John Layfield

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-11-29 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Sweetwater, Texas, USA

John Layfield

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 a...

Acting

1998

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

as Blackjack Bradshaw

2005

WWE Survivor Series 2005

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2004

2006

WWE WrestleMania 22

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2000

1997

WWE WrestleMania 13

as Blackjack Bradshaw

2002

2004

2009

WWE Royal Rumble 2009

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2001

2002

2022

WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday Kickoff

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2022

WWE WrestleMania 38 Sunday Kickoff

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2004

2009

WWE WrestleMania XXV

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2000

1999

2000

1999

1999

1999

1999

1999

1999

1999

1996

WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games

as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw

2000

2000

1997

WWE Survivor Series 1997

as Blackjack Bradshaw

2000

1998

2001

2001

2000

WWE No Way Out 2000

as Bradshaw (Ringside)

2001

WWE InVasion

as Bradshaw

2001

2001

2004

WWE No Mercy 2004

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2004

WWE Armageddon 2004

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2005

WWE Judgment Day 2005

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2005

WWE The Great American Bash 2005

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2002

2002

2003

2003

2004

WWE Judgment Day 2004

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2009

WWE No Way Out 2009

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2000

WWE Armageddon 2000

as Bradshaw (Ringside)

2006

ECW One Night Stand 2006

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield (Promo)

2002

2021

WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1 Kickoff

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2011

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WWE Backlash 2020 Kickoff

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2022

2008

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008

as JBL (Appearance)

1996

WWE Survivor Series 1996

as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw (Free-for-All)

2001

WWE Unforgiven 2001

as Bradshaw (Appearance)

2001

WWE No Mercy 2001

as Bradshaw (Heat)

2024

TNA Emergence 2024

as John Layfield

2005

2018

Bipolar Rock 'N Roller

as Himself (rumored)

2019

Fighting with My Family

as JBL (uncredited)

2012

2012

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

as John 'Bradshaw' Layfield (archive footage)

2000

1998

2020

WWE Survivor Series 2020

as JBL (Appearance)

2011

The John Cena Experience

as JBL (archive footage)

1999

WWE WrestleMania XV

as Bradshaw (Appearance)

2014

WWE Royal Rumble 2014

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

2024

TNA Victory Road 2024

as John Layfield

2024

TNA Bound for Glory 2024

as John Layfield

2024

2023

2009

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI

as John "Bradshaw" Layfield

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