[as he makes his way to the ring] Thank you Texas! This is the greatest day in JBL's great life. Months ago, I had a WrestleMania vision, that just as Julius Caesar returned to Rome the conquering hero, I would return to Texas... [raises the Intercontinental Championship belt] ...champion. At a time when, quite frankly Texas, you've got no champions... Texas, you've got no men. You sit around, you drink your little lattes, you do your pilates, looking through the Houston Chronicle trying to find a job... at this point in life you need hope, and along comes your hero, JBL! Tonight, I'm going to give you the treat of someone that grew up in Sweetwater, Texas, John Layfield and became the great JBL. You yourself will probably never improve your lot in life, but at least you can look at me and be proud of the fact that I'm your hero, because today I will give you the most dominant victory in WrestleMania history! I will then hop back on my charter plane, return to the greatest city in the world to my famous wife, New York City, as still... your hero.
John Layfield
WWrestleMania · 296 quotesIn 8 of the 296 quotes from WrestleMania
Most scenes with: Michael Cole (5), Jerry Lawler (4), JBL (3)
Lines by John Layfield 2
[on the Shield] I've wrestled with the Fabulous Freebirds. What they brought to the house, what they brought to this business was improved by the Horsemen, was perfected, some say, by the nWo. This team right here can do something none of them have ever done at WrestleMania.
Scenes with John Layfield 6
[as Jeff Hardy sets up a ladder in the ring and Matt Hardy lays Edge, who was dropped to the outside by Randy Orton, horizontally onto another ladder between the ring and the barricade]
Jeff Hardy with a golden opportunity. Can Jeff Hardy capitalize?
A world title is at stake here.
Whoa, wait a minute. Wait, whoa-
What the hell's he doing?
Matt Hardy...
JBL [as Jeff begins to climb the ladder in the ring, nowhere near the briefcase]: Win the damn match, Jeff! What the hell's wrong with you, kid?!
Yeah, Matt put Edge on that ladder and Matt's telling-
Oh, my lord!
JBL [as Matt is signaling to Jeff to take Edge out] What's wrong with you, you lunatic?! Win the damn match!!
Grab the briefcase!
You've got a shot at the world championship, Jeff! Damn him to hell! No, come on!
Jerry [as Jeff reaches the top of the ladder]: No way.
Get the ladder, Jeff!
No, no...
Jeff Hardy said he was gonna steal WrestleMania!
Michael [as Jeff leaps from the top of the ladder]: You gotta be kidding me!
[Jeff hits a diving leg drop on Edge, snapping the horizontal ladder and taking both men out]
Oh, God almighty!
Oh my God!
Good lord! The ladder broke in half!
They're history!
Jim [as a shocked Matt and the referee check on both men]: Edge may be broken in half! Jeff Hardy may have taken *himself* out of WrestleMania, in contention to win this Money in the Bank ladder match!
Look at this, that is insulting, Daniel Bryan sticking his hand out like that, mocking Triple H. What a disrespectful move.
JBL, how short is your memory? Have you drinking milk from forgetful cows? Milk of amnesia? Let me tell you something. You realize the last time Daniel Bryan stuck his hand out, Triple H put handcuffs on him.
He should've, he broke the law.
It’s him! He’s returned!
The Deadman cometh. Bray Wyatt can talk a big game, but John, you have been in the ring during the entrance of that man, The Undertaker.
Bray Wyatt wanted to dance with the Devil, welcome to Hell.
[as Bray Wyatt does his spider crawl/walk to Undertaker] That, indeed, is the New Face of Fear.
Not yet! Not just yet!
Whoa, what a WrestleMania moment! Look at that!
And Bray Wyatt melting away as he’s looking into the eyes of the Deadman!
[Triple H signals to a downed Stephanie McMahon, who hands Triple H a sledgehammer] Oh my God, Stephanie... Stephanie's handed... handed Triple H his signature sledgehammer! Again, if Triple H is disqualified, he will retain the championship! He'll lose the match officially, but it won't matter to him!
Referee has seen it. [The referee admonishes Triple H] If Triple H uses it, he gets disqualified, but you're right! He walks out of here WWE Champion. [Triple H shoves the referee aside]
That could've been a disqualification - [suddenly, Reigns strikes Triple H with the Superman Punch] oh, SUPERMAN PUNCH! [Triple H, reeling, slowly gets up, only to be met by another Superman Punch] Another one by Reigns! [Reigns howls and bounces off the ropes, as Triple H reaches his feet. He attempts to hit Reigns with the butt of the sledgehammer, but Reigns ducks, avoiding the blow] Missed with the sledgehammer! [Reigns hits the Spear] SPEAR! SPEAR BY REIGNS! Cover; hooks the leg! [The referee counts three] REIGNS IS THE CHAMPION! REIGNS IS THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
Here is your winner, and the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Roman Reigns!
It is the renaissance of the Roman Empire! And it's left the Authority in shambles!
[as Roman Reigns bounces off the ropes] Oh, look out. Look out here. M-momentum... momentum -
[Reigns Spears the Undertaker] OH MAN!
OH GOD!
And a huge Spear [Reigns covers the Undertaker] into the heart of the Undertaker, [the referee counts three] and Roman Reigns has defeated the Undertaker at WrestleMania with a thunderous Spear!
Here is your winner: Roman Reigns!
My God, what a physical matchup!
I believe, the greatest win of Roman Reigns's career.
It is the greatest win of Roman Reigns's career 20 years from now, 100 years from now! He just defeated the Undertaker, who... the Undertaker emptied everything in his arsenal; maybe everything in his soul.
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