John Bradshaw Layfield
Titles Won:
- WWE Championship
- WWF Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Faarooq
- Twentieth WWE Triple Crown Champion
- Tenth WWE Grand Slam Champion
Layfield is currently a financial commentator featured regularly on Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. He is also employed by Northeast Securities as its Senior Vice President.
Layfield rose to prominence in WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation, WWF) during its Attitude Era under the ring name Bradshaw, during which time he became a three-time WWF Tag Team Champion with Ron “Farooq” Simmons as part of the Acolyte Protection Agency (APA).
In 2004, the APA separated and Layfield was rebranded as JBL – a wealthy, big mouthed businessman – based on Layfield’s real-life accomplishments as a stock market investor. Later that year, he captured his only world heavyweight championship, the WWE Championship, and held it for 280 days, making him the longest reigning champion of the SmackDown brand at that point.
A month before his in-ring retirement at 2009’s WrestleMania XXV, he became Intercontinental Champion, which made him the twentieth Triple Crown Champion and the tenth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history. During his career Layfield was accused of perpetrating various pranks or hazing upon other WWE employees. After his retirement, Layfield became an on-air commentator for WWE programming.
Notable Matches
vs. Eddie Guerrero at Judgment Day 2004
vs. Eddie Guerrero at The Great American Bash 2004
vs. John Cena at Judgment Day 2005
w/ Faarooq vs. Kane/X-Pac on Raw, May 31st 1999
w/ Faarooq vs. The Hardy Boyz at Fully Loaded 1999
w/ Faarooq vs. The Dudley Boyz on Raw, July 9th 2001
Notable Feuds
vs. Eddie Guerrero
vs. John Cena
vs. Savio Vega
vs. Ken Shamrock
vs. nWo
vs. Rey Mysterio
vs. The Boogeyman
vs. Chris Benoit
vs. CM Punk
Other Notable Achievements
WWE Hardcore Championship (17 times)
WWE Intercontinental Championship
WWE United States Championship
WWF European Championship
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship – with Ron Simmons
CWA World Tag Team Championship – with Cannonball Grizzly
GWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Bobby Duncum, Jr. (1) and Black Bart (1)
MCW Southern Tag Team Championship – with Faarooq
NWA Texas NWA North American Heavyweight Championship
USWF Tag Team Championship – with The Equalizer
