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[edit] Canadian Football League - nope

He does not show up on any all time CFL team roster. Same for the Raiders of the NFL. He does have a football card for the 1991 San Antonio Riders, so he probably played for them.Mundster 06:34, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Judgment Day

should it be noted under a trivia uestion that the last 3 years in a row JBL was in a main event match for a world title at Judgement day (04 he faced Eddie Guerrero, 05 he faced John Cena, and in 06 he faced Rey Mysterio)

[edit] Anyone know the date of his WWF debut?

The best I can find is December 1995 as John Hawk against Savio Vega (http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777/95.htm). Is that right.@Bearhug Lewis 19:58, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nicknames

Should a section be added with "Wrestling God" put there? I'm not sure if he's had any other nicknames or if it's notable enough. But it would seem so, other articles (see Triple H) list them. Gavyn Sykes 21:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't think we should. Triple H has had multiple nicknames, 3 of which he still uses. Layfield used only that one, he used it sparingly, he was almost never called "Wrestling God" by other superstars or commentators, and he has not used it in years. (Sawyer 05:49, 11 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Powerbomb?

I've never seen JBL do a powerbomb. Why is it listed? Because it's his finisher in SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 or what?! 90.185.211.226 22:44, 28 October 2007 (UTC)Emilos

Erased. 142.162.194.57 (talk) 23:16, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In Ring Return

I think we should call him a SEMI-RETIRED wrestler, as he returned to in-ring competition on Raw last night, and he actually wrestled. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Excessbaggage80 (talk • contribs) 20:38, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

He did not wrestle though, he helped beat up Coach and Carlito. The match was just Hornswoggle vs. Coach and Carlito (it was no DQ, thats why the APA could interfere). TJ Spyke 03:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
WWE.com announced his in-ring return. TheGuitarHero (talk) 04:52, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Return To Active Duty

It seems we've been entertaining a bit of looking into the crystal ball, here. JBL returns tonight on Smackdown, but until that show airs, it's not official unless it's properly referenced somewhere else (WWE.com or another reliable source). Snowfire51 (talk) 23:55, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World Chamion

Not sure how to edit the wiki directly myself, but just thought I should bring up that JBL was never world heavyweight champion, let alone the longest raining. It says in the itro to the article that he was the longest raining World champion in Smackdown history. He was the longest raining WWE Champion in smackdown history perhaps. Also when you click on the World Champion link, it goes to the WWE championship section Nathangrafton (talk) 00:25, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

A World Heavyweight Championship does not equal the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE). Both the WWE title and the WHC title are considered to be world titles of WWE. The TNA World Title is also recognized as a world title by PWI. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 00:29, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
I agree with Gavyn. It doesn't actually say World Heavyweight Championship anywhere in the article with regards to him having won it, and he refers to himself as a World Champion. I don't see a problem with the article, because like you said the World Champion link goes to the WWE Championship, which is what he won. NiciVampireHeart (talk) 00:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
I agree with Gavyn and Vampire Heart, a "World Championship" means a highly prestigious title with World Title Status, such as the WWE Championship. So with that, JBL is the longest reigning World Champion in SmackDown! history while holding the WWE Championship Cheers=)--TrUcO9311 TaLk / SiGn 02:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
However, Batista held the World Heavyweight Championship for 282 days, compared to JBL's 280, or is it not considered seeing as the first 2-3 months of it were spent on RAW??? Masterofdestiny (talk) 07:06, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Well this ultimately proved to be false...

In "Semi-Retirement / WWE Commentator (2006-2007)"...

"Layfield noted in a recent commentary on TheStreet.com that he was retiring from in-ring competition for good..."

"A broken back suffered in a match in England, compounded by a herniated and bulged disc, finally made me realize my career as a professional wrestler was over."

Yet he returns a year and a half later

Should these comments be retained?

Tombell12 (talk) 13:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] freakout

shouldnt there be some mention of jbl's complete freak out's first at armaggedon chris jericho moved him out of the way jbl freaked out and interfeered in the match. then at a raw match jericho interuppted jbl's entrance and he freakedout and wrapped televison cable around his neck and tried to hang him i mean seriously he attempted murder —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackjohnson15 (talk • contribs) 20:36, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

All of that IS mentioned... Gavyn Sykes (talk) 20:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

plus its fake...

[edit] Gramatical Error

"beat him Hornswoggle by throwing against" this line requires adjustment, it should be "beat Hornswoggle by throwing him against" -travish

be bold ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 01:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Hornswoggle hospital assault

I wouldn't dream of denying that there's a great deal of "week by week" stuff that could bloat a WWE article into unreadability. But not only was this a memorably tasteless bit of heel heat-mongering in its own right, it's the setup to a Wrestlemania storyline. I won't try putting it back - but I think you Twinkled a little too aggressively in this case. Ribonucleic (talk) 23:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Millionaire Mauler

Should that be added as one of his nicknames? JR has called him it loads of times so makes sense to me to put it down TheCobra1987 (talk) 11:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC)