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John Layfield

1966 - Today

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John Charles Layfield (born November 29, 1966), better known by the ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield, is an American retired professional wrestler and football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is an ambassador and commentator for the company. Layfield rose to prominence in WWE during its Attitude Era under the ring name Bradshaw, during which time he became a three-time WWF Tag Team Champion with Ron Simmons as part of the Acolytes Protection Agency (APA) or simply the Acolytes, a feared pair of strong and tough mercenaries who, aside from occasionally wrestling and doing "work" for "clients" spent most of their time sitting around in their "office" playing cards, drinking beer, fighting people backstage and then going out to bars and getting into bar fights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Layfield has received more than 4,500,986 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 33 in 2019). John Layfield is the 174th most popular wrestler (down from 170th in 2019), the 8,681st most popular biography from United States (up from 8,702nd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, John Layfield ranks 174 out of 1,027. Before him are Walter, Gorilla Monsoon, Paul Bearer, Stephanie McMahon, Hermanni Pihlajamäki, and Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko. After him are Daniel Robin, Wolfgang Hofmann, Ismail Abilov, Knut Fridell, Kazushi Sakuraba, and Curt Hennig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, John Layfield ranks 274. Before him are Jiří Němec, Luca Marchegiani, Andrew Adamson, Omar Souleyman, David Platt, and Rob Witschge. After him are Betinho, Kaoru Kakinami, Wataru Takagi, Polly Walker, Rolf Järmann, and Marina Berlusconi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Layfield ranks 8,681 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Hader (1978), Karen Bass (1953), Dave Weckl (1960), Lew Rockwell (1944), Kevin J. O'Connor (1963), and David Cross (1964). After him are C. R. Hagen (1937), Anne Dudek (1975), Donald Richie (1924), Owen Roizman (1936), Chesty Puller (1898), and DeLisle Stewart (1870).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, John Layfield ranks 62. Before him are Rob Van Dam (1970), Mr. Fuji (1934), King Kong Bundy (1955), Gorilla Monsoon (1937), Paul Bearer (1954), and Stephanie McMahon (1976). After him are Curt Hennig (1958), Mark Schultz (1960), Paul Heyman (1965), Kevin Von Erich (1957), Verne Gagne (1926), and Bam Bam Bigelow (1961).

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