I expected JBL to come out on RAW last Monday and give one of his outrageous ten minute speeches to explain why he lost so easily.Despite saying he had quit the WWE at Wrestlemania I presumed that he wouldn't leave the business after losing the intercontinental title in a match that lasted 21 seconds.
Unfortunately he didn't appear and the next day I came across a blog post from him on wwe.com.
In it he confirms his departure and talks about starting the next chapter of his life. He mentions how one of his biggest regrets after getting injured was that he wasn't going to make it to Wrestlemania 25.
It was fitting that he did in fact make it which is a credit to him as clearly he never gave up and got his wish of appearing at the 'grandest stage of them all' for one last time.
He said he had no plans to be involved in any type of on air character in the future which is disappointing because he was a brilliant commentator. His partnership with Michael Cole was hilarious and a real hark back to the days where the colour commentator disagreed with absolutely everything the play by play man said.
I regard JBL as the best heel mic worker ever and I think his 13 year career warranted a better send off.
If the match had to be short then so be it but it would have nice if he had come out of character at the end and said thank you to the crowd. When he angrily said 'I quit' I don't think too many people knew if he was being serious or not.
Very sad to see him leave in such a way. But if he is ready for a new chapter of his live, then that his down to him. Fair play to the boy.
ReplyDeleteJBL, or Justin Hawk Bradshaw, as used to be known, was one of my favorite wrestler. It seems a shame that such a great character bowed out so timidly. When he and Farooq were the APA, they were brilliant, and the clothesline from hell was one of my all time favorite finishing moves.
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