Cast
John Layfield
Acting
Cast
John Layfield
Known for
Acting
Born
1966-11-29
From
Sweetwater, Texas, USA
Also known as JBL, Bad Santa, Blackjack Bradshaw
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 JBLâa wealthy, gladhanding, big-mouthed, fiery-tempered businessmanâwas 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 MontrĂ©al listed Mark Henry, Matt Hardy, RenĂ© DuprĂ©e, 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 âthe bad guyâ on a TV show was misconstrued.
Fighting with My Family
as JBL (uncredited)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
as Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
as Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
as JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
as JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2004
as JBL
WWE SummerSlam 2004
as JBL
WWE Backlash 2000
as Bradshaw
WWE Wrestlemania X8
as Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XX
as Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania 2000
as Bradshaw
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
as John 'Bradshaw' Layfield (archive footage)
WWE One Night Stand 2008
as JBL
WWE WrestleMania 13
as Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
as JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
as Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania 21
as JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Survivor Series 2020
as JBL (Appearance)
WWE Unforgiven 2008
as JBL
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XV
as Bradshaw (Appearance)
WWE No Mercy 2005
as JBL
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
as Bradshaw
WWE Insurrextion 2000
as Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
as Bradshaw
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
as Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XXV
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
as Bradshaw / JBL (archive footage)
WWE Survivor Series 2001
as Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE No Way Out 2002
as Bradshaw
The John Cena Experience
as JBL (archive footage)
WWE Survivor Series 1997
as Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2005
as JBL
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
as JBL
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
as JBL (archive footage)
Trish & Lita â Best Friends, Better Rivals
as Bradshaw (archive footage)
WWE Unforgiven 2001
as Bradshaw (Appearance)
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
as JBL
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
as JBL
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
as Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
as JBL
WWE Armageddon 2000
as Bradshaw (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series 1999
as Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2000
as Bradshaw (Ringside)
ECW One Night Stand 2005
as JBL
WWE WrestleMania XIV
as Bradshaw
WWE Backlash 2008
as JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
as JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2008
as JBL
WWE WrestleMania 22
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
as Bradshaw
WWE Backlash: In Your House
as Bradshaw
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
as Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
as Justin Bradshaw
WWE Rebellion 1999
as Bradshaw
WWE SummerSlam 2005
as JBL
WWE SummerSlam 2008
as JBL
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
as Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2008
as JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2005
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
as Bradshaw
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
as JBL
WWE Armageddon 2005
as JBL
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
as JBL
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw
WWE Rebellion 2001
as Bradshaw
WWE Vengeance 2003
as Bradshaw
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Survivor Series 1996
as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw (Free-for-All)
WWE Unforgiven 2000
as Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2000
as Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2004
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Insurrextion 2002
as Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2009
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
WWE Insurrextion 2001
as Bradshaw
WWE InVasion
as Bradshaw
WWE Survivor Series 2003
as Bradshaw
WWE Armageddon 2004
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
WWE Over the Edge
as Bradshaw
WWE SummerSlam 2001
as Bradshaw
WWE Judgment Day 2004
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE No Mercy 1999
as Bradshaw
WWE Judgment Day 2001
as Bradshaw
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
as Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
as Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2004
as Bradshaw
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE SummerSlam 1999
as Bradshaw
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
as JBL (Appearance)
Batista: The Animal Unleashed
as Himself
WWE Judgment Day 2005
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE No Mercy 2003
as Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
as JBL
WWE Backlash 2002
as Bradshaw
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
as Bradshaw (Santa)
WWE Unforgiven 1999
as Bradshaw
WWE Judgment Day 2008
as JBL
WWE No Mercy 2001
as Bradshaw (Heat)
WWE No Way Out 2008
as JBL
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
as Bradshaw
WWE Armageddon 1999
as Bradshaw
WWE Judgment Day 2006
as JBL
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
as JBL
ECW One Night Stand 2006
as Self
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
as Bradshaw
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
as JBL
TNA Genesis 2025
as JBL
Bipolar Rock 'N Roller
as Himself (rumored)
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
as Himself
WWE: Ring in the Holiday
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
as Bradshaw
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
as JBL
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
as JBL
WWE No Way Out 2006
as JBL
WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
AAA TriplemanĂa XXXIII
as JBL
Best Of Raw âą Volume One
as Bradshaw
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
as JBL
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
as JBL
TNA Emergence 2024
as John Layfield
WWE Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 Kickoff
as John Bradshaw Layfield
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Money in the Bank 2022 Kickoff
as JBL
TNA Bound for Glory 2024
as John Layfield
TNA Victory Road 2024
as John Layfield
WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Kickoff
WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff
as John "Bradshaw" Layfield
AAA Guerra de Titanes
WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
as Self
WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022
as JBL
GCW Dream On
as JBL