John Layfield

John Charles Layfield is an American retired professional wrestler and current wrestling commentatorhost 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 Layfields main gimmick as JBLa wealthy gladhanding bigmouthed fierytempered businessmanwas based on Layfields reallife accomplishments as a stock market investor Layfield is a guest panelist on Fox News Channels The Cost of Freedom has appeared on CNBC and has written a bestselling 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 Layfields hazing and bullying have long been legend among hardcore wrestling fans136 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 bullyIn 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