John Bradshaw Layfield
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| John Layfield | |||
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| Ring Names | Bradshaw Blackjack Bradshaw Death Mask Justin Bradshaw John Hawk Texas Hawk John Bradshaw Layfield Vampiro Americano | ||
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||
| Weight | 290 lbs (130 kg) | ||
| Born | November 29 1967 | ||
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| Died | |||
| Resides | New York City, New York | ||
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| Trained by | Brad Rheingans | ||
| Debut | September 23, 1992 | ||
| Retired | April 6, 2009 | ||
John Charles Layfield (November 29, 1966) is an American retired professional wrestler and current wrestling commentator and wrestling show host both for WWE. Outside of his WWE work, Layfield is a financial analyst for Fox News. Layfield is best known by his ring names, Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw, Blackjack Bradshaw, Bradshaw and John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), while working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he 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. (ISBN 0-7434-6633-0). Layfield also hosts a weekend talk radio program, syndicated nationally by conservative political views.
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 twelfth Grand Slam Champion.
Since December 7, 2012, Layfield and fellow WWE commentator Michael Cole, both notorious for their mouthy and aggressively opinionated gimmicks, have hosted their very own WWE Youtube series, The JBL and Cole Show.
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Football
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Prior to his professional wrestling career, Layfield was a collegiate American football coach for Trinity Valley Community College and player for Abilene Christian University. At Abilene, Layfield was a two-year starter on the offensive line and was named first-team All-Lone Star Conference as a junior and senior. Layfield signed with the Los Angeles Raiders as an undrafted free agent, but was released before the 1990 season began. Layfield did play in the World League of American Football, starting all ten games of the 1991 season at right tackle for the San Antonio Riders, wearing jersey number 61.
Professional wrestling careerEdit
Global Wrestling Federation (1992–1994)Edit
Layfield was trained initially by Brad Rheingans and first started wrestling in the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF) in Texas. His first gimmick was as Johnny Hawk, storyline cousin of the Windham brothers. He formed the tag team "Texas Mustangs" with Bobby Duncum, Jr.; they quickly won the GWF Tag Team Championship from Rough Riders (Black Bart and Johnny Mantell) on November 27 but dropped the titles to Bad Breed (Ian and Axl Rotten) on January 29, 1993. Later that year, Hawk won his second GWF Tag Team Championship with Black Bart on December 25 from Steve Dane and Chaz Taylor. They held the title for a long time before losing them to The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Terry Gordy) on June 3, 1994. Layfield also won the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship on January 14, 1995, defeating Kevin Von Erich. Two months later, he lost the NWA North American Title to Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.
Wrestling factsEdit
- Finishing and signature moves
- Clothesline From Hell
- Last Call
- Nicknames
- "Hawk"
- "JBL"
- "Wrestling God"
- Tag teams and stables
- Managers
- Amy Weber (WWE)
- Jackyl (WWF)
- Jacqueline (WWF) (2000-2001)
- Jillian Hall (WWE) (2005)
- Uncle Zebekiah (WWF) (1996)
- Theme music
- "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex (CWA)
- Longhorn by Jim Johnston (WWE)
Championships and accomplishmentsEdit
Added by Suckup 103- WWE Champion (1 time)
- WWE United States Champion (1 time)
- WWF World Tag Team Champion (3 time) - with Faarooq
- WWF European Champion (1 time)
- WWF/E Hardcore Champion (18 time)
- Intercontinental Champion (1 time)
- Twentieth Triple Crown Champion
- 10th WWE Grand Slam Champion
- OVW Southern Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Faarooq
- MCW Southern Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Faarooq
- CWA World Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Cannonball Grizzly
- GWF North American Tag Team Champion (2 time) - with Bobby Duncum Jr. (1), Black Bart (1)
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