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John Layfield

Actor
Born November 29, 1966 (57 years)
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
  • WrestleMania 21
  • WWE SmackDown
  • WWE the Great American Bash
  • WWE Great American Bash
  • WWE No Way Out
  • WWE Royal Rumble
  • WWE Judgment Day
  • WWE Armageddon
  • Summerslam
  • The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania
  • WWE Royal Rumble
  • WWE Judgment Day
  • WWE No Mercy
  • WWE Judgment Day
  • WWE Rivals
  • WWE Royal Rumble
  • Summerslam
  • WWE Unforgiven
  • WWE Backlash
  • WWE Survivor Series
  • WWE Great American Bash
  • WWE No Way Out
  • WWE Bring It To The Table
  • WWE No Mercy

Filmography

2023
2022
WWE This is Awesome (TV Series) · as Jbl
2022
WWE Rivals (TV Series) · as Jbl
2022
WrestleMania Backlash Kickoff · as John Bradshaw Layfield
2022
2021
The Best of WWE: Best of Survivor Series · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
The Best of WWE: Extreme Rules 2 · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
2021
The Best of WWE: Money in the Bank: Part 2 · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
WWE Hell in a Cell · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
The Best of WWE: Best of WWE Backlash: Part 2 · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
Biography: WWE Legends (TV Series) · as Jbl
2021
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2021
WWE: The Best of WrestleMania Main Events · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
WWE: The Best of WrestleMania in the 2010s · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
WWE: The Best of WrestleMania in the 2000s · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
The Best of WWE: Best of Bobby Lashley · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
The Best of WWE: Best of the Bellas · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
The Best of WWE: The Best of Fastlane · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
2021
The Best of WWE: John Cena · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
2021
WWE: Royal Rumble · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
2021
2021
The Best of WWE: The Best of Luke Harper · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2021
2021
2020
2020
The Best of WWE: The Best of TLC · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of WWE: The Best of the New Day · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of WWE: The Best of Sasha Banks · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
WWE Survivor Series · as Jbl (appearance)
2020
The Best of WWE: Best of Survivor Series · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
2020
Notsam Wrestling (TV Series) · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of WWE: Best of Hell in a Cell · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of WWE: Best of Mickie James · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of WWE: Best of Miz & Morrison · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
WWE Payback · as Jbl
2020
WWE: SummerSlam · as Jbl
2020
The Best of SummerSlam · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of WWE: Best of Alexa Bliss · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of WWE: Daniel Bryan's Best Matches · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of WWE: Best of WWE Extreme Rules · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of WWE: Best of Women's Evolution · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
2020
The Best of the Undertaker · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
2020
The Rock's Most Electrifying Matches · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
Seth Rollins' Best Matches · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
Undertaker: The Last Ride (TV Series) · as Jbl
2020
Kevin Owens' Biggest Fights · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best of Money in the Bank · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best Raw Matches of the Decade · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
The Best SmackDown Matches of the Decade · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
2020
2020
10 Greatest Matches from the 2010s · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
WrestleMania 36 · as Jbl
2020
Charlotte Flair's 8 Most Memorable Matches · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
John Cena's Best WrestleMania Matches · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2020
WWE: The Best Of WWE (TV Series) · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2020
WWE Ruthless Aggression (TV Series) · as Jbl
2019
WWE Backstage (TV Series) · as Jbl
2019
WWE's The Bump (TV Series) · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2019
WWE: SummerSlam · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2019
2019
WrestleMania 35 · as Jbl
2019
Fighting with My Family · as Jbl (uncredited)
2019
2018
WWE Untold (TV Series)
2018
WWE SummerSlam · as Jbl
2018
WWE Chronicle (TV Series) · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2017
WWE Summerslam · as Jbl
2017
WWE: Battleground · as John Bradshaw Layfield
2017
2017
WWE Backlash · as Jbl
2017
WrestleMania 33 · as Jbl
2017
2017
WWE The Day Of (TV Series) · as Jbl
2017
2017
WWE Bring It To The Table (TV Series) · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2016
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs · as John Layfield Bradshaw
2016
Survivor Series · as Jbl
2016
WWE Story Time (TV Series) · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2016
WWE Backlash · as Jbl
2016
2016
WWE Summerslam · as Jbl
2016
WWE Talking Smack (TV Series) · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2016
2016
Money in the Bank · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2016
2016
WWE Extreme Rules · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2016
WWE Payback · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2016
2016
2016
WrestleMania 32 · as John Bradshaw Layfield
2016
WWE Roadblock · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2016
WWE Fastlane · as Jbl
2016
WWE Ride Along (TV Series) · as Jbl
2016
WWE Royal Rumble · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
WWE TLC Tables, Ladders & Chairs · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
Survivor Series · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
2015
WWE Hell in a Cell · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
WWE Night of Champions · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
WWE Table For 3 (TV Series) · as John Bradshaw Layfield
2015
WWE Swerved (TV Series) · as Jbl
2015
WWE Money in the Bank · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
WWE Elimination Chamber · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
WWE Payback · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
WWE Extreme Rules · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
WrestleMania · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2015
WWE 24 (TV Series) · as Jbl
2014
2014
TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Stairs · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE Survivor Series · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
2014
WWE Rivalries (TV Series)
2014
WWE Hell in a Cell · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
Brothers of Destruction · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE Night of Champions · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
The Monday Night War (TV Series) · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE Summerslam · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE Battleground · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE Money in the Bank · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE Batista: The Animal Unleashed · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE Payback · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE Extreme Rules · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WrestleMania XXX · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE WrestleMania Rewind (TV Series) · as Jbl
2014
WWE Elimination Chamber · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2014
WWE Royal Rumble · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2013
Survivor Series · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2013
Hell in a Cell · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2013
WWE Battleground · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2013
WWE Payback · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2013
2013
WrestleMania 29 · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2013
Royal Rumble · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2013
The Best of WWE in Your House · as Justin Hawk Bradshaw
2012
Survivor Series · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2012
WWE Main Event (TV Series) · as John Bradshaw Layfield
2012
Night of Champions · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2012
WWE Saturday Morning Slam (TV Series) · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2012
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2012
Undertaker: The Streak - 20-0 · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield (archive Footage)
2011
2011
WWE: Greatest Stars of the New Millenium · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2011
2010
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2010
The John Cena Experience · as Jbl (archive Footage)
2010
Smackdown: The Best of 2009-2010 · as Bradshaw / Jbl (archive Footage)
2010
2010
2010
2010
WWE NXT (TV Series) · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2009
2009
WWE: Batista - I Walk Alone · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2009
WWE Superstars (TV Series) · as Jbl
2009
The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2009
WWE No Way Out · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2009
WWE Royal Rumble · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2008
WWE Tribute for the Troops · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2008
WWE Armageddon · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2008
Survivor Series · as Jbl
2008
2008
WWE Cyber Sunday · as Jbl (appearance)
2008
WWE No Mercy · as Jbl
2008
WWE Live in the UK: April 2008 · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2008
WWE Unforgiven · as Jbl
2008
Summerslam · as Jbl
2008
2008
WWE Night of Champions · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2008
2008
2008
WWE Backlash · as Jbl
2008
2008
WWE No Way Out · as Jbl
2008
2007
WWE Armageddon · as Jbl - Smackdown Commentator
2007
Survivor Series · as Jbl - Smackdown Commentator
2007
WWE Cyber Sunday · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
2007
WWE Unforgiven · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
Summerslam · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
WWE Great American Bash · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
WWE Vengeance · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
WWE Draft Special · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
WWE One Night Stand · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
WWE Judgment Day · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
WWE Backlash · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
WrestleMania 23 · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
WWE No Way Out · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2007
Royal Rumble · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2006
WWE Armageddon · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2006
WWE Cyber Sunday · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2006
WWE No Mercy · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2006
Brian Pillman: Loose Cannon · as Blackjack Bradshaw
2006
Summerslam · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2006
WWE Great American Bash · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2006
ECW One Night Stand · as John "bradshaw" Layfield (promo)
2006
2006
WrestleMania 22 · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2006
2006
WWE No Way Out · as Jbl
2006
2005
WWE Tribute to the Troops · as Evil Santa
2005
WWE Armageddon · as Jbl
2005
WWE Survivor Series · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2005
WWE Taboo Tuesday · as John 'bradshaw' Layfield
2005
WWE No Mercy · as Jbl
2005
Tombstone: The History of the Undertaker · as Justin Hawk Bradshaw
2005
Summerslam · as Jbl
2005
WWE the Great American Bash · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2005
2005
WWE Judgment Day · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2005
WrestleMania 21 · as Jbl
2005
WWE No Way Out · as Jbl
2005
2004
2004
WWE Armageddon · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2004
The Rise & Fall of ECW · as Justin 'hawk' Bradshaw
2004
2004
WWE No Mercy · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2004
Summerslam · as Jbl
2004
2004
WWE Judgment Day · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
2004
John Cena: Word Life · as Bradshaw
2004
WrestleMania XX · as Bradshaw
2004
WWE No Way Out · as Bradshaw
2004
Royal Rumble · as Bradshaw
2003
WWE Armageddon · as Bradshaw
2003
2003
Survivor Series · as Bradshaw
2003
WWE No Mercy · as Bradshaw
2003
WWE Vengeance · as Bradshaw
2002
WWE Velocity (TV Series) · as Bradshaw
2002
WWF Insurrextion · as Bradshaw
2002
WWF Backlash · as Bradshaw
2002
WrestleMania X8 · as Bradshaw
2002
WWF No Way Out · as Bradshaw
2002
Royal Rumble · as Bradshaw
2001
WWF Vengeance · as Bradshaw
2001
Survivor Series · as Bradshaw
2001
WWF Rebellion · as Bradshaw
2001
WWF No Mercy · as Bradshaw (heat)
2001
2001
WWF Unforgiven · as Bradshaw (appearance)
2001
Summerslam · as Bradshaw
2001
Invasion · as Bradshaw
2001
WWE Tough Enough (TV Series) · as Bradshaw
2001
WWF Judgment Day · as Bradshaw
2001
WWF Insurrextion · as Bradshaw
2001
WrestleMania X-Seven · as Bradshaw
2001
Royal Rumble · as Bradshaw
2001
2001
Best of Raw Vol. 3 · as Bradshaw
2000
WWF Armageddon · as Bradshaw (ringside)
2000
2000
WWF No Mercy · as Bradshaw
2000
WWF Unforgiven · as Bradshaw
2000
Fully Loaded · as Bradshaw
2000
WWF Insurrextion · as Bradshaw
2000
WWF Backlash · as Bradshaw
2000
WrestleMania 2000 · as Bradshaw
2000
The Huntress (TV Series)
2000
No Way Out · as Bradshaw (ringside)
2000
Royal Rumble · as Bradshaw
1999
WWF Armageddon · as Bradshaw
1999
Survivor Series · as Bradshaw
1999
WWF No Mercy · as Bradshaw
1999
WWF Rebellion · as Bradshaw
1999
WWF Unforgiven · as Bradshaw
1999
Summerslam · as Bradshaw
1999
WWF Jakked/Metal (TV Series) · as Bradshaw
1999
Fully Loaded · as Bradshaw
1999
WWF Over the Edge · as Bradshaw
1999
No Mercy (UK) · as Bradshaw
1999
WWE SmackDown (TV Series) · as John "bradshaw" Layfield
1999
WWF Backlash · as Bradshaw
1999
WrestleMania XV · as Bradshaw (appearance)
1999
1999
1999
Best of Raw Vol. 1 · as Bradshaw
1998
WWF Break Down · as Bradshaw
1998
WWE Heat (TV Series) · as Bradshaw
1998
WWE Heat (TV Series) · as Bradshaw
1998
Fully Loaded · as Bradshaw
1998
Best of Raw 10 · as Justin Bradshaw
1998
WWF Over the Edge · as Justin Bradshaw
1998
1998
WrestleMania XIV · as Bradshaw
1998
No Way Out · as Bradshaw
1998
Royal Rumble · as Blackjack Bradshaw
1997
Survivor Series · as Blackjack Bradshaw
1997
1997
WWE Byte This! (TV Series) · as Jbl
1997
WrestleMania 13 · as Blackjack Bradshaw
1997
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (TV Series) · as Bradshaw
1996
Survivor Series · as Justin "hawk" Bradshaw (free-For-All)
1996
WWF Buried Alive: In Your House · as Justin 'hawk' Bradshaw
1996
WWF in Your House: Mind Games · as Justin "hawk" Bradshaw
1996
WWF in Your House: International Incident · as Justin 'hawk' Bradshaw
1996
WWF in Your House: Beware of Dog · as Justin 'hawk' Bradshaw
1993
WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Bradshaw
1986
WWF Superstars (TV Series) · as Justin Bradshaw
WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff · as John "bradshaw" Layfield

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