John Bradshaw Layfield recently spoke with Riju Dasgupta for Sportskeeda; you can read a few excerpts below:
JBL comments on his future with WWE after leaving as a full-time commentator on Smackdown Live:
I’m still part of the WWE family which I’m thrilled about. I’ve been there for twenty-one years. I’ll still be going back for WrestleMania and Tribute to the Troops.
I had no chance to come to places like India and visit Magic Bus, and do some things that I really wanted to do, as long as I was doing commentary every week. So, I got a chance to back off and do a few big events every year which I love doing. Love seeing Ron Simmons from the APA.
He comes to all the big events too. But I love being able to come out here and visit with the kids and learning what people are doing, which to me is the most important work in the world.
JBL comments on hosting his ‘Legends’ show on WWE Network:
That was one of the most fun things I did. To pay homage to some of the best characters in the history of WWE and sports entertainment in general. I’ve always thought that you should chronicle this series so that it’d be a library forever.
So, that’s why I thought it was so great to get Bruno Sammartino, to get Ron Simmons, the first black heavyweight champion, to get so many of these outstanding legends and get it released on WWE Network, for people to see it for all time.
JBL comments on Wrestler’s Court, shares a funny Big Show story:
A funny Wrestler’s Court story? I’m not sure I can tell any of those to the media. There are so many. I had so many with Big Show in Iraq. Big Show was…we had a lot of fun. He didn’t fit in the latrines, he was so big.
So, I had to figure out a different way for him to go to the bathroom. At that time, he was 500 something lbs. He’s a true giant. Had a lot of fun with Big Show. One time we were playing golf and he had the old man putter. So he sneaks the putter into the hole and sucks the ball out. I’m like ‘What are you doing?’.
He’s like my hand’s too big to fit in the hole. And it was. His hand was too big to fit in the golf hole.
JBL on if he thinks Wrestlemania 33 marked Undertaker’s final match:
I don’t know if it was his last match. I met with him beforehand. He was the groomsman at my wedding. We are good friends. I wrestled him probably more than anybody else in my career. Probably more than anybody else in his career, as well. So, I know him very well.
Such a great character. I don’t know if it was his last match, and if it was, it was an amazing way to go out.
