John Layfield
Acting • Born 1966-11-29
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.
Filmography
178 credits
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
Movie • 2014
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
Movie • 2021
Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Movie • 1998
Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
Movie • 2003
JBL
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
Movie • 2023
JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2005
Movie • 2005
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2003
Movie • 2003
Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
Movie • 2004
Bradshaw
WWE SummerSlam 2004
Movie • 2004
JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2004
Movie • 2004
JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
Movie • 2005
JBL
WWE WrestleMania 22
Movie • 2006
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
Movie • 2000
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania 13
Movie • 1997
Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE Wrestlemania X8
Movie • 2002
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XX
Movie • 2004
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania 21
Movie • 2005
JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
Movie • 2006
JBL
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
Movie • 2009
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Movie • 2002
Bradshaw
WWE SummerSlam 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE No Way Out 2006
Movie • 2006
JBL
WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff
Movie • 2022
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff
Movie • 2022
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Unforgiven 1999
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Movie • 2009
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE No Way Out 2004
Movie • 2004
Bradshaw
WWE Unforgiven 2000
Movie • 2000
Bradshaw
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Backlash 2000
Movie • 2000
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Bradshaw
WWE Over the Edge
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Backlash: In Your House
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE SummerSlam 1999
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 1999
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Armageddon 1999
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE Rebellion 1999
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
Movie • 1996
Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw
WWE Insurrextion 2000
Movie • 2000
Bradshaw
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
Movie • 2000
Bradshaw
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
Movie • 1997
Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE Survivor Series 1997
Movie • 1997
Blackjack Bradshaw
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Justin Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2000
Movie • 2000
Bradshaw
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Bradshaw
WWE Insurrextion 2001
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw
WWE Judgment Day 2001
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2000
Movie • 2000
Bradshaw (Ringside)
WWE InVasion
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw
WWE SummerSlam 2001
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw
WWE Rebellion 2001
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2004
Movie • 2004
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Armageddon 2004
Movie • 2004
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE No Way Out 2005
Movie • 2005
JBL
WWE Judgment Day 2005
Movie • 2005
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
Movie • 2005
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Backlash 2002
Movie • 2002
Bradshaw
WWE Insurrextion 2002
Movie • 2002
Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2005
Movie • 2005
JBL
WWE SummerSlam 2005
Movie • 2005
JBL
WWE Armageddon 2005
Movie • 2005
JBL
WWE Judgment Day 2006
Movie • 2006
JBL
WWE Vengeance 2003
Movie • 2003
Bradshaw
WWE No Mercy 2003
Movie • 2003
Bradshaw
WWE Judgment Day 2004
Movie • 2004
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
Movie • 2004
JBL
WWE No Way Out 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE Backlash 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE Judgment Day 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE One Night Stand 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE Unforgiven 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE No Mercy 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE Survivor Series 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE No Way Out 2009
Movie • 2009
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
Best Of Raw • Volume One
Movie • 1996
Bradshaw
WWE Armageddon 2000
Movie • 2000
Bradshaw (Ringside)
ECW One Night Stand 2006
Movie • 2006
Self
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
Movie • 2002
Himself
WWE Survivor Series 2001
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw
WWE No Way Out 2002
Movie • 2002
Bradshaw
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
Movie • 2022
JBL
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff
Movie • 2021
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
Movie • 2011
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff
Movie
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE: Ring in the Holiday
Movie • 2015
WWE Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 Kickoff
Movie • 2022
John Bradshaw Layfield
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz
Movie • 2016
WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Kickoff
Movie • 2021
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
Movie • 2008
JBL (Appearance)
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
Movie • 2016
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Movie • 1996
Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw (Free-for-All)
WWE Unforgiven 2001
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw (Appearance)
WWE No Mercy 2001
Movie • 2001
Bradshaw (Heat)
WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022
Movie • 2022
JBL
TNA Emergence 2024
Movie • 2024
John Layfield
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
Movie • 2005
Bradshaw (Santa)
Bipolar Rock 'N Roller
Movie • 2018
Himself (rumored)
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Bradshaw
Fighting with My Family
Movie • 2019
JBL (uncredited)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Movie • 2014
Bradshaw
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Movie • 2012
Bradshaw / JBL (archive footage)
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
Movie • 2014
Bradshaw
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
Movie • 2014
JBL
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Movie • 2016
JBL (archive footage)
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
Movie • 2007
JBL
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
Movie • 2008
JBL
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Movie • 2010
JBL
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
Movie • 2019
Bradshaw (archive footage)
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Movie • 2012
John 'Bradshaw' Layfield (archive footage)
ECW One Night Stand 2005
Movie • 2005
JBL
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Movie • 2000
Bradshaw
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Movie • 1998
Bradshaw
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
Movie • 1998
Bradshaw
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Movie • 2020
JBL (Appearance)
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
Movie • 2021
JBL
The John Cena Experience
Movie • 2011
JBL (archive footage)
WWE WrestleMania XV
Movie • 1999
Bradshaw (Appearance)
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
Movie • 2014
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
TNA Victory Road 2024
Movie • 2024
John Layfield
TNA Bound for Glory 2024
Movie • 2024
John Layfield
GCW Dream On
Movie • 2024
JBL
TNA Genesis 2025
Movie • 2025
JBL
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
Movie • 2022
JBL
WWE Money in the Bank 2022 Kickoff
Movie • 2022
JBL
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
Movie • 2009
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
Movie • 2025
JBL
WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
Movie • 2019
Self
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
Movie • 2025
JBL
Batista: The Animal Unleashed
Movie • 2014
Himself
AAA Guerra de Titanes
Movie • 2025
Undertaker: The Last Ride
TV • 2020
JBL
The Best of WWE
TV • 2020
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
The Huntress
TV • 2000
Biography: WWE Legends
TV • 2021
JBL
The JBL and Cole Show
TV • 2012
JBL
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
John 'Bradshaw' Layfield
Raw
TV • 1993
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Bradshaw
Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legends with JBL
TV • 2015
John Layfield
WWE Backstage
TV • 2019
JBL
Swerved
TV • 2015
JBL
Raw
TV • 1993
JBL
Raw
TV • 1993
John Bradshaw Layfield
WWE This Is Awesome
TV • 2022
JBL
WWE Main Event
TV • 2012
John Bradshaw Layfield
WWE Rivals
TV • 2022
JBL
WWE Rivalries
TV • 2014
WWE Untold
TV • 2018
Raw
TV • 1993
Justin Bradshaw
Raw
TV • 1993
Blackjack Bradshaw
Raw
TV • 1993
Bradshaw
WWE Tough Enough
TV • 2001
Bradshaw
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
JBL
WWE Heat
TV • 1998
Bradshaw
Ruthless Aggression
TV • 2020
JBL
Raw
TV • 1993
WWE's Greatest Moments
TV • 2025
WWE Rivals
TV • 2022
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
John Bradshaw Layfield
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Wrestlemania Rewind
TV • 2014
John Bradshaw Layfield
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Blackjack Bradshaw - The New Blackjacks
WWE Velocity
TV • 2002
John Bradshaw Layfield
WWE Rivals
TV • 2022
John Bradshaw Layfield
WWE Hall of Fame
TV • 2005
Self
WWE Rivalries
TV • 2014
Self
WWE Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
TV • 2026