Legendary WWE Heel Believes He Could Have ‘Easily’ Turned Babyface

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00:00Legendary WWE heel believes he could have easily turned babyface

00:05John Bradshaw Layfield says he had to work hard to maintain his heel persona in WWE.

00:11After splitting from APA partner Ron Simmons, the WWE Hall of Famer dropped his beer-swilling

00:16brawler gimmick and reinvented himself as the arrogant, wealthy businessman JBL, eventually

00:22becoming one of the company's most hated villains.

00:25A vicious feud with Eddie Guerrero propelled JBL to his first and only WWE world title.

00:31He went on to hold the championship for 280 days, defeating stars like Booker T, The Undertaker,

00:37Kurt Angle and Big Show along the way.

00:40JBL's WWE championship reign ended at WrestleMania 21 when he lost to John Cena.

00:46He later moved to commentary but returned briefly, costing Chris Jericho a title shot at Armageddon

00:512007.

00:53Layfield retired from active competition after his surprising WrestleMania 25 loss to

00:58Rey Mysterio.

01:00On a recent Something to Wrestle podcast, JBL was asked if he could have successfully turned

01:04babyface during his heel run.

01:06He replied,

01:07He could have been a face easily, I believe, JBL said, no doubt about it.

01:12We had to work very hard to keep it heel at one point.

01:15Vince would give me all kinds of advice, and a lot of times he would sit there and he'd

01:20tell me before I went out for a promo, do not be entertaining, just be a heel.

01:26Because there was a chance of the crowd starting to change.

01:29If you're entertaining for too long, any old heel becomes a babyface.

01:33I think JBL could have been a babyface very easy.

01:37We had to be very careful for him not to be.

01:40I never wanted to be a babyface.