John Layfield
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
175
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-11-29 (59 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
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
WWE NXT
WWE Main Event
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
Best Of Raw • Volume One
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
WWE Survivor Series 2001
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz
Saturday Night's Main Event
Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
The John Cena Experience
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
WWE Backlash 2000
WWE Survivor Series 2004
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
WWE Survivor Series 2005
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
WWE Survivor Series 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
WWE Backlash 2002
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
WWE No Way Out 2000
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
WWE Armageddon 1999
WWE Survivor Series 1996
WWE Heat
WWE SummerSlam 2004
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
WWE Armageddon 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
WWE Survivor Series 2020
WWE No Way Out 2004
WWE Unforgiven 2001
WWE Armageddon 2005
Dark Side of the Ring
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
WWE Armageddon 2000
WWE Survivor Series 1997
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
WWE SummerSlam 2008
WWE Unforgiven 2008
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
WWE Unforgiven 2000
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Fighting with My Family
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
ECW One Night Stand 2006
WWE Tough Enough
WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022
WWE Insurrextion 2002
The Best of WWE
WWE Old School
WWE Insurrextion 2000
ECW One Night Stand 2005
The Huntress
WWE Insurrextion 2001
Wrestlemania Rewind
WWE Backstage
WWE Judgment Day 2008
WWE InVasion
WWE Judgment Day 2006
WWE Judgment Day 2004
WWE This Is Awesome
Undertaker: The Last Ride
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
WWE Judgment Day 2005
Biography: WWE Legends
WWE Judgment Day 2001
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Kickoff
WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE's Greatest Moments
WWE Rivals
WWE Rivals
WWE Rivals
WWE WrestleMania 2000
WWE Rivalries
WWE Rivalries
WWE Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 Kickoff
WWE WrestleMania 22
WWE WrestleMania XXV
WWE Untold
WWE WrestleMania 13
WWE Wrestlemania X8
Ruthless Aggression
The JBL and Cole Show
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
Swerved
WWE WrestleMania XX
WWE Money in the Bank 2022 Kickoff
WWE No Mercy 2001
WWE No Mercy 1999
WWE Velocity
WWE No Mercy 2003
WWE No Mercy 2004
WWE No Mercy 2008
WWE No Mercy 2005
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
GCW Dream On
WWE No Mercy 2000
WWE SummerSlam 2001
Legends with JBL
TNA Genesis 2025
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
WWE Hall of Fame
WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff
WWE Vengeance 2003
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
TNA Emergence 2024
WWE WrestleMania XV
WWE Backlash 2008
WWE Rebellion 1999
WWE WrestleMania XIV
WWE Unforgiven 1999
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
WWE Over the Edge
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
WWE SummerSlam 1999
WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff
WWE Backlash: In Your House
WWE SummerSlam 2005
WWE One Night Stand 2008
WWE No Way Out 2002
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
WWE Rebellion 2001
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff
WWE No Way Out 2008
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
WWE Survivor Series 2003
WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff
TNA Bound for Glory 2024
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
WWE: Ring in the Holiday
WWE No Way Out 2005
TNA Victory Road 2024
Bipolar Rock 'N Roller
WWE No Way Out 2009
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
WWE No Way Out 2006
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
