JBL Looks Back At WWE Championship Run, Says Ron Simmons Helped Boost Him Into That Position

JBL Looks Back At WWE Championship Run, Says Ron Simmons Helped Boost Him Into That Position

JBL speaks about his WWE Title run. John Bradshaw Layfield's singles run in WWE as a heel led to him becoming WWE Champion. He held the belt for 280 days. While sitting alongside Ron Simmons for an interview with Chris Van Vliet, JBL was asked about his main event run. He credited Simmons for pushing…

Vince McMahon Saw Money in Keeping Former WWE Champion Alive Amid Death Threats

Photo credit: WWE WWE Hall of Famer JBL says fans hated his character so much that Vince McMahon once told him that if he could keep him alive, they’d draw some good money. John Bradshaw Layfield and Ron Simmons were the recent guests on the INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet podcast. During the conversation, Simmons brought up fans hating his partner’s heel gimmick during his WWE Championship run with intense emotion. JBL noted that the promotion had…

JBL Says The Chicago Promo After His CNBC Firing Won Him The WWE Championship

JBL says the promo that got him the WWE Championship was the one he cut in Chicago after being fired from CNBC, and that The Undertaker was standing next to Vince McMahon when the decision was made. JBL appeared on Insight with Chris Van Vliet alongside Ron Simmons, his APA partner. He won the WWE […] The post JBL Says The Chicago Promo After His CNBC Firing Won Him The WWE Championship appeared first on Wrestling News.

JBL comments on what led to his WWE main event push in 2004

While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, JBL (John Layfield) commented on what led to his WWE main event push in 2004. Here is what JBL had to say… “I knew I’d have the opportunity. I knew because they made the character for Eddie Guerrero, so I knew I had the opportunity. They called me specifically for the match at the Staples Center in six weeks, eight weeks, whenever it was, and I just got lucky. Yeah, Brock [Lesnar] had left the company to become…