Admittedly, I took part in locker room pranks that existed within the industry years ago. WWE addressed my behavior and I responded accordingly, yet my past is being brought up because of recent unfounded rumors. I apologize if anything I said playing ‘the bad guy’ on a TV show was misconstrued.
Known For
Raw
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Raw
Raw
WWE NXT
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE Main Event
WWE Heat
The Best of WWE
Saturday Night's Main Event
Saturday Night's Main Event
Dark Side of the Ring
WWE Tough Enough
WWE InVasion
The Huntress
Biography: WWE Legends
WWE Backlash 2000
TNA Genesis 2025
WWE Rivals
WWE Rivals
WWE This Is Awesome
WWE Old School
Undertaker: The Last Ride
WWE Insurrextion 2000
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
WWE Insurrextion 2001
WWE Backlash 2002
WWE Survivor Series 1996
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
WWE Insurrextion 2002
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
WWE Backstage
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
WWE No Mercy 2001
WWE Survivor Series 1997
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022
The JBL and Cole Show
WWE SummerSlam 2008
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
WWE Unforgiven 2001
WWE Wrestlemania X8
WWE Survivor Series 2005
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
WWE No Mercy 1999
WWE No Mercy 2005
WWE No Mercy 2004
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
WWE Wrestlemania Rewind
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
WWE Judgment Day 2004
WWE's Greatest Moments
WWE Survivor Series 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2020
WWE SummerSlam 2004
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
WWE Judgment Day 2005
WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE Survivor Series 2004
WWE WrestleMania 2000
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
Swerved
WWE Judgment Day 2001
WWE WrestleMania 13
WWE Judgment Day 2006
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
WWE WrestleMania XX
WWE WrestleMania XV
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
WWE Judgment Day 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
WWE Unforgiven 2008
Fighting with My Family
TNA Emergence 2024
WWE No Mercy 2003
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
WWE Rivalries
The John Cena Experience
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
Ruthless Aggression
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
WWE No Way Out 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
WWE Armageddon 2004
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
WWE Armageddon 1999
WWE Unforgiven 2000
WWE No Mercy 2008
WWE Backlash 2008
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
WWE Armageddon 2005
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz
WWE Untold
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
GCW Dream On
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Legends with JBL
WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Kickoff
WWE Velocity
ECW One Night Stand 2006
ECW One Night Stand 2005
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
WWE Money in the Bank 2022 Kickoff
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff
WWE No Way Out 2002
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
WWE Armageddon 2000
WWE SummerSlam 2005
WWE No Mercy 2000
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
WWE WrestleMania XIV
WWE Over the Edge
WWE Unforgiven 1999
WWE No Way Out 2000
WWE SummerSlam 1999
WWE WrestleMania XXV
WWE No Way Out 2005
WWE Vengeance 2003
WWE Survivor Series 2003
WWE WrestleMania 22
WWE Rebellion 1999
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
WWE Backlash: In Your House
WWE No Way Out 2009
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
WWE: Ring in the Holiday
WWE No Way Out 2008
TNA Victory Road 2024
WWE Rebellion 2001
WWE SummerSlam 2001
Best Of Raw • Volume One
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WWE Survivor Series 2001
TNA Bound for Glory 2024
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
WWE No Way Out 2006
WWE One Night Stand 2008
Bipolar Rock 'N Roller
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
WWE Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 Kickoff
WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff
