John Layfield

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Age

Movies

142

Born: November 29, 1966
From: Sweetwater, Texas, USA

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.

Works

142 films

Fighting with My Family

20196.8

AAA Noche de Los Grandes 2026 - Week 1

2026

WWE Survivor Series 2003

20038.0

JCW: Devil's Night Creature Double Feature

2024

WWE WrestleMania XIV

19987.7

AAA Guerra de Titanes

20258.3

WWE WrestleMania XX

20048.2

WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff

2022

John Cena's Greatest Rivalries

202210.0

WWE SummerSlam 1999

19997.4

WWE Royal Rumble 2002

20026.7

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

20018.8

WWE Backlash 2002

20025.6

WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff

2022

WWE The Great American Bash 2008

20087.4

Batista: The Animal Unleashed

20146.0

WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff

2020

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

20128.8

WWE No Mercy 2003

20038.1

WWE Survivor Series 2004

20048.0

WWE Survivor Series 2020

20207.4

WWE Survivor Series 2001

20016.8

WWE Survivor Series 2008

20087.2

WWE WrestleMania XXV

20097.8

WWE The Great American Bash 2005

20057.7

WWE Fully Loaded 1999

19997.0

WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

19984.7

WWE Royal Rumble 2008

20087.5

WWE Wrestlemania X8

20028.2

WWE Unforgiven 2001

20016.0

WWE WrestleMania XXIV

20088.1

WWE Royal Rumble 2006

20067.8

WWE Survivor Series 1999

19998.5

WWE SummerSlam 2013

20137.8

WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff

2021

WWE One Night Stand 2008

20088.2

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

19986.6

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003

2003

WWE Royal Rumble 2004

20047.3

WWE WrestleMania 2000

20007.3

WWE WrestleMania 13

19977.5

WWE Survivor Series 2005

20058.7

The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century

2011

WWE WrestleMania 21

20058.3

WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

19989.3

WWE The Great American Bash 2004

20047.6

WWE SummerSlam 2005

20057.2

WWE SummerSlam 2008

20087.4

WWE Royal Rumble 2005

20057.8

WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games

19968.0

WWE Rebellion 2001

20017.7

WWE No Way Out 2002

20026.0

WWE Royal Rumble 2009

20097.1

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014

201410.0

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

19978.0

The John Cena Experience

20117.4

WWE WrestleMania 22

20068.3

WWE Insurrextion 2000

20004.8

WWE Armageddon 2004

20047.2

WWE Backlash 2008

20087.8

WWE No Way Out 2000

20007.2

WWE SummerSlam 2004

20048.5

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

20149.0

WWE Backlash: In Your House

19999.5

WWE No Way Out 2009

20097.8

WWE No Mercy 2008

20087.2

WWE Royal Rumble 2014

20145.8

WWE: Ring in the Holiday

20159.2

WWE Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 Kickoff

2022

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005

200510.0

Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals

20199.0

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

19987.3

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

20017.5

WWE Survivor Series 1997

19978.6

Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11

20212.2

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008

2008

WWE WrestleMania XV

19997.5

WWE SummerSlam 2001

20018.5

WWE No Way Out 2004

20046.8

WWE Unforgiven 2000

20007.6

WWE No Way Out 2005

20055.8

WWE Backlash 2000

20007.6

WWE Armageddon 1999

19995.7

WWE Survivor Series 1996

19967.4

WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber

201010.0

WWE Vengeance 2003

20038.5

WWE Royal Rumble 2000

20006.7

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI

2009

WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero

200810.0

WWE Armageddon 2000

20007.6

WWE Rebellion 1999

19997.0

WWE No Way Out 2008

20086.5

WWE No Mercy 2000

20008.0

WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009

201210.0

WWE Breakdown: In Your House

19987.0

WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999

19996.0

WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Kickoff

2021

WWE Over the Edge

19997.2

WWE Judgment Day 2004

20047.7

WWE Unforgiven 1999

19997.7

WWE No Mercy 2005

20057.8

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008

20087.3

WWE Judgment Day 2001

20017.7

WWE Insurrextion 2002

20025.0

WWE No Mercy 2001

20017.0

WWE InVasion

20017.9

The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship

201610.0

WWE Judgment Day 2008

20087.6

ECW One Night Stand 2005

20058.6

WWE No Mercy 1999

19998.0

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2

201410.0

WWE Insurrextion 2001

20018.4

WWE Mayhem in Manchester

19988.0

Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow

2022

WWF Fully Loaded 2000

20008.6

WWE No Mercy 2004

20045.8

WWE No Way Out 2006

20067.4

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3

201410.0

Bipolar Rock 'N Roller

20188.0

WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas

20258.7

Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz

20165.7

ECW One Night Stand 2006

20067.7

WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness

20169.2

WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2016

20167.5

WWE Unforgiven 2008

20087.6

WWE Judgment Day 2005

20057.0

WWF: Before They Were Superstars

2002

AAA Triplemanía XXXIII

20257.3

WWE Money in the Bank 2022 Kickoff

2022

WWE Armageddon 2005

20056.9

WWE Hall of Fame 2023

20238.5

Best Of Raw • Volume One

1996

WWE Judgment Day 2006

20066.6

WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story

20199.0

WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man

20076.8

TNA Emergence 2024

20245.8

TNA Bound for Glory 2024

20246.5

WWE Hall Of Fame 2020

20214.0

TNA Victory Road 2024

20245.5

WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022

2022

TNA Genesis 2025

20257.7

GCW Dream On

2024