History YMMV / JohnBradshawLayfield

* PaperTiger: JBL is well known as a backstage bully, but there are plenty of stories suggesting he's nowhere near as tough as he'd like people to think he is. For instance, he allegedly took Matt Striker to [[KangarooCourt Wrestler’s Court]] and demanded that he should be allowed to give Matt a beating, but immediately backed off when he thought Matt might fight back. It’s also well known that Wrestling/JoeyStyles of all people once decked him.

* PaperTiger: JBL is well known as a backstage bully, but there are plenty of stories suggesting he's nowhere near as tough as he's like people to think he is. For instance, he allegedly took Matt Striker to [[KangarooCourt Wrestler’s Court]] and demanded that he should be allowed to give Matt a beating, but immediately backed off when he thought Matt might fight back. It’s also well known that Wrestling/JoeyStyles of all people once decked him.

** He once drunkenly packed a fight with Wrestling/SteveBlackman in an airport. Blackman furiously pounded on Bradshaw, who by all accounts never landed a hit or even managed to block or dodge any of Steve’s punches.

* PaperTiger: JBL is well known as a backstage bully, but there are stories suggesting he’s much weaker than he would like people to think. For instance, he allegedly took Matt Striker to [[KangarooCourt Wrestler’s Court]] and demanded that he should be allowed to give Matt a beating, but immediately backed off when he thought Matt might fight back. It’s also well known that Wrestling/JoeyStyles of all people once decked him.

* PaperTiger: JBL is well known as a backstage bully, but there are stories suggesting he’s much weaker than he would like people to think. For instance, he allegedly took Matt Striker to [[KangarooCourt Wrestler’s Court]] and demanded that he should be allowed to give Matt a beating, but immediately backed off when he thought Matt might fight back. It’s also well known that Wrestling/JoeyStyles of all people once knocked him out cold.

* PaperTiger: JBL is well known as a backstage bully, but there are stories suggesting he’s much weaker than he would like people to think. For instance, he allegedly took Matt Striker to [[KangarooCourt Wrestler’s Court]] and demanded that he should be allowed to give Matt a beating, but immediately backed off when it looked like Matt might fight back. It’s also well known that Wrestling/JoeyStyles of all people once knocked him out cold.

* PaperTiger: JBL is well known as a backstage bully, but there are stories suggesting his mouth writes cheques he can’t cash. For instance, he allegedly took Matt Striker to [[KangarooCourt Wrestler’s Court]] and demanded that he should be allowed to give Matt a beating, but immediately backed off when it looked like Matt might fight back. It’s also well known that Wrestling/JoeyStyles of all people once knocked him out cold.

* PaperTiger: JBL is well known as a backstage bully, but there are stories suggesting his mouth writes cheques he can’t cash. For instance, he allegedly took Matt Striker to [[KanagrooCourt Wrestler’s Court]] and demanded that he should be allowed to give Matt a beating, but immediately backed off when it looked like Matt might fight back. It’s also well known that Wrestling/JoeyStles of all people once knocked him out cold.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Both as an Acolyte and as a color commentator, especially his current run using his old-school knowledge and having him take the heel-sympathizing role that has long been missed since JerryLawler abandoned it in favor of being neutral in the 2005 [[labelnote:*]]as a foil to then-heel Jonathan Coachman[[/labelnote]] and face-leaning later on. [[note]]Color analysts [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality regardless of their own alignments]], often sympathize with heels to provide a foil to the neutral or babyface-leaning lead commentator. While Wrestling/MichaelCole (a commentator) was heel from 2010-2012, he was babyface-leaning as well except to the enemies of his favorites (ie. Wrestling/DanielBryan)[[/note]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Both as an Acolyte and as a color commentator, especially his current run using his old-school knowledge and having him take the heel-sympathizing role that has long been missed since JerryLawler abandoned it in favor of being neutral in the 2005 [[labelnote:*]]as a foil to then-heel Jonathan Coachman[[/labelnote]] and face-leaning later on. [[note]]Color analysts [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality regardless of their own alignments]], often sympathize with heels to provide a foil to the neutral or babyface-leaning lead commentator. While MichaelCole (a commentator) was heel from 2010-2012, he was babyface-leaning as well except to the enemies of his favorites (ie. DanielBryan)[[/note]]

* CreatorsPet: Vince McMahon is said to be huge fans of JBL due to large part that JBL tends to give McMahon stock market advice. However in light of the recent bullying accusations against JBL, many fans have called for JBL to be fired after what he did to Mauro Ranallo. But don't expect McMahon to fire JBL due to their close relationship as well as McMahon's apparent distain for Ranallo.

*** It dosen't help his case that the JBL character wasn't given anywhere near enough time to get over enough with the fans to remotly justifiy his main event push. Layfield's final pay per view match as Bradshaw saw him and Faarooq challenge for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a throw away Fatal 4-Way Match (which they bearly even participated in) and two months later, he was main eventing Judgment Day challenging Wrestling/EddieGuerrero for the WWE Championship. And after becoming champion, nearly every single one of JBL's title defenses would feature heavy interference from his stable The Cabinet, which would (depending on the stipulation) either get him disqualified or allow him to win. If JBL didn't win by cheating, he won by dumb luck (which is basically how he won the WWE Championship in the first place). The only time a JBL title defense had absolutely no shenanigans go down, was when he lost the WWE Championship to Wrestling/JohnCena at Wrestlemania 21.

** The most recent controversy involving him bullying his most recent broadcast partner Mauro Ranallo has become a major tipping point in several fans wanting him to be removed completely after several former WWE employees have came forward about some of his antics. Some have even called for the WWE to fire him. and Ranallo and JBL in a major real-life Twitter war (shown that it's not part of a WWE story line by JBL blocking Twitter accounts that either criticize him about the current ordeal or even support Ranallo in any way). The issue stems from him allegedly bullying Ranallo, who's been diagnosed with bipolar anxiety and depression disorder. With even ''SportsIllustrated'' picking up on the story, it might become a turning point in how the WWE handles the retired wrestler.

*** It dosen't help his case that the JBL character wasn't given anywhere near enough time to get over enough with the fans to remotly justifiy his main event push. Layfield's final pay per view match as Bradshaw saw him and Faarooq challenge for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a throw away Fatal 4-Way Match (which they bearly even participated in) and two months later, he was main eventing Judgment Day challenging Wrestling/EddieGuerrero for the WWE Championship. And after becoming champion, nearly every single one of JBL's title defenses would feature heavy interference from his stable The Cabinet, which would (depending on the stipulation) either get him disqualified or allow him to win. If JBL didn't win by cheating, he won by dumb luck (which is basically how he won the WWE Championship in the first place). The only time a JBL title defense had absolutly no shenanigans go down, was when he lost the WWE Championship to Wrestling/JohnCena at Wrestlemania 21.
** Beating the shit out of Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie did not help his popularity either (at least with the [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} Mutants]]).

*** It dosen't help his case that the JBL character wasn't given anywhere near enough time to get over enough with the fans to remotly justifiy his main event push. Layfield's final pay per view match as Bradshaw see him and Faarooq challenge for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a throw away Fatal 4-Way Match (which they bearly even participated in) and two months later, he was main eventing Judgment Day challenging Wrestling/EddieGuerrero for the WWE Championship. And after becoming champion, nearly every single one of JBL's title defenses would feature heavy interference from his stable The Cabinet, which would (depending on the stipulation) either get him disqualified or allow him to win. If JBL didn't win by cheating, he won by dumb luck (which is basically how he won the WWE Championship in the first place). The only time a JBL title defense had absolutly no shenanigans go down, was when he lost the WWE Championship to Wrestling/JohnCena at Wrestlemania 21.

*** It dosen't help his case that the JBL character wasn't given anywhere near enough time to get over enough with the fans to remotly justifiy his main event push. Layfield's final pay per view match as Bradshaw see him and Faarooq challenge for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a throw away Fatal 4-Way Match (which they bearly even participated in) and two months later, he was main eventing Judgment Day challenging Wrestling/EddieGuerrero for the WWE Championship. And after becoming champion, nearly every single one of JBL's title defenses would feature heavy interference from his stable The Cabinet, which would (depending on the stipulation) either get him disqualified or allow him to win. If JBL didn't win by cheating, he won by dumb luck (which is basically how he won the WWE Championship in the first place). The only time a JBL title defense had absolutly no shenanigans go down, was when he lost the WWE Championship to Wrestling/JohnCena at Wrestlemania 21

** "JBL likes naked muscular girls" after JBL rather carelessly [[http://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/jbl-posts-screenshot-tweet-during-takeover-forgets-to-close-nude-search-tab/ tweeted a screenshot of his browser]] with a Google search for "Katka Kytova nude" visible in the corner[[note]]Katka Kyptova is a female Czech bodybuilder who's so absurdly over-muscled that her body is indistinguishable from a massively-musclar man's[[/note]]. King Ross leaped at the opportunity.

** '''IT'S JOHN O' CLOCK, MOTHERFUCKERS! GET IN THERE!'''

* BaseBreaker: Exactly how good a commentator is JBL? Some people (mostly those who think Michael Cole is the worst) think he's the best on Raw, as he tends to drown Cole out and make him look like a fool. Others, however, think JBL's obnoxious commentary is just as bad, if not ''worse'', than Cole. Others simply hate the entire dynamic between the two of them and don't really consider either one of them too much better than the other. However, almost everyone agrees that JBL, and the entire commentary table at that, are much better off when allowed to speak for themselves without Wrestling/VinceMcMahon screaming lines and catchphrases into their ears, which is unfortunately very rare in the mid-2010's.

* MemeticMutation: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuHoSeEX74w SHUT UP!]]

* MemeticMolester: {{Edge}} mentioned in his autobiography, ''Adam Copeland on Edge'', that Bradshaw soaped his ass in a shower. The fandom picked up on this and took this out of context, implicating that Bradshaw might have raped some wrestlers.