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John Layfield Wiki Biography

John Charles Layfiled was born on the 29^th November 1966 in Sweetwater, Texas USA, and is best known to the world for having been a professional wrestler, who was the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Champion for 280 days in Smackdown category. He has recently been working as a sports commentator for WWE, and as an actor and writer. His career has been active since 1990, and he is known to the world by his ring names – Blackjack Bradshaw and John “Bradshow” Layfield – JBL.

Have you ever wondered how rich John Layfiled is? Sources estimate that Layfield’s net worth is $10.5 million, with the main source of this amount of money being, of course, his career as a professional wrestler. Based on a salary per year approaching $530,000. Additionally to this, when he retired, he started working as a sports commentator for WWE, which has also added to his net worth. Another source of his wealth comes from acting, writing, television appearances, and working in the business world. There is no doubt that his overall net worth will became higher through his various activities in sports and other industries.

John Layfield was raised in his hometown in Texas by his father Lavelle Layfield, who worked as a minister, and mother Mary Layfield, and showed his talents in sport as a very young boy. Before he started being a professional wrestler, he played football for Abilene Christian University, where he was selected in the first-team All-Lone Star Conference as a junior and as a senior. Besides that, he trained the football team of the Trinity Valley Community College. Later, in 1990, Layfield was a football player for the San Antonio Riders in the World League of American Football. This was a great move onto the higher level of the football industry, so this year was probably the start of his rising net worth.

His professional wrestling career began when he became a member of the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. Soon after, in 1995, he struck a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE), and made his debut ring appearance in 1996 which ended by defeating Bob Holly. Later, he joined “The New Blackjacks”. His net worth was certainly rising. He changed his ring names and appearances frequently – Bad Santa, Blackjack Bradshaw, Death Mask, and Johnny Hawk, but he became recognized for the name John “Bradshow” Layfield and outfitted as a tough cowboy/mountain man.

In his wrestling career, Layfield won some great championships. He became a WWE Champion after defeating Eddie Guerrero, and held the title from the 27^th June 2004 until the 3^rd April 2005. He was also a one time Triple Crown Champion, a one time US Champion, a one time European Champion, a one time International Champion, a 17 time Hardcore Champion, and a three time World Tag Team Champion with Faarooq as part of the Acolytes Protection Agency (APA). He was also a Grand Slam Champion. In the world of wrestling, his rivals were some of the greatest wrestling champions of all time, such as Chris Benoit, Dave Batista, John Cena. In 2009, he retired, from his wrestling career, started working as a sports commentator for the show called “WWE SmackDown!”.

Side by side with his career in wrestling, he is a stock exchange market investor and specialist, so he became a regular panelist on the Fox News TV Channel’s show named “The Cost of Freedom”, and is also a financial analyst for Fox News. Furthermore, he has written a book called “Have More Money Now”, which was a bestseller in the financial industry, and added to his net worth.

Currently, he has his own radio talk show, on which he also discusses politics, as he is the Senior Vice-President of Northeast Securities. In 2012, with commentator Michael Cole, he contributed to the WWE YouTube web series called “The JBL and Cole Show”, but Cole quit, and his new partner in this series was Renee Young, so they changed the name to “The JBL and Renee Show”. This show includes appearances one of the best wrestlers. The last episode was aired on the 15^th May 2015.

He also runs the website “Layfield Report” which highlights a variety of his views and opinions in numerous articles. Besides that, he is the founder and CEO of the website “Nutrition Market”, “Five Stones” and “Layfield Energy”. All this activities have raised his net worth.

When it comes to his personal life and relationships, John has had quite an interesting time. He has been married twice. His first marriage was to Cindy Womack, but their marriage was short-lived, as they married and divorced in 1994. John’s second wife is Meredith Whitney, a financial analyst, and they have been married since 2005J, so far without children.

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John Layfield Quick Info

John Layfield Trademarks

1. Trademark Double Team Move (with Faarooq): Double Spinebuster
2. Trademark Double Team Move (with Faarooq): Back Suplex/Neckbreaker Combination
3. Trademark Double Team Move (with Faarooq): Spike Powerbomb
4. Trademark move: Argentine Backbreaker Rack
5. Trademark move: Bear Hug
6. Trademark move: Backhand Chop
7. Trademark move: Elbow Drop
8. Trademark move: DDT
9. Trademark move: Big Boot
10. Trademark move: Swinging Neckbreaker
11. Trademark move: Super Last Call (Top-Rope Fallaway Slam)
12. Trademark move: Last Call (Fallaway Slam)
13. Finishing move: JBL Bomb (Powerbomb with cigar burn on opponent’s back taunt)
14. Finishing move: Clothesline From Hell (Clothesline with extra force)
15. Usual Move: Swinging Neckbreaker
16. Cowboy Hat

John Layfield Quotes

• “I did it because I’m a bad guy….that’s what I’m supposed to do”. (His reaction to the negative publicity caused by his actions during a wrestling match in Munich, Germany)

John Layfield Important Facts

• Beat Chris Jericho at the Royal Rumble after Y2J hit JBL with a steel chair. [January 2008]
• Spending a lot of time with troops in Iraq, as he continues his constant patriotic work. [January 2004]
• Started wrestling again but joined WWE Raw (1993). [December 2007]
• Fired by CNBC for actions deemed inappropriate on recent WWE tour in Germany. [June 2004]
• Will fight Finlay in a Belfast Brawl at Wrestlemania 24. [February 2008]
• Will face “The Boogeyman” (aka Marty Wright) at the Royal Rumble. [January 2006]
• Won against Matt Hardy at Armageddon 2005 [December 2005]
• Won the 6-man elimination match for the new Smackdown championship, but was later made #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship held by Batista, who was drafted to Smackdown. [June 2005]
• Returned to WWE Smackdown! (1999) with a brand new look. [June 2003]
• Beat Finlay at Wrestlemania 24 in a Belfast Brawl. [March 2008]
• Lost the WWE Title to John Cena at WrestleMania 21 after Cena hit JBL with the F-U. [April 2005]
• Quit at WrestleMania 25 after “Rey Mysterio” (aka Oscar Gutierrez) beat him in 21 seconds. [April 2009]
• On the May 26th edition of WWE Smackdown! (1999), John Bradshaw Layfield lost the WWE United States title to Bobby Lashley. Immediately, he challenged World Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. to a title match, saying that he would beat Rey for the title or quit. Rey beat JBL, who kept his word and quit. [May 2006]
• Is going one-on-one with Batista in a no-holds barred match at SummerSlam 2005. [August 2005]
• Beat Batista via disqualification at the Great American Bash pay-per-view. Although he won the match, Layfield did not earn the belt, because a title cannot change hands as a result of a DQ or a count out. [July 2005]
• Defeated “The Big Show” (aka Paul Wight) in the WWE’s first barbed wire steel cage match and will now face the U.S. Champion John Cena at WrestleMania 21 for the WWE Title. [February 2005]
• Will face Bobby Lashley at No Way Out. [January 2006]
• Playing uber right-wing self-made millionaire John Bradshaw Layfield. Won the WWE title from Eddie Guerrero. [June 2004]
• JBL is now the new color commentator for WWE Smackdown! (1999) (aka “Friday Night SmackDown”) alongside Michael Coulthard (aka “Michael Cole”). He replaced Peter Senerchia (aka “Tazz”) after “Tazz” joined the new ECW. [June 2006]
• Faced “The Undertaker” (aka Mark Calaway) at Summerslam 2004 for the WWE Title. JBL won when “The Undertaker” got himself disqualified for hitting the champion with the championship belt. [August 2004]
• Set to face “The Undertaker” (aka Mark Calaway) for the WWE Title in a Last Ride Match (winner must throw their opponent into a hearse and close the door) at WWE No Mercy. [October 2004]
• Published author.
• CEO/founder, “Layfield Energy”.
• Was the longest reigning WWE Champion in WWE Smackdown! (1999) history.
• CEO and founder, Five Stone.
• Nutritionmarket.com CEO/owner.
• JBL won the United States Championship from Chris Benoit at WrestleMania 22 (2006), pinning Benoit.
• Previous Managers: Dutch Mantell, Skandor Akbar, Don Callis (aka The Jackal), Jacqueline Moore (aka Jacqueline), Amy Weber, Orlando Jordan, Jillian Hall, Mark Calaway (aka The Undertaker).
• Former World Tag Team Champion.
• Formed a tag team dubbed the Texas Mustangs with the late Bobby Duncum Jr..
• Entered the WWE as Justin Bradshaw, with Uncle Jeb.
• Former WWE European champion.
• He became the longest reigning WWE champion in the last 10 years, by defeating Eddie Guerrero. He held the title from June 27, 2004 until April 3, 2005.
• Former tag team partner Ron Simmons was Best Man at his wedding, to financial analyst Meredith Whitney, in 2005.
• Bradshaw hosts a Make-A-Wish Foundation Golf tournament in Tyler, Texas every year.
• On June 5, 2004 at a live WWE event in Munich, Germany, Layfield made an attempt to get heat from the German crowd and started doing the Nazi “goose step”. These sorts of gestures are against the law in Germany and offended many of the fans in attendance. CNBC fired John Layfield as a financial analyst after investigating the incident in Munich.
• Won the WWE Heavyweight Title from Eddie Guerrero on June 27, 2004.
• Became WWE Champion on June 27, 2004 after defeating Eddie Guerrero in a Texas Bullrope Match at The WWE Great American Bash (2004) in Norfolk, Virginia.
• As a collegiate football All-American offensive lineman at Abilene Christian University, played the last two games of his college career with a broken leg.
• Left Fox News for CNBC, however, his stint with CNBC lasted only three weeks before he was fired.
• Part-time financial analyst for the Fox News Channel.
• After winning the APA Bar Room Brawl at WWE Vengeance (2003), he has been writing more and more for WWE.com. He also was on the winning side at Survivor Series (2003), in a 5 vs. 5 match, as he teamed with John Cena, Kurt Angle, Hardcore Holly and Chris Benoit against Matt Morgan, A-Train, Big Show, Nathan Jones and then WWE Champion Brock Lesnar.
• Played pro-football for the Los Angeles Raiders.
• Ranked #496 in the “PWI 500” of the PWI Years (1979-1999).
• Nearly went bankrupt after a brief but well-paying stint in the NFL, and as a result, educated himself in stock trading. He’s so successful in the stock market that he often advises other WWE Superstars on their own financial situations.
• Played football for Abilene Christian University.
• Former member of the Ministry of Darkness.
• As one half of the Acolytes/A.P.A., was a multiple WWF Tag Team titleholder along with Ron Simmons.
• Professional wrestler.

John Layfield Filmography