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.
Acted in 161
2020s
- 2026
AAA Triplemanía 34 - Sunday
JBL
AAA Triplemanía 34 - Friday
JBL
AAA Verano de Escándalo 2026 - Week 3
JBL
AAA Verano de Escándalo 2026 - Week 2
JBL
AAA Verano de Escándalo 2026 - Week 1
JBL
- 2025
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
JBL
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
JBL
TNA Genesis 2025
JBL
- 2024
JCW: Devil's Night Creature Double Feature
John Layfield
TNA Bound for Glory 2024
John Layfield
TNA Victory Road 2024
John Layfield
TNA Emergence 2024
John Layfield
- 2023
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
JBL
- 2022
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
JBL
WWE Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 Kickoff
John Bradshaw Layfield
WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
JBL
- 2021
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
JBL
- 2020
WWE Survivor Series 2020
JBL (Appearance)
WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
Undertaker: The Last Ride
JBL · 4 episodes
Ruthless Aggression
JBL · 3 episodes
2010s
- 2019
WWE Backstage
JBL · 1 episode
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
Bradshaw (archive footage)
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
JBL
- 2018
WWE Untold
TV
- 2017
WWE Money in the Bank 2017
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
- 2016
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2016
JBL
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
Movie
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
JBL (archive footage)
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz
Movie
- 2015
WWE: Ring in the Holiday
Movie
Legends with JBL
John Layfield · 15 episodes
- 2014
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
- 2013
WWE SummerSlam 2013
JBL
- 2012
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
John 'Bradshaw' Layfield (archive footage)
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Bradshaw / JBL (archive footage)
- 2011
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
The John Cena Experience
JBL (archive footage)
- 2010
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
JBL
2000s
- 2009
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE WrestleMania XXV
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE No Way Out 2009
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
- 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2008
JBL
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
JBL
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
JBL (Appearance)
WWE No Mercy 2008
JBL
WWE Unforgiven 2008
JBL
WWE SummerSlam 2008
JBL
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
JBL
WWE One Night Stand 2008
JBL
WWE Judgment Day 2008
JBL
WWE Backlash 2008
JBL
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
JBL
WWE No Way Out 2008
JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
JBL
- 2007
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
JBL
- 2006
WWE Judgment Day 2006
JBL
WWE WrestleMania 22
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE No Way Out 2006
JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
JBL
- 2005
WWE Armageddon 2005
JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2005
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE No Mercy 2005
JBL
WWE SummerSlam 2005
JBL
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
ECW One Night Stand 2005
JBL
WWE Judgment Day 2005
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE WrestleMania 21
JBL
WWE No Way Out 2005
JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
JBL
- 2004
WWE Armageddon 2004
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Survivor Series 2004
JBL
WWE No Mercy 2004
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE SummerSlam 2004
JBL
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
JBL
WWE Judgment Day 2004
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE WrestleMania XX
Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2004
Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
Bradshaw
- 2003
WWE Survivor Series 2003
Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2003
Bradshaw
WWE Vengeance 2003
Bradshaw
- 2002
WWE Velocity
John Bradshaw Layfield · 1 episode
WWE Insurrextion 2002
Bradshaw
WWE Backlash 2002
Bradshaw
WWE Wrestlemania X8
Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2002
Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Bradshaw
- 2001
WWE Survivor Series 2001
Bradshaw
WWE Rebellion 2001
Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2001
Bradshaw (Heat)
WWE Unforgiven 2001
Bradshaw (Appearance)
WWE SummerSlam 2001
Bradshaw
WWE InVasion
Bradshaw
WWE Judgment Day 2001
Bradshaw
WWE Insurrextion 2001
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
Bradshaw
- 2000
WWE Armageddon 2000
Bradshaw (Ringside)
WWE No Mercy 2000
Bradshaw
WWE Unforgiven 2000
Bradshaw
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
Bradshaw
WWE Insurrextion 2000
Bradshaw
WWE Backlash 2000
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2000
Bradshaw (Ringside)
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
Bradshaw
1990s
- 1999
WWE Armageddon 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Rebellion 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Unforgiven 1999
Bradshaw
WWE SummerSlam 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Over the Edge
Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Backlash: In Your House
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XV
Bradshaw (Appearance)
- 1998
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
Bradshaw
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
Bradshaw
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
Justin Bradshaw
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Blackjack Bradshaw
- 1997
WWE Survivor Series 1997
Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania 13
Blackjack Bradshaw
- 1996
Best Of Raw • Volume One
Bradshaw
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw (Free-for-All)
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw
- 1993
Appearances8
2010s
- 2019
WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
Self
- 2018
Bipolar Rock 'N Roller
Himself (rumored)
- 2014
WWE Rivalries
Self · 1 episode
Batista: The Animal Unleashed
Himself
2000s
- 2006
ECW One Night Stand 2006
Self
- 2005
WWE Hall of Fame
Self · 1 episode
- 2002
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
Himself