he was a great heel for us gringos just because he represents everything we hate about america...markets,stockbrokers,people who benefit from hard times in europe and other places of the world...fucking 99 percenters...and the heel persona was built great,he managed to stay champion for 10 mths despite the obvious lack of any wrestling talent,he never got a clean victory over a non-jobber and all defeats he suffered were humiliating and crushing...perfect for a heel...
JBL the greatest heel of the 21st century far better than today's miz del rio henry he was genuine he could cut a promo nd whoop ass nd del rio is just a copier but has no type of charisma as jbl BRING JBL BACK
Much better times. WWE churned out so much just from simply not watering down their brands like they do now. Shelton Benjamin was a rising singles star. Rico was a memorable face fired too soon. Eugene was a good new character. Teddy Long became a face GM. Chris Benoit was alive and World Champion. Undertaker went back to his roots. Divas paid dues. Randy Orton had yet to fail from a main event push. John Cena was a great midcarder & succeeding as a face. Hard to beat even without Austin/Rock.
Who would've thought that Ron Simmons--the first African American world heavyweight champion in wrestling history--would end up being the Jannetty of the APA? I certainly didn't see that coming.
@Sanguiluna Well to be fair, he wasn't really the Jannetty. In reality at least, he left on his own terms, quietly; in a respectful manner. Also I always that this wasn't really a "heel-like" betrayal by JBL like HBK did to Marty.
Would like to see his long promo on smackdown in 2004 after he got fired at nbc...because he did a nazi walk on a houseshow in germany in june 2004... i remember the promo..it was 50:50 kayfabe/real ..there the real mexican hating, business man jbl was born
"How dare JBL keep his job! When my best friend tells me to quit my job, I do it without giving it a second thought. Why, he could have spent the next year drinking beer with Ron Simmons instead of being WWE champion!"
Michael Cole didn't walk out of WWE in 2001 when his broadcast partner Jerry Lawler quit, but Lawler's wife (whom he quit his job for) divorced him soon after.
I don't see anything wrong with what JBL did, and Cole's commentary here is more befitting of his new heel character.
@ughuarf No, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler announced together on Smackdown until early 2001, when Lawler quit. Lawler and Ross did Raw together, but not Smackdwon, and Taz wasn't a regular announcer yet.
@SeenAndNotSeen ooooh, I see. I always thought that Taz was doing commentary with Cole in late 2000 cause of nagging injuries and JR and King were always together....sorry :P
Cole made it seem like he attacked Farooq and left him for dead. He made a decision that he wanted to make. No one should have judged him for doing what he wanted instead of what THEY wanted
Anyone notice that Alberto Del Rio is the Mexican JBL? (not beinq racist). theyre so alike. they both hate mysterio. THEY EVEN HAD A TOWEL AROUND THEIR NECK !
TNA is trying to get all the good wrestlers from WWE...but TNA will never be better than WWE...half of TNA's matches are boring...they have boring wrestlers too.
it's weird. when this happened, we all hated Bradshaw/JBL because no one thought we was deserving of his spot. Then I'll be damned if he didn't prove us ALL wrong,
@THeworldNs I never said i wanted him to suck me off you dumb shit. Perhaps you need to go back to second grade and learn to read again. Because i said "JBL can suck on my johnson" which can mean many things. IT can mean jbl can suck my dick or jbl can suck on my friend johnsons dick. I wasn't specific therefore your statement has no facts so you are clearly wrong. You faggot.
@THeworldNs Oh I meant you are the retard. Not faggot. lol. Because you still think I said "dick" when i actually said "johnson" which has more then 1 meaning. So you can deny the fact that you are a faggot but you can't deny the fact that you are retarded since it's so obvious.
listen to cole here how he is completely against the bad guy and has his head stuck up the good guys ass, thats what shits me, listen to him know, hes in love with the miz and likes all the heels. get someone who can call matches down the line, at least king and JR go both ways and are not biest, my opinion
@spinking458 yeah its called listening to your boss. Hes supposed to be a heel now, dont you remember when JR went heel? nothing new with commentators
When he first debuted, I never thought that Bradshaw would make it as a singles wrestler. But DAMN, he became one of the best modern heels in recent memory!!! Way to go JBL!!! I hated you to death, which goes to show what a great performer you are!
damn!!!!
kcc85uk 1 week ago
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kcc85uk 1 week ago
Jbl sucks
mjbruce11 1 week ago
JBL is the MAN!
B3WorldPictures 2 weeks ago
Greatest Heel in the last Decade..JBL..JBL..JBL!!!!
jmwes12 2 weeks ago 2
As much as people love to bash and hate JBL, he is 100% correct
Trance1972 3 weeks ago
True, old-school heel. The last of a dying breed was JBL.
TheMetalhead013 1 month ago
he was a great heel for us gringos just because he represents everything we hate about america...markets,stockbrokers,people who benefit from hard times in europe and other places of the world...fucking 99 percenters...and the heel persona was built great,he managed to stay champion for 10 mths despite the obvious lack of any wrestling talent,he never got a clean victory over a non-jobber and all defeats he suffered were humiliating and crushing...perfect for a heel...
rko188cm 1 month ago 2
JBL the greatest heel of the 21st century far better than today's miz del rio henry he was genuine he could cut a promo nd whoop ass nd del rio is just a copier but has no type of charisma as jbl BRING JBL BACK
ONLINE PETITION 4 JBL AS PERMENANT RAW GM
Snapealldayeveryday0 1 month ago 3
When Michael Cole Was Cool Lol
JerseyzFinest100 2 months ago
@JerseyzFinest100 *when Michael Cole was dull.
BenjaniKanuUtaka 1 month ago
@BenjaniKanuUtaka *cool
JerseyzFinest100 1 month ago
actually i think his name is FAROOQ
VanDamnator65 3 months ago
Nice heel turn
Mattraction513 3 months ago
Much better times. WWE churned out so much just from simply not watering down their brands like they do now. Shelton Benjamin was a rising singles star. Rico was a memorable face fired too soon. Eugene was a good new character. Teddy Long became a face GM. Chris Benoit was alive and World Champion. Undertaker went back to his roots. Divas paid dues. Randy Orton had yet to fail from a main event push. John Cena was a great midcarder & succeeding as a face. Hard to beat even without Austin/Rock.
AnonyTF 3 months ago
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AnonyTF 3 months ago
Wow. Haha.
jhebert95 3 months ago
Can anyone realise that it was nearly 7 and half years since JBL won the WWE championship ?!
TAKERANTONIS 4 months ago
Eddie Guerrero + JBL = Alberto Del Rio
CrimsonMaskedMan 4 months ago
The End of APA
MrJoeJoe556 4 months ago
@Bobby33425. Accolyte protection agency
dave19031981 5 months ago
what year was this??
Bobby33425 5 months ago
@Bobby33425 March 18, 2004
yankovicinho 5 months ago
what did APA stand for?
Bobby33425 5 months ago
@Bobby33425 Acolytes Protection Agency
yankovicinho 5 months ago
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@Bobby33425 Acolyte Protection Agency (APA). Created in 1999/2000 I believe.
GDDeuce 1 month ago
see this is a good heel when he says true stuff and the crowd hates it but you know they can't argue with it.
DantesProphet 6 months ago
This is what WWE needs today! Strongly built, original characters like him!
IWZWrestling 6 months ago 2
DAMN!
MrCenafan4 6 months ago 2
After not talking for 10 years in wwe, he goes out and cuts this amazing promo. I wonder how many today could talk like this if given a chance
mattreedah 6 months ago
Just Born a Legend
I miss him :(
MrShinobidoo 6 months ago 2
well I'll be damn 2:03
giantreddevil 6 months ago
@giantreddevil lol
03lewjonnn 6 months ago
I miss JBL
D77X 6 months ago
jbl was good at wrestling and commentary
teabagforever 7 months ago
i remeber watching this
WWEfan275 7 months ago
Proper legend
OBICLARKEKENOBI 7 months ago
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There were no terrorist attacks on US soil during his WWE championship reign.
GlorifiedTruth 7 months ago
i remeber this
powerspyin 7 months ago
damn!
seankinsellasean 8 months ago
JBL=Just a Boring Lameass
reignman2263 8 months ago
The wrestling God, and I'm drunk.
decsterpizzaboy 8 months ago
I want the book. 4 bucks on amazon including shipping...not bad.
im4himandhe4me 8 months ago
I get sad everytime i see this :(
RedAvery1 9 months ago
JBL
Just
Badly
Liked
MegaDestruction1000 9 months ago
Well after all these years I'll be DAMNED! LOL!
kotulakj2 9 months ago 6
WRESTLING GOD.He is to me till today John Cena's best enemy.haha wrestlemania 21 cena vs jbl was the best
HIM666dark6light 9 months ago
bradshaw=badass
jbl=jackass
TheSalman5555 9 months ago
John Bradshaw Layfield?
TheKEITHD07 9 months ago
JBL rules
kingdarius44ify 10 months ago
come on ROOON
Ha2YES3 10 months ago
Who would've thought that Ron Simmons--the first African American world heavyweight champion in wrestling history--would end up being the Jannetty of the APA? I certainly didn't see that coming.
Sanguiluna 11 months ago 22
@Sanguiluna Not true. Bobo Brazil had already won the N.W.A heavyweight championship a couple of times before Ron simmons won it in 1993.
THEWRESTLERSWRESTLER 10 months ago
@Sanguiluna simmons had his run in wcw, he was even the champ over there. Bradshaw never had a singles run before thus given his chance in 2004
apark02 5 months ago
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davidonutsack 1 month ago
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@Sanguiluna There careers are not the least bit the same.
davidonutsack 1 month ago
@Sanguiluna Well to be fair, he wasn't really the Jannetty. In reality at least, he left on his own terms, quietly; in a respectful manner. Also I always that this wasn't really a "heel-like" betrayal by JBL like HBK did to Marty.
RickhatesScott 5 days ago
THe only heel's that have come close since are CM Punk and MIZ.
LuckyInJuly 11 months ago 2
@LuckyInJuly TRUTH
Mamba1743 9 months ago
Would like to see his long promo on smackdown in 2004 after he got fired at nbc...because he did a nazi walk on a houseshow in germany in june 2004... i remember the promo..it was 50:50 kayfabe/real ..there the real mexican hating, business man jbl was born
CriminalKASH 11 months ago
I miss the old smackdown entrance.
bulalo 11 months ago
One of the best story lines that WWE came up with.
respect43 11 months ago
honestly when I look back at this I find out that I never realized how much of a whine bitch Cole was.
thelinedrive 11 months ago 3
@thelinedrive
xD Same here. I thought he was just annoying recently, but he's ALWAYS been complaining back in the day!
DaveNeko 10 months ago
"Business is about to pick up," and boy did it do.
MultiPring 1 year ago
i think jbl should return to smackdown and take it over like he did back then
harito650 1 year ago
"How dare JBL keep his job! When my best friend tells me to quit my job, I do it without giving it a second thought. Why, he could have spent the next year drinking beer with Ron Simmons instead of being WWE champion!"
Michael Cole didn't walk out of WWE in 2001 when his broadcast partner Jerry Lawler quit, but Lawler's wife (whom he quit his job for) divorced him soon after.
I don't see anything wrong with what JBL did, and Cole's commentary here is more befitting of his new heel character.
SeenAndNotSeen 1 year ago
@SeenAndNotSeen Jerry Lawler was Jim Ross' broadcast partner and Taz was Cole's!!
ughuarf 1 year ago
@ughuarf No, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler announced together on Smackdown until early 2001, when Lawler quit. Lawler and Ross did Raw together, but not Smackdwon, and Taz wasn't a regular announcer yet.
SeenAndNotSeen 1 year ago
@SeenAndNotSeen ooooh, I see. I always thought that Taz was doing commentary with Cole in late 2000 cause of nagging injuries and JR and King were always together....sorry :P
ughuarf 1 year ago
Cole made it seem like he attacked Farooq and left him for dead. He made a decision that he wanted to make. No one should have judged him for doing what he wanted instead of what THEY wanted
HisR0yalFreshness 1 year ago
When did he change his look though?
Nessrox444 1 year ago
@Nessrox444 like in 2004 I think
NessLow 1 year ago
wow jbl is puting the wwe fans under the eye of truth awesome jbl rules!!!!
ramiabdo2 1 year ago 2
i hope jbl iz the anonamus raw gm
CelticPredator95 1 year ago 5
michael cole is a virgin
Nordfelt 1 year ago 3
firing farooq is racist
The1EyedDoughnut 1 year ago
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hes not dead
wwewrestlingKIDS 1 year ago
Anyone notice that Alberto Del Rio is the Mexican JBL? (not beinq racist). theyre so alike. they both hate mysterio. THEY EVEN HAD A TOWEL AROUND THEIR NECK !
ThatRandomShitBitch 1 year ago 34
@ThatRandomShitBitch yeah and both sucks
patrikbytyqi4ever 6 months ago in playlist Wrestling
@ThatRandomShitBitch
Just imagine the two of them squaring off in the ring.
grimmviper 5 months ago
@ThatRandomShitBitch JBL Wears a towel bu adr wears a scarf. but their gimmicks are similar
RedCapKid514438 4 months ago
to think, it turned from no reaction to cheers in a matter of months
Hayato1992 1 year ago
I think Michael Cole overreacted, it really wasn't a clear heel turn until he came out as JBL
MattWoosh 1 year ago
what an awesome heel turn, maybe one of the greatest
Bkamlem 1 year ago
@Bkamlem JBL's heel turn was facilitated by Brock Lesnar's immediate departure from the WWE.
landrykkb 11 months ago 3
JBL for president?
jonnyh1616 1 year ago
TNA is trying to get all the good wrestlers from WWE...but TNA will never be better than WWE...half of TNA's matches are boring...they have boring wrestlers too.
Jeovanny323 1 year ago
apa should return in 2011
TheStuuner34 1 year ago
We Are Missing an Great Heel In WWE... Bring JBL Back....
kart0100 1 year ago
i used to think JBL was an idiot.. but i gota admit. He was a great asset to wwe and a good character.
varone6t9 1 year ago
One of my favorite heels.
DahStoryTella 1 year ago
holy shit I just noticed one of WWE's announcer's went to TNA
THES3XYMAN101 1 year ago
JBL was too old already.. He was bad at selling the show by just dropping backwards
NocheeseSherlock 1 year ago
this guy is one of the best heels in history.....
demonator001 1 year ago
it's weird. when this happened, we all hated Bradshaw/JBL because no one thought we was deserving of his spot. Then I'll be damned if he didn't prove us ALL wrong,
synopsisav 1 year ago
Wow, how did this make him into a Heel lol. I'd feel bad for him at the time
Exne 1 year ago
It seems like forever ago since JBL was the wwe champion.
MrMG124 1 year ago
2:03 "well ill be DAMNED" lol even there he still said it
biggerthanyou79 1 year ago
Wrestling GOD !!!!
thanhbites 1 year ago
I miss Bradshaw
BoneBreaker003 1 year ago
looking back...JBL was an absolutely phenomenal heel
mightypanda54 1 year ago
this is the WWE i miss
FreeBirdSSJ5 1 year ago
Wow. I haven't seen this promo since it first aired about 6 years ago! Thanks for Uploading!
SiloNova25 1 year ago
imagine wwe doing something similar to this with kane
krai999 1 year ago
@krai999 wwe just might be dumb enough to do it haha
RabbiPabblo 1 year ago
JBL can suck on my johnson.
chris978820 1 year ago
@chris978820 ew. why would you want a man to suck you off?
THeworldNs 1 year ago
@THeworldNs I never said i wanted him to suck me off you dumb shit. Perhaps you need to go back to second grade and learn to read again. Because i said "JBL can suck on my johnson" which can mean many things. IT can mean jbl can suck my dick or jbl can suck on my friend johnsons dick. I wasn't specific therefore your statement has no facts so you are clearly wrong. You faggot.
chris978820 1 year ago
@chris978820 your the one asking other men to suck your dick on youtube, that is actually "possible" and im the faggot? lol, "no u"
THeworldNs 1 year ago
@THeworldNs Oh I meant you are the retard. Not faggot. lol. Because you still think I said "dick" when i actually said "johnson" which has more then 1 meaning. So you can deny the fact that you are a faggot but you can't deny the fact that you are retarded since it's so obvious.
chris978820 1 year ago
@chris978820 ohhhh alright, now it makes sense, thanks for the info.
THeworldNs 1 year ago
A WRESSSSSSSTLING GOOOOOOOODDDDD!!!!
marty34156 1 year ago
this shows how good is JBL in his job. He changed from a completely different character (Bradshaw) to a completely new one (JBL).
kftherasmus17 1 year ago
did JBL ever have a Face run
?
wingknot 1 year ago
@wingknot no but bradshaw did
christv22 1 year ago
@christv22 i know that but i dint know if his jbl charater did.
wingknot 1 year ago
@wingknot Maybe you wouldn't know with all the boos from the crowd
07azunyan 1 year ago
@wingknot
Nope; he was a straight heel all the way through.
hightimesbruce 1 year ago
this is classic. FAVORITE it
wingknot 1 year ago
listen to cole here how he is completely against the bad guy and has his head stuck up the good guys ass, thats what shits me, listen to him know, hes in love with the miz and likes all the heels. get someone who can call matches down the line, at least king and JR go both ways and are not biest, my opinion
spinking458 1 year ago
@spinking458 yeah its called listening to your boss. Hes supposed to be a heel now, dont you remember when JR went heel? nothing new with commentators
alistahr 1 year ago
When he first debuted, I never thought that Bradshaw would make it as a singles wrestler. But DAMN, he became one of the best modern heels in recent memory!!! Way to go JBL!!! I hated you to death, which goes to show what a great performer you are!
Cosmodude77 1 year ago
@MissWWE20 me too
MrBjnelson 1 year ago
Jiggly Boobs Layfield
DrunkEdgeSociety 1 year ago
thx i looked for this vid a long time
XxSaveUs222Xx 1 year ago
my favorite charachter of all time, if only he returned :(
JuggaloReverend 1 year ago
JBL IS GOD
HAcoreRD 1 year ago 26
I miss JBL.
MissWWE20 1 year ago 48
well ill be damed!
LucaToni101 1 year ago
I miss JBL! He was the wrestling god!
dionisioy2j 1 year ago
"Man, I'm a FREAKIN one-man conglomerate"
Fehnrique 1 year ago
Wrestling God...
SquallLion90 1 year ago
I wonder if there's his first match as JBL on You Tube.
skinwalkerxxx 1 year ago 3
@skinwalkerxxx Ill See If iCan Find It .
BestofWrestling03 1 year ago
@skinwalkerxxx i think its against rey mysterio
platinumrouge 10 months ago