HALL OF FAME

1 TIME WORLD CHAMPION

John Bradshaw Layfield

JBL

The Wrestling God

STATISTICS

  • Height: 6'6"
  • Weight: 290 lbs.
  • From: New York City
  • Years Pro: 1993-2009

OTHER RING NAMES

  • Blackjack Bradshaw
  • Bradshaw
  • John Hawk
  • Justin Bradshaw
  • Vampiro Americano

TRAINER

  • Black Bart
  • Brad Rheingans
  • Johnny Mantell

TAG TEAMS

  • The Acolytes (Bradshaw & Faarooq)
  • The APA (Bradshaw & Faarooq)
  • The New Blackjacks (Blackjack Bradshaw & Blackjack Windham)
  • The Texas Mustangs (Bobby Duncum Jr. & John Hawk)

FACTIONS

  • The Cabinet
  • The Corporate Ministry
  • El Ojo
  • The Ministry of Darkness

MANAGERS

  • Amy Weber
  • The Jackyl
  • Jacqueline
  • Jillian Hall
  • Zebekiah

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Birth Name: John Charles Layfield
  • Date of Birth: 11.29.1966
  • Place of Birth: Sweetwater, Texas, USA
  • Known Relatives: 
    • Meredith Whitney (wife - 2005)
    • Cindy Womack (ex-wife 1994-2003)

CHAMPIONSHIPS WON

    • GWF North American Tag Team Championship (with Bobby Duncum Jr. as The Texas Mustangs)

    11.27.1992 - 01.29.1993 (as John Hawk)

    • FILL Heavyweight Championship

    03.01.1993 - 08.22.1993 (as Vampiro Americano)

    • GWF North American Tag Team Championship (with Black Bart)

    12.25.1993 - 06.03.1994 (as John Hawk)

    • NWA North American Championship

    01.14.1995 - 03.18.1995 (as John Hawk)

    • CWA Tag Team Championship (with Cannonball Grizzly)

    11.05.1995 - 12.16.1995 (as John Hawk)

    • WWF World Tag Team Championship (with Faarooq as The Acolytes)

    05.25.1999 - 06.29.1999 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWF World Tag Team Championship (with Faarooq as The Acolytes)

    07.25.1999 - 08.09.1999 (as Bradshaw)

    • MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (with Faarooq as The APA)

    06.13.2001 - 06.14.2001 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWF World Tag Team Championship (with Faarooq as The APA)

    07.09.2001 - 08.07.2001 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWF European Championship

    10.22.2001 - 10.30.2001 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship 

    06.03.2002 - 06.22.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    06.22.2002 - 06.28.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    06.28.2002 - 06.29.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    06.29.2002 - 06.30.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship 

    06.30.2002 - 07.06.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.06.2002 - 07.07.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.07.2002 - 07.12.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.12.2002 - 07.13.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.13.2004 - 07.14.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.14.2002 - 07.15.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.15.2002 - 07.22.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.22.2002 - 07.26.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.26.2002 - 07.27.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.27.2002 - 07.28.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    07.28.2002 - 07.29.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    08.03.2002 - 08.03.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    08.04.2002 - 08.04.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE Hardcore Championship

    08.19.2002 - 08.19.2002 (as Bradshaw)

    • OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (with Faarooq as The APA)

    04.10.2003 - 05.30.2003 (as Bradshaw)

    • WWE World Championship

    06.27.2004 - 04.03.2005

    • WWE United States Championship 

    04.02.2006 - 05.23.2006

    • WWE Intercontinental Championship

    03.09.2009 - 04.05.2009