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.
141 movies · 28 shows
AAA Noche de Los Grandes 2026 - Week 1
2026·0.0
AAA Guerra de Titanes
2025·8.3
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
2025·8.7
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
2025·7.3
TNA Genesis 2025
2025·7.7
GCW Dream On
2024·0.0
JCW: Devil's Night Creature Double Feature
2024·0.0
TNA Bound for Glory 2024
2024·6.5
TNA Victory Road 2024
2024·5.5
TNA Emergence 2024
2024·5.8
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
2023·8.5
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
2022·0.0
WWE Money in the Bank 2022 Kickoff
2022·0.0
WWE Wrestlemania Backlash 2022 Kickoff
2022·0.0
WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff
2022·0.0
WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff
2022·0.0
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
2022·10.0
WWE Day 1 Kickoff 2022
2022·0.0
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
2021·2.2
WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Kickoff
2021·0.0
WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff
2021·0.0
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
2021·4.0
WWE Survivor Series 2020
2020·7.4
WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff
2020·0.0
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
2019·9.0
WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
2019·9.0
Fighting with My Family
2019·6.8
Bipolar Rock 'N Roller
2018·8.0
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2016
2016·7.5
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
2016·10.0
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
2016·9.2
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz
2016·5.7
WWE: Ring in the Holiday
2015·9.2
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
2014·10.0
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014·10.0
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2014·9.0
Batista: The Animal Unleashed
2014·6.0
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
2014·5.8
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
2014·10.0
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
2012·8.8
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
2012·10.0
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
2011·0.0
The John Cena Experience
2011·7.4
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
2010·10.0
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
2009·0.0
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009·7.8
WWE No Way Out 2009
2009·7.8
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
2009·7.1
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
2008·0.0
WWE Survivor Series 2008
2008·7.2
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
2008·10.0
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008·7.3
WWE No Mercy 2008
2008·7.2
WWE Unforgiven 2008
2008·7.6
WWE SummerSlam 2008
2008·7.4
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
2008·7.4
WWE One Night Stand 2008
2008·8.2
WWE Judgment Day 2008
2008·7.6
WWE Backlash 2008
2008·7.8
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
2008·8.1
WWE No Way Out 2008
2008·6.5
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
2008·7.5
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
2007·6.8
ECW One Night Stand 2006
2006·7.7
WWE Judgment Day 2006
2006·6.6
WWE WrestleMania 22
2006·8.3
WWE No Way Out 2006
2006·7.4
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
2006·7.8
WWE Armageddon 2005
2005·6.9
WWE Survivor Series 2005
2005·8.7
WWE No Mercy 2005
2005·7.8
WWE SummerSlam 2005
2005·7.2
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
2005·7.7
ECW One Night Stand 2005
2005·8.6
WWE Judgment Day 2005
2005·7.0
WWE WrestleMania 21
2005·8.3
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
2005·10.0
WWE No Way Out 2005
2005·5.8
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
2005·7.8
WWE Armageddon 2004
2004·7.2
WWE Survivor Series 2004
2004·8.0
WWE No Mercy 2004
2004·5.8
WWE SummerSlam 2004
2004·8.5
WWE The Great American Bash 2004
2004·7.6
WWE Judgment Day 2004
2004·7.7
WWE WrestleMania XX
2004·8.2
WWE No Way Out 2004
2004·6.8
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
2004·7.3
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
2003·0.0
WWE Survivor Series 2003
2003·8.0
WWE No Mercy 2003
2003·8.1
WWE Vengeance 2003
2003·8.5
WWE Insurrextion 2002
2002·5.0
WWE Backlash 2002
2002·5.6
WWE Wrestlemania X8
2002·8.2
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
2002·0.0
WWE No Way Out 2002
2002·6.0
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
2002·6.7
WWE Survivor Series 2001
2001·6.8
WWE Rebellion 2001
2001·7.7
WWE No Mercy 2001
2001·7.0
WWE Unforgiven 2001
2001·6.0
WWE SummerSlam 2001
2001·8.5
WWE InVasion
2001·7.9
WWE Judgment Day 2001
2001·7.7
WWE Insurrextion 2001
2001·8.4
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001·8.8
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
2001·7.5
WWE Armageddon 2000
2000·7.6
WWE No Mercy 2000
2000·8.0
WWE Unforgiven 2000
2000·7.6
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
2000·8.6
WWE Insurrextion 2000
2000·4.8
WWE Backlash 2000
2000·7.6
WWE WrestleMania 2000
2000·7.3
WWE No Way Out 2000
2000·7.2
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
2000·6.7
WWE Armageddon 1999
1999·5.7
WWE Survivor Series 1999
1999·8.5
WWE No Mercy 1999
1999·8.0
WWE Rebellion 1999
1999·7.0
WWE Unforgiven 1999
1999·7.7
WWE SummerSlam 1999
1999·7.4
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
1999·7.0
WWE Over the Edge
1999·7.2
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
1999·6.0
WWE Backlash: In Your House
1999·9.5
WWE WrestleMania XV
1999·7.5
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
1998·7.0
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
1998·4.7
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
1998·9.3
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
1998·8.0
WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998·7.7
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
1998·7.3
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998·6.6
WWE Survivor Series 1997
1997·8.6
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
1997·8.0
WWE WrestleMania 13
1997·7.5
Best Of Raw • Volume One
1996·0.0
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996·7.4
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
1996·8.0