John Layfield
![John Layfield](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qFWPIv07g6qdnHJRhGOALijgD8x.jpg)
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: November 29, 1966 (58 years old)
Place of Birth: Sweetwater, Texas, USA
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.
2023
2022
2021
![WWE Hall Of Fame 2020](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iCeW7sQRYbAf3gmqkAQ6sV27Vk1.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
![WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 2](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1AEgZQgnG6ntZ1Z4tWdxEKI7p9D.jpg)
Actor John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 2
![Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hEB5ClGy24SkwtcIxP2eknpM3I1.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
![WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5tzKVWvgZzptvwYo4ZGxVI1LLKR.jpg)
Actor John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1
![WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rzcVxZyUyvPUoA4Log2uRgpbgS1.jpg)
Actor John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff
Actor
WWE money in the bank kickoff 2021
2020
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2012
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2010
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2008
![WWE SummerSlam 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hiuyHy50zEuQ2R50bBXg7UkoMb2.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE SummerSlam 2008
![WWE WrestleMania XXIV](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xYsp6F2FMKDKSR8Qzy7Xx3RCjOu.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
![WWE No Way Out 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hB7KrvTe4fMRCSyLIJJcjidHCnd.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE No Way Out 2008
![WWE Backlash 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6wtG3SVYhf8dMxs9mvZbszOpOCi.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE Backlash 2008
![WWE One Night Stand 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/p7AZl3K9g8akJQSI35e13bs4CF3.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE One Night Stand 2008
![WWE Judgment Day 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/x3Yf2bg5XfazLSI0IGUY0Ucyen4.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE Judgment Day 2008
![WWE No Mercy 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/r03CGSSjIe1ks6vs9CwrnHnef4X.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE No Mercy 2008
![WWE Survivor Series 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kXSLKVyPCsfE0JaZMcXCSAAndv3.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2008
![WWE Unforgiven 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vIc57YCZkTsDYHv5OAeTH30IAdu.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE Unforgiven 2008
![WWE The Great American Bash 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/A0MmbK6iL8xAJGzufgSJxNxltGw.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
![WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aHgqEujGEtRzccocKK7fU5ejRmC.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
Actor JBL
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
![WWE Royal Rumble 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zk00Nx3sRM0edxUZyOXXP0jj1PD.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
![WWE Cyber Sunday 2008](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/trc4z6peWyy0Ax9sIk8vmwF2ars.jpg)
Actor JBL (Appearance)
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2007
2006
2005
![WWE Survivor Series 2005](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/x3RczT4V6aEo7do7V7BH67FdZHD.jpg)
Actor John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Survivor Series 2005
![WWE Royal Rumble 2005](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tHYgCsr8XDyCEV0lEMmG1jLkNd7.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
![WWE WrestleMania 21](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4rQOid4Qc4nsZ5WS3WJ5DaxLW0z.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE WrestleMania 21
![WWE No Way Out 2005](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kCb6UaSm3UAKFJh6U5MEd4XiRZS.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE No Way Out 2005
![WWE Judgment Day 2005](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7DmuNald386Pgaifz4DXQuZKC2S.jpg)
Actor John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Judgment Day 2005
![WWE The Great American Bash 2005](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/p7IOThvqhLyCkrYNbo2cgXOp5lq.jpg)
Actor John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
![WWE SummerSlam 2005](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pyjjNaQT0falLyQUFz6rpUOCeAf.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE SummerSlam 2005
![WWE Armageddon 2005](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2qDcKX3cM0ODIY5doqCQjGtsSab.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE Armageddon 2005
![WWE No Mercy 2005](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kxMe8xAJOjLzbu38xz9mTE7ERyL.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE No Mercy 2005
Actor Bradshaw (Santa)
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
![ECW One Night Stand 2005](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/75A2DLRbvPwEBYUHdINlzQcRlxi.jpg)
Actor JBL
ECW One Night Stand 2005
2004
![WWE SummerSlam 2004](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zybol9hIm5Tsjbg9Xaazb4tVhHM.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE SummerSlam 2004
![WWE Royal Rumble 2004](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bvdDgsujyNEApNWQ9bwfxQUJzIU.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
![WWE Survivor Series 2004](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7yDZf9a5buA4ruaQNtL9DV7xM2Y.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2004
![WWE WrestleMania XX](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sOL5c0tagWsmgEyvYnvxiTnWb97.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XX
![WWE No Way Out 2004](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bY52N0hiw7luomyyQzKdrY9lC1z.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2004
![WWE Judgment Day 2004](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iWwMvzyUvAQHriKKgQsrXKQ5FQ3.jpg)
Actor John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Judgment Day 2004
![WWE The Great American Bash 2004](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5ipnqK9eiMSCY9Aqkk1IRAlwIt6.jpg)
Actor JBL
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
![WWE No Mercy 2004](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tJYDWW3ENgPKVahxzN8eCkoGh4C.jpg)
Actor John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE No Mercy 2004
![WWE Armageddon 2004](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yXkue0tG6R753ZiXmcmap9LzwuQ.jpg)
Actor John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Armageddon 2004
2003
2002
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2000
![WWE Royal Rumble 2000](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tTjKnnIVd0zfC5lXeev05qpV0Sb.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
![WWE Unforgiven 2000](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dZUzVpBEz09pWVCPPtFep3L6MF4.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Unforgiven 2000
![WWE Backlash 2000](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yjGVpoxfZmSSug57ZPNU8I9Kb4A.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Backlash 2000
![WWF Fully Loaded 2000](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1TuQquOB9dQyxAPYq4R838eK2GW.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
![WWE No Mercy 2000](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dwNvlfV4aByylt93QGFuSCReMwE.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2000
![WWE Insurrextion 2000](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ioVt25SsA8jgQa2xzPpsMa9Yxvy.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Insurrextion 2000
![WWE WrestleMania 2000](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/az6kcIfVnPtTpexRusnwN8tl3dh.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania 2000
![WWE No Way Out 2000](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/21eBC7HvZLpQyhxlnKydVELlyY7.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw (Ringside)
WWE No Way Out 2000
![WWE Armageddon 2000](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8mzYmB3f2MuPC7JRvQYV3P9aXpO.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw (Ringside)
WWE Armageddon 2000
1999
![WWE Unforgiven 1999](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cQKbqEuOHpMO0kgbiZOAG35pr2W.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Unforgiven 1999
![WWE Survivor Series 1999](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zYZ25zkXUNxz7ZVKJw2UjzXEEvT.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Survivor Series 1999
![WWE Over the Edge](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rhtX7PGulwIizYMzatsRwsJ8ziD.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Over the Edge
![WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/662UNxbJO3sNGJT6hQJWENoxMLG.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
![WWE Fully Loaded 1999](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9eW8T4du0AsZBpdwyPQRqd5Shnr.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
![WWE SummerSlam 1999](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ve79euyHUCoWt4liIHFF7INxFnN.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE SummerSlam 1999
![WWE Backlash: In Your House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/IMokHYJ0l6zocKX6xZq4yYHxnf.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Backlash: In Your House
![WWE Armageddon 1999](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ncjc6l0p9vHFx7VEGJdi77hcphM.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Armageddon 1999
![WWE No Mercy 1999](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pIPBHcPO3prYnpbHbCLbyrfzcHe.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 1999
![WWE Rebellion 1999](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ncRwuqNWdxMzf7pAfMMuV9ym1L5.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Rebellion 1999
![WWE WrestleMania XV](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9ZGX0Yx2M4KKMGx3mgqL7Is0vOm.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw (Appearance)
WWE WrestleMania XV
1998
![WWE Royal Rumble 1998](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1iVdUoane1lOF61K0XA11T01wMe.jpg)
Actor Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
![WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zjkyJ5yKcD0qcYNHMefvbm2x4zp.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
![WWE Over the Edge: In Your House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/y90T003ZxwmTVe1arF3lezs78h4.jpg)
Actor Justin Bradshaw
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
![WWE Breakdown: In Your House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mT5qddCG8F6nv64uuwlhPia9iA9.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
![WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/Wsxaw2U1m6kNyFBtbrhY2zZEyx.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
![WWE WrestleMania XIV](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xEeNi4ELxOZJHsVGQKT2mXGlvKI.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XIV
![WWE Mayhem in Manchester](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xTEETBJ5FvnjgCxmPFggoUFS5sQ.jpg)
Actor Bradshaw
WWE Mayhem in Manchester