John Layfield

Also Known As: JBL, Bad Santa, Blackjack Bradshaw, Death Mask, John "Bradshaw, Layfield, Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw, Johnny Hawk, Justin Bradshaw, Bradshaw 1, John Bradshaw 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Sweetwater, Texas, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: November 29, 1966

Age: 58 years old

Gender: Male

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WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
WWE Survivor Series 2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2003
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
WWE SummerSlam 2004
WWE Survivor Series 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
WWE WrestleMania 22
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
WWE WrestleMania 13
WWE Wrestlemania X8
WWE WrestleMania XX
WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
WWE SummerSlam 2008
WWE No Way Out 2006
WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff
WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff
WWE No Way Out 2004
WWE WrestleMania XXV
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WWE Unforgiven 2000
WWE Unforgiven 1999
WWE Survivor Series 1999
WWE Backlash 2000
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
WWE Over the Edge
WWE Backlash: In Your House
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
WWE SummerSlam 1999
WWE Rebellion 1999
WWE No Mercy 1999
WWE Armageddon 1999
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
WWE Insurrextion 2000
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
WWE Survivor Series 1997
WWE No Mercy 2000
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
WWE Insurrextion 2001
WWE Judgment Day 2001
WWE No Way Out 2000
WWE InVasion
WWE SummerSlam 2001
WWE Rebellion 2001
WWE No Mercy 2004
WWE Armageddon 2004
WWE No Way Out 2005
WWE Judgment Day 2005
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
WWE SummerSlam 2005
WWE No Mercy 2005
WWE Backlash 2002
WWE Insurrextion 2002
WWE Armageddon 2005
WWE Judgment Day 2006
WWE Vengeance 2003
WWE No Mercy 2003
WWE Judgment Day 2004
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
WWE No Way Out 2008
WWE Backlash 2008
WWE Judgment Day 2008
WWE One Night Stand 2008
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
WWE Unforgiven 2008
WWE No Mercy 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2008
WWE No Way Out 2009
Best Of Raw • Volume One
WWE Armageddon 2000
ECW One Night Stand 2006
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
WWE Survivor Series 2001
WWE No Way Out 2002
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff
WWE: Ring in the Holiday
WWE Wrestlemania Backlash Kickoff 2022
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz
WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Kickoff
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
WWE Survivor Series 1996
WWE Unforgiven 2001
WWE No Mercy 2001
WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022
TNA Emergence 2024
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
Bipolar Rock 'N Roller
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Fighting with My Family
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
ECW One Night Stand 2005
WWE WrestleMania 2000
WWE WrestleMania XIV
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
WWE Survivor Series 2020
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
The John Cena Experience
WWE WrestleMania XV
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
TNA Victory Road 2024
Biography: Booker T
TNA Bound for Glory 2024
GCW Dream On
TNA Genesis 2025
Biography: Kane
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries