You rarely wrestle anymore it seems, too. But after you lose, the money you spent to get Michaels will be all for not. Sure it helped you get there, but in the end you have to pull through, JBL.
Michaels can't pin Cena for you. Otherwise he is the World Champion and that would not be your plan, would it? So when you lose, will you can HBK? You will realize you should be buying a World Title from the RAW show stand, because that is a close to one as you are going to get.
And then you will have to get retired again by a superstar. You can't go back to SmackDown you know, at least not as a wrestler. You will lose as a mid-card wrestler to young up and coming stars who will win more World Titles than you. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! They just want to belong to something.
At 6-foot-6 and nearly pounds, Layfield's football background which also included brief stops in the NFL and World League did little to help him learn rugby. He knew nothing about the game, but in that, he wasn't alone; largely seen as a white expat sport, rugby wasn't offered in Bermuda as an activity in public schools, the audience Layfield was targeting.
The simplicity of the sport made it an easier decision, as did the respect and integrity ingrained within it. I would be much more versed to coach American football, but you need 22 players and all of the equipment. With rugby, all you need is some green grass, a ball and a bunch of kids who want to run into each other really hard, which they enjoy.
They don't have any outlet like that. When Layfield started the program, six kids showed up the first day. While the numbers have grown steadily, now consisting of players from the two main high schools it's connected to and overall athletes, the academic standards that each participant must maintain to participate were made difficult for a reason.
Once you start getting those gang leaders, everyone else follows because they are going to be your leaders either in a good way or a bad way. What we want it to be is in a good way. It's going to be an honor to be in our program, and that's the only way that I'm going to do it. Kids were drawn to this like moth to a flame. They have never been pushed like this, and they love it when they are. They love when something is demanded of them, and they love when they are rewarded because they do the right thing and choose to work hard.
For Layfield and head rugby coach Patrick Calow, the goal for the program is to raise enough money to build a world-class training facility for all sports. Not only would the incoming money from outside teams who travel in to use the facility help fund local Bermudian sports, it would allow Beyond Rugby Bermuda to compete on a higher level internationally.
In doing so, more local rugby players would have access to worldwide exposure. This became a need for Layfield in when he had difficulty getting college coaches to come to Bermuda to scout the program's standout player, Mikle Dill.
To counter the issue, Layfield organized a collegiate sevens tournament in Bermuda, using connections to attract schools such as Princeton, Dartmouth and Notre Dame. With Beyond Rugby Bermuda fielding its own team, Dill, at just 17, led the college tournament in tries. While Layfield's celebrity has helped with fundraising and initially drew students to the program, with many calling him "Coach JBL" after watching him with WWE, he takes joy in filling whichever role is needed.
After recording "SmackDown Live" on location each week, Layfield flies back to Bermuda the next day and, upon landing, heads straight to the field for two hours of maintenance.
I'm the guy who runs the lawnmower, which is fine. That's all I want to be. There are moments when Layfield truly realizes the impact he has had on others, including when he recently ran into a former rugby player he coached who was now in his early 20s, with a family and a great job.
While Layfield admits he would jump at the opportunity of working with Beyond Rugby Bermuda on a full-time basis, he credits the support from WWE in not only allowing him to commute back and forth, but giving him the platform to make connections that benefit the program. Being in the right place at the right time has long been a major theme of Layfield's journey.
And no place has felt more right in his life than what he's currently doing in Bermuda. I don't know if there was a void, but it certainly has been filled. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. He was golden on the microphone. His promos were excellent, and he did his job—getting the crowd to hate him—extremely well. JBL had a memorable title run, especially when you consider what he had done to that point in his career. On top of that, his success in that role helped make Cena the Superstar he is today.
Forget whether their match at WrestleMania 21 was good or not, Cena defeating the man who had held the title for as long as he did—a guy who held off Guerrero, Undertaker and Big Show—made him look so much stronger. WWE did something it rarely does.
It went outside the box and found a guy to push to the top. Though it had a deep roster at the time, WWE found someone else and gave the fans something different. Since the beginning of , only eight different men have held the WWE Championship. Two of those Superstars don't compete full-time The Rock, Brock Lesnar , and one man Rey Mysterio lost the title the same night he won it.
The company needs to think outside the box and find someone who can be fresh in the main event. It may have been a risk to put JBL in the role he was in, but it was a risk that paid off. WWE should strongly consider making bold moves like this much more often.
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