WWE Superstar JBL Talks Retirement

As many know John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) has been a long standing superstar in the WWE. Over a decade he has been performing at a high level. He has been a World Champion on SmackDown, the longest reigning in SmackDown history.

He has even been a Tag Champion, and gone as far as being a SmackDown commentator for over a year. For years he was more of a funny man and was just around really for comic relief.

We all remember the APA, a group involving Bradshaw and Faarooq. For years they were one of the better tag teams in the WWE.

They would have a door in the middle of a room. And they would have a table where Faarooq and Bradshaw would play cards and drink beer. They would do anything asked of them if it involved money or beer. It seemed they always had a price.

But now those days are over, and Faarooq (real name: Ron Simmons) is a comic relief guy. He mainly does behind the scenes work now and JBL is a singles competitor. Many believe he is a highly effective heel on RAW.

Since coming back to the wrestling part of the WWE from SmackDown commentating he has performed at a high level. Even though it seems he is focused on other things, he is always going to be one of the best there was, even if we never noticed.

But since he has been performing so long and at a high level he has been talking retirement. Check out this interview he had and see for yourself:

"JBL was asked about his current health and he said he's still banged up and probably should have retired by now, but he's enjoying being in the ring and having a real program with Shawn Michaels on the main stage.

"My back's not great and I can't wrestle a full schedule," JBL said. "I'm probably one of those guys who's hung on too long, but I'm enjoying it right now. So far, I can still do most of what I used to do and hide most of my flaws. When it gets to where I can't hide them at all, I'll probably call it quits."

JBL said about his program with Shawn Michaels: "This is phenomenal with Shawn. We've never worked on a big stage together. For me, this is a real treat. Shawn's one of the best ever, so this is a real treat for me."

He also was the brain behind the Tribute to the Troops tour the WWE does every year, here is what he had to say about it in the interview:

JBL has been with WWE on all six of their "Tribute to the Troops" shows to the Middle East and he takes pride in helping get it off the ground to support the U.S. troops when many people have forgotten about the troops, he says.

"It was my idea, but that's where it stops. WWE took the ball and ran with everything," JBL told Kevin Eck of the Baltimore Sun about where the Tribute show idea came from. "Vince McMahon gives me a lot of credit, but I really don't deserve that much. It was my idea to give to him and within a few weeks, they had formulated the entire plan."

I think it is great to see them do that for the troops myself. But really seeing JBL go would be bad. I mean we may not know but JBL has brought a lot to the WWE. He has basically gotten it national and global respect in the business world.

Making people who thought that the WWE was just a bunch of jocks who barely got by and drug addicts who would never make it out of wrestling think twice. He has his own business and is one of the most powerful men in America.

He may be a heel in the WWE and he does a good job at it, but we need to see what he has done before thinking he doesn't deserve to be considered a future Hall of Fame member.

JBL will be missed when he leaves, to me at least. Hopefully the WWE will let him go with Ron Simmons again and form the APA once more, who knows?

What do you think, will JBL retire and never be remembered?