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JBL, who is also known as John Bradshaw Layfield, remained active in the world of professional wrestling for nearly two decades and encountered many professional wrestlers throughout his career. From main eventers to jobbers, he has encountered all types of professional wrestlers.
He even had a short main event run back in the mid 2000s and defended the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. But mostly, he earned his success and recognition as a tag team wrestler with various names. Previously, he was known as Bradshaw, and later, he changed his name to JBL when he started working as a singles wrestler.
Who are the top 5 wrestlers JBL ever faced
Among all the wrestlers he has encountered in his professional wrestling career, who are the toughest wrestlers he has ever shared the ring with? He recently spoke on the “Something To Wrestle With” podcast, where he shared the top 5 names he has ever worked in the ring with. Here is what he had to say;
JBL earned his early success as a Tag Team wrestler
“I was only around Harley, but never really in the dressing room with Harley that much. That takes Harley out of the question. Takes Jack Brisco out of the question, because I was not around Jack except around his brother, Jerry. And I wasn’t around Jerry enough, as far as wrestling when he was in his prime.
He won the WWE Championship in 2004
"So I would start with Haku. Obviously, I think the one guy that we were around that I’ve heard so many stories of, [I’ve] been around Haku so much. We’re good friends, I would start with Haku. I would go Brock Lesnar next. After that, I think I’d stick in Stan Hanson, is who I’d pick. Then I’d go Godfather, and Ron Simmons.”
Bradshaw adopted the character of JBL in 2004, and soon after adopting this character, he defeated Eddie Guerrero to win the WWE Championship. He had a long title reign until WrestleMania 21, where he was defeated by John Cena to drop the title. He could never regain the Championship after dropping it at WrestleMania 21.
