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The John Layfield Show with John Layfield

John Layfield is most noted for being the WWE’s longest reigning world champion in Smackdown’s television history as JBL, the ultra rich bad guy. John has performed on all six continents in front of over 20 million live people and is watched every week by almost half a billion people worldwide.

John got his start wrestling in a bar against an 800 pound brown bear, he didn’t do too well. John went on from that Wild Kingdom loss to play three years of professional football, before officially entering the world of professional wrestling.

John has worked on Wall Street as an investment banker for several years and now also works for Fox Business Network as an on air personality. John has written a bestselling financial book, “Have More Money Now”. John has also hosted his own radio show, visited over 60 countries and all 7 continents, swam with great white sharks in Africa, been to the war zones in the Middle East to visit our troops eight times and been invited to the White House and Buckingham Palace.

Archived Shows

• The John Layfield Show – Apple and Facebook change the world and Manning/Coughling=HOF?

  Apple's textbook will change the way kids learn and Facebook's IPO points out how wealth doesn't always create jobs. NY Giants won an incredible Super Bowl-did Manning and Coughlin punch their ticket to HOF?

• The John Layfield Show – Why does no one focus on jobs? Here's how to create them

  Politics major in minor things and ignore what matters-jobs. I explain here how to create millions of them.

• The John Layfield Show – Presidential Election, who will be tallest midget? And Keystone Pipeline explained

  America is forced to deal with choices they don't want, but someone has to win. Joe Paterno's legacy discussed.

• The John Layfield Show – A new rule for government spending I propose, and biggest waste in government I have heard--recently.

  We have a quick fix and pay for it over next decade, new rule-you have to pay for program in time frame that it happens. No more kicking can to future generations. Radio Marti, Fat Albert, Cuba intervention program gets this week's award as biggest was...

• The John Layfield Show – Newt versus Obama, does America really win with this choice?

  All our fixes, all our schemes are short term-and it is all due to politics. Now one side admits what America already knows that they aren't great, they are just better than the other side.

• The John Layfield Show – Why government should not be in car business. Herman Cain wasted America's time.

  Why are we paying $75,000 per extra electric car sold of taxpayer money- when they cost under $40,000 and someone else is buying the car? Herman Cain and America-who won or lost?

• The John Layfield Show – Supercommittee Superfailure, did we really expect anything else? Immigration and Keystone XL a real plan.

  Our politicians are the worst in history, did we expect them to do something for the common good? What is a real immigration policy and what are real numbers on Keystone XL pipeline and dangers.

• The John Layfield Show – Penn State terrible scandal and what happens to PSU now. Waterboarding and Gitmo debate.

  PSU scandal is horrible, what is the fallout? And, debate on Gitmo and why I say to close it.

• The John Layfield Show – Politics and sex scandals is normal, college athletics and sex scandals are not.

  Politics love a scandal and so do hypocrites. Is Penn State guilty? If so, throw the book and the whole library at them. Iran says they have a bomb close and Israel says they are close to bombing Iran-why does this not get news?

• The John Layfield Show – 7 Billion people now on earth-what does that mean to our future? More troops going to Middle East.

  The key to world's future is sustainability, what that means. Big buildup of troops to Middle East starting-why this is happening. Tim Tebow made fun of-was it justified?

• The John Layfield Show – Two wars just ended, what next?

  Gaddafi dead, Iraq withdrawal and what this means for the Middle East and the US. Along with lowest rated World Series in history and why baseball doesn't care.

• The John Layfield Show – Cuba drilling for oil 50 miles off of our coast, we get all the negative and none of positive. We have no energy plan and it shows.

  Drilling for oil just 50 miles off of our coast and it is a communist oil rig doing it? Crazy. It shows what happens in a country that is gridlocked politically and has no long term plans because of that gridlock. Also, Greece and the problems overseas...

• The John Layfield Show – Three greatest eras of our history and which one we are in

  We have had three great eras of history since the dark ages, all have made folks super rich. We are currently in the third, find out the other two. And, the NBA is about to kill the golden goose if not careful.

• The John Layfield Show – Wall Street Protests, is this the start of something bigger?

  This week John Layfield takes on the Wall Street protests, the Detroit Lions, Al-Awlaki, and Chris Christie.  In a show that reveals "what's really going on in our government and why [John Layfield] think[s] it's going to get worse," John chastises th...

• The John Layfield Show – Handicapping the presidential race and Michael Vick

  Host John Layfield starts off this episode with a bang, asking: "Is Michael Vick really being targeted by officials?"  Michael Vick sure seems to think so!  But what does John Layfield think?  (And what do you think??)  John also promises to give h...

• The John Layfield Show – Obama/Boehner using Ricky Bobby of Talledega Nights theory on how to get along

  Michelle Bachmann says gay marriage is number one issue facing our country in the next 20 years, really? Over terrorism, no jobs and debt? Two $100 million QBs are hurt. Was Mayweather knockout a cheap shot? Obama and Boehner-two school kids who love t...

• The John Layfield Show – 9/11 Tributes=Awesome. Jobs plan is anything but.

  The jobs plan is a plan for re election, what the government is doing right and why this is short sighted. NFL first week of the season was awesome along with Serena melting down at US Open. What the government got right recently, now I want them to ex...

• The John Layfield Show – 9/11-ten years later. 3 Steps to solving national debt

  9/11 ten years later, what have we learned? 3 steps to solving our entire national debt. President Obama's job speech and why I think he is stuck in a tough spot.

• The John Layfield Show – Steve Jobs-CEO of the century. Bernanke speaks and say nothing. How to fix college football

  Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple last week, imo, the best CEO of the last hundred years. Bernanke spoke at Jackson Hole and said nothing, I think he is whistling past the graveyard. And how to fix college football once and for all.

• The John Layfield Show – Libya. Now what? And, chances of a double dip recession

  We are close to success in Libya, what does that mean? And, what are chances of double dip-the main fear that keeps our President up at night. A Rod and gambling-a history.

• The John Layfield Show – “Unprecedented", these times are exactly what we have seen before!!

  We have gone through this, only an ignorant politician would say these times are unprecedented. Also, debate and Rick Perry-what happens now. UFC, should be biggest sports franchise in the world, my advice. And more!

• The John Layfield Show – US Downgrade, what it means

  Years of mismanagement of government has resulted in the first ever downgrade in US debt, and the reaction? Blame the credit agency. Why blame them, did they run up unsustainable debts?

• The John Layfield Show – Debt ceiling explained and top 5 list

  The debt ceiling debate is over and the real debate begins, what this means to us. Also, free agency going crazy in NFL and my Top 5 Sex Scandals of our generation.

• The John Layfield Show – Children in DC tragedy, Curse of 27 and Are you ready for some football?

  Debt ceiling debacles are all created by immature children who can't get along and risk the nation's reputation because of their inadequacies. The NFL can do it, why can't they? And, answers from listeners about Miz and Alberto del Rio-two of wrestling...

• The John Layfield Show - 071811

  What happens to poor untalented clowns?