Once John “Bradshaw” Layfield became a essential event star in WWE, he had a number of the highest profile matches of his profession against the likes of The Undertaker, Eddie Guerrero, Shawn Michaels, and several other others. On the “Something to Wrestle” podcast, JBL took a have a look at the present WWE roster and named a number of the wrestlers he’d prefer to have faced if he were still actively competing.
“Short list — Cody Rhodes, little question about it, he’s the guy, he’s the face of the corporate, but additionally the scale difference,” JBL said, then explaining how having a size advantage over an opponent has all the time worked well in his matches. “That might be so fun, I feel a lot of Cody.” Outside of “The American Nightmare,” JBL also added that he would like to work with each Jacob Fatu and Dolph Ziggler. “I’ve never seen Dolph have a nasty match, and I saw him have matches with Del Rio — my style and Del Rio’s is comparable, Del Rio is best than me, however the style’s similar.”
JBL also looked back at his clashes with Brock Lesnar and the way he wished he could have worked a program with the “Beast Incarnate.” “It just didn’t work out, , after I had my run Brock was off winning a UFC Championship,” he recalled. “He’s so freaking talented, and he’s secure because he’s so freaking strong.” JBL also explained that he enjoyed working with guys far larger than him, and listed dream matches with Bruno Sammartino and Magnum T.A. as a number of the guys he wishes he could have worked with.
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