| John "Bradshaw" Layfield JBL | |
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| Appears in | WWE 2K15 WWE 2K16 WWE 2K17 WWE 2K18 |
| Billed Height | 6 ft 7 in |
| Billed Weight | 290 |
| Born From | Sweetwater, Texas, U.S. |
| Billed From | Sweetwater, Texas as Bradshaw New York City as John Layfield Roscoe, Texas as Justin Bradshaw/Blackjack Bradshaw |
| WWE Debut | 1992 |
| Brand | Legend |
| Relationships with other people | |
| Allies Randy Orton Basham Brothers Farooq (formerly) Chris Jericho CM Punk Kurt Angle Big Show Mr. McMahon Orlando Jordan Batista The GOP & Fox News (real life) |
Rivals Shawn Michaels Triple H John Cena RTC Hornswoggle Finally Rey Mysterio Tatanka ECW Maggle/Michael Cole (sometimes) Stone Cold Torrie Wilsen |
John Charles Layfield (born November 29, 1966), better known by the ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield (abbreviated JBL), is an American businessman, retired professional wrestler and television personality most prominently known for his time in WWE where he is a former WWE Champion. Layfield is currently a financial commentator featured regularly on Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network.
Within WWE, he was previously known by the ring name Bradshaw, and prior to that, the variations Justin Bradshaw and Blackjack Bradshaw (as half of The New Blackjacks with Blackjack Windham). However, Layfield's main gimmick as JBL – a wealthy, big mouthed businessman – was based on Layfield's real-life accomplishments as a stock market investor. Layfield is also employed by Northeast Securities as its Senior Vice President.
Layfield won 24 total championships including one reign as WWE Champion, one reign as United States Champion, one reign as European Champion, 17 reigns as Hardcore Champion, one reign as Intercontinental Champion, and three reigns as WWF Tag Team Champion with Faarooq as part of The Acolytes Protection Agency (APA). He is also recognized by WWE as the 20th Triple Crown Champion and the 10th Grand Slam Champion. During his career Layfield was accused of perpetrating various pranks or hazing upon other WWE employees. After his retirement, Layfield later became an on-air commentator for WWE programming.
Trivia[]
JBL is the main antagonist of the WWE SVR 2010 Shawn Michaels return and he made his first appearance as a main villain.
In WWF attitude then his first millionaire gimmick in WWE SVR. his goal is to make Shawn Michaels retire. He is available in his regular wrestling attire and suit (minus the cowboy hat, except cutscenes).
JBL is a rude arrogant person who hates Shawn Michaels but loves randy Orton and Chris Jericho and CM Punk if he betrays HBK.
He appeared in WWE SVR 2008 being against ECW in survivor series and commented on SmackDown! with Maggle Cole.
In the end he loses his million dollars thanks to Shawn Michaels.
He appears in SVR 2006, working side by side with Eric Bischoff to handicap RAW and employs the Basham bros. and Orlando Jordan in his cabinet. He is also the "owner" of Torrie Wilson and her contract. He gets a stunner by Austin, but then attacks him in the ring with Big Show and Kurt Angle and Batista secretly works for him.
He is then in a tag match with Batista where he may lose to the player.
Surprisingly, he works alongside Kurt Angel and John Cena well when Theodore Long teams them up against the player for driving him over.