8 Things You Didn't Know About JBL

5. He Lives In Bermuda

John Layfield Bermuda August 2015 1
BER News

For many a target of his alleged backstage bullying, the idea of JBL being cast off to a remote island in the middle of the ocean must have been distinctly appealing, and he fulfilled their fantasies by voluntarily relocating to Bermuda in 2009. Sadly for them, it has an airport.

After finishing up with wrestling post-WrestleMania 25, the Texan found life in NYC too confining - especially with a multitude of niggling back injuries - and on the advice of his wife, financial analyst Meredith Whitney, the Bradshaw family moved to the sunny shores of the North Atlantic island.

Either through a just concern for the ridiculous carbon footprint caused by flying back and forth to New York every week to do his weekly FOX shows, or because he just plainly couldn't be arsed, JBL even had his own studio built in his basement - courtesy of the Bermuda Dept. of Tourism. He still insisted on turning up for SmackDown in person each Tuesday, however.

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