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Birthday: Nov 29, 1966
Place of Birth: Sweetwater, Texas, USA

John Layfield

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014 2014
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11 Bradshaw 2021
WWE Royal Rumble 1998 Blackjack Bradshaw 1998
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 JBL 2008
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003 JBL 2003
WWE Hall of Fame 2023 JBL 2023
WWE Survivor Series 2005 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2008 JBL 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2003 Bradshaw 2003
WWE Royal Rumble 2004 Bradshaw 2004
WWE SummerSlam 2004 JBL 2004
WWE Survivor Series 2004 JBL 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2005 JBL 2005
WWE WrestleMania 22 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2006
WWE Royal Rumble 2000 Bradshaw 2000
WWE WrestleMania 13 Blackjack Bradshaw 1997
WWE Wrestlemania X8 Bradshaw 2002
WWE WrestleMania XX Bradshaw 2004
WWE WrestleMania 21 JBL 2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2006 JBL 2006
WWE Royal Rumble 2009 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2009
WWE Royal Rumble 2002 Bradshaw 2002
WWE Royal Rumble 2001 Bradshaw 2001
WWE SummerSlam 2008 JBL 2008
WWE No Way Out 2006 JBL 2006
WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2022
WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2022
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven Bradshaw 2001
WWE WrestleMania XXV John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2009
WWE No Way Out 2004 Bradshaw 2004
WWE Unforgiven 2000 Bradshaw 2000
WWE Unforgiven 1999 Bradshaw 1999
WWE Survivor Series 1999 Bradshaw 1999
WWE Backlash 2000 Bradshaw 2000
WWE WrestleMania XXIV JBL 2008
WWE Breakdown: In Your House Bradshaw 1998
WWE Over the Edge Bradshaw 1999
WWE Backlash: In Your House Bradshaw 1999
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999 Bradshaw 1999
WWE Fully Loaded 1999 Bradshaw 1999
WWE SummerSlam 1999 Bradshaw 1999
WWE Armageddon 1999 Bradshaw 1999
WWE No Mercy 1999 Bradshaw 1999
WWE Rebellion 1999 Bradshaw 1999
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw 1996
WWE Insurrextion 2000 Bradshaw 2000
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede Blackjack Bradshaw 1997
WWF Fully Loaded 2000 Bradshaw 2000
WWE Survivor Series 1997 Blackjack Bradshaw 1997
WWE No Mercy 2000 Bradshaw 2000
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House Justin Bradshaw 1998
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House Bradshaw 1998
WWE Insurrextion 2001 Bradshaw 2001
WWE Judgment Day 2001 Bradshaw 2001
WWE No Way Out 2000 Bradshaw (Ringside) 2000
WWE InVasion Bradshaw 2001
WWE SummerSlam 2001 Bradshaw 2001
WWE Rebellion 2001 Bradshaw 2001
WWE No Mercy 2004 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2004
WWE Armageddon 2004 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2004
WWE No Way Out 2005 JBL 2005
WWE Judgment Day 2005 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2005
WWE The Great American Bash 2005 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2005
WWE No Mercy 2005 JBL 2005
WWE SummerSlam 2005 JBL 2005
WWE Insurrextion 2002 Bradshaw 2002
WWE Backlash 2002 Bradshaw 2002
WWE Armageddon 2005 JBL 2005
WWE Judgment Day 2006 JBL 2006
WWE Vengeance 2003 Bradshaw 2003
WWE No Mercy 2003 Bradshaw 2003
WWE The Great American Bash 2004 JBL 2004
WWE Judgment Day 2004 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2004
WWE No Way Out 2008 JBL 2008
WWE Backlash 2008 JBL 2008
WWE One Night Stand 2008 JBL 2008
WWE Judgment Day 2008 JBL 2008
WWE The Great American Bash 2008 JBL 2008
WWE No Mercy 2008 JBL 2008
WWE Unforgiven 2008 JBL 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2008 JBL 2008
WWE No Way Out 2009 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2009
Best Of Raw • Volume One Bradshaw 1996
WWE Armageddon 2000 Bradshaw (Ringside) 2000
ECW One Night Stand 2006 John "Bradshaw" Layfield (Promo) 2006
WWF: Before They Were Superstars Himself 2002
WWE Survivor Series 2001 Bradshaw 2001
WWE No Way Out 2002 Bradshaw 2002
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow JBL 2022
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2021
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2011
WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff John "Bradshaw" Layfield 1970
WWE: Ring in the Holiday 2015
WWE Wrestlemania Backlash Kickoff 2022 John Bradshaw Layfield 2022
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz 2016
WWE money in the bank kickoff 2021 2021
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 JBL (Appearance) 2008
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship 2016
WWE Survivor Series 1996 Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw (Free-for-All) 1996
WWE Unforgiven 2001 Bradshaw (Appearance) 2001
WWE No Mercy 2001 Bradshaw (Heat) 2001
WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022 JBL 2022
TNA Emergence 2024 John Layfield 2024
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005 Bradshaw (Santa) 2005
Bipolar Rock 'N Roller Himself (rumored) 2018
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House Bradshaw 1998
Fighting with My Family JBL (uncredited) 2019
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 Bradshaw 2014
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 Bradshaw / JBL (archive footage) 2012
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2 Bradshaw 2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 JBL 2014
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness JBL (archive footage) 2016
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man JBL 2007
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero JBL 2008
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber JBL 2010
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals JBL 2019
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak John 'Bradshaw' Layfield (archive footage) 2012
ECW One Night Stand 2005 JBL 2005
WWE WrestleMania 2000 Bradshaw 2000
WWE WrestleMania XIV Bradshaw 1998
WWE Mayhem in Manchester Bradshaw 1998
WWE Survivor Series 2020 JBL (Appearance) 2020
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020 JBL 2021
The John Cena Experience JBL (archive footage) 2011
WWE WrestleMania XV Bradshaw (Appearance) 1999
WWE Royal Rumble 2014 John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2014
TNA Victory Road 2024 John Layfield 2024
Biography: Booker T Self 2021
TNA Bound for Glory 2024 John Layfield 2024
GCW Dream On JBL 2024
Series Cast Year
Saturday Night's Main Event 1985
Undertaker: The Last Ride JBL 2020
The Best of WWE John "Bradshaw" Layfield 2020
The Huntress 2000
Biography: WWE Legends JBL 2021
The JBL and Cole Show JBL 2012
WWE SmackDown John "Bradshaw" Layfield 1999
WWE Raw John "Bradshaw" Layfield 1993
WWE SmackDown Bradshaw 1999
Dark Side of the Ring Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2019
Legends with JBL John Layfield 2015
WWE Backstage JBL 2019
Swerved JBL 2015
WWE Raw JBL 1993
WWE Raw John Bradshaw Layfield 1993
WWE This Is Awesome JBL 2022
WWE Main Event John Bradshaw Layfield 2012
WWE Rivals JBL 2022
WWE Rivalries 2014
WWE Untold 2018
WWE Raw Justin Bradshaw 1993
WWE Raw Blackjack Bradshaw 1993
WWE Raw Bradshaw 1993
WWE Tough Enough Bradshaw 2001
WWE SmackDown JBL 1999
WWE Heat Bradshaw 1998
Ruthless Aggression JBL 2020
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