Bradshaw is one of my favorite wrestlers and top villains of all all time. He was epic calling matches for Smackdown some months/years ago and I love mixed martial arts. Who hasn’t implimated the clothesline from Hell on a lippy girlfriend or noisy toddler? If this is all true, I ask you why wouldn’t I want to shove a pineapple up my ass in anticipation of this Lords of Pain story.
The Vyper Fight League and Vyper Productions are proud to announce the addition of John “Bradshaw” Layfield, formerly WWE’s “JBL,” and Layfield Energy Company to the VFL product. John Layfield, coming fresh off of his retirement from professional wrestling, will be joining the VFL broadcast team as one of its hosts. Layfield is a former WWE Champion; the longest reigning in Smackdown history, a former broadcaster on WWE Smackdown, regularly appears on Fox News Channel’s The Cost of Freedom, is a best-selling author, and is the president and owner of Layfield Energy Company. John Layfield joins the VFL at its inaugural event, Enter the Vypers Pit, on Friday April 24th, 2009, at 4400 Shepherdsville Road in Louisville, Kentucky.
A separate as these two entities are (pro wrestling and mma) it makes perfect sense for them to overlap. Their fans are used two dumping 60 dollars in the crapper for a PPV (myself included). Their fans both enjoy violence and high impact entertainment. And I am informed by my friends Luke Thomas that Vince McMahon tried to buy Pride FC before it was aquired by the UFC.
Brock Lesnar is arguably the biggest draw in mixed martial arts today. Kurt Angle and Bobby Lashley make headlines all the time in the world of MMA. Tank Abbot, Frank Trigg and Ken Shamrock have had runs in professional wrestling. Clearly Vince and Dana have flirted with each others industry several times in the past, it will be interesting to see if these two titans are gonna dance all night or take each other home. Either way, I’m doing snap kicks in anticipation.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Makes sense. Pride was doing that for year. Sakuraba is a great example of a pro wrestler who can make the switch.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I’d love to see Vince get involved somehow with MMA. He’s the master of promotion and is generally ‘well-respected’ in the public. He could easily translate mass appeal to MMA in general, rather than dropping tirades on reporters that question his integrity and relationship with the media.
April 11th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Chad I want MMA to get the following it deserves but Im not sure that this is the way it needs to go, I don’t want it to turn into a circus. Hope your boobs feel good!
April 13th, 2009 at 12:55 am
I agree with your statement about JBL, he’s always been awesome in and out of the ring and watching him get angry on Fox news was always good too. It’s obvious the man can read in between the lines. MMA has to be one of the fastest growing products in the world today. Why not get in while the getting is good and see if he can’t ride the wave. He’ obviously a pretty smart guy.
April 14th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
JBL has been a great wrestler and arguably the best on the mic in the wwe for some time now. It’s gonna blow without him but just like every other wrestler, they can ALL be replaced JBL will be a great announcer I just wish that Vince would of payed him to replace Tazz on “Smackdown”.