Between The Ropes
February 15th, 2008
Archived online at BetweenTheRopes.com
WWE superstar John Bradshaw Layfield recently sat down with Brian Fritz of Between the Ropes to discuss his recent return to in-ring competition, taking part in this weekend’s Raw Elimination Chamber Match at No Way Out, and more.
Layfield is grateful that he has been able to return to the ring following a year-and-a-half absence due to an injured back and says the time off has allowed his body to heal. “I never thought I’d have the opportunity to return. Getting out of the ring, my back started getting better pretty much right away. And finally all the symptoms from hurting my back – from breaking it to herniated discs – went away. And I felt that I was healthy and I just wanted a chance to come back, because I just didn’t like the way I went out. My back was hurting so bad that I wasn’t able to work out and I was fat and was out of shape. Still out of shape a little bit, but a lot better than I was. And I didn’t want the last memory of me to be that fat, out of shape guy that was in the ring. So I thought I had a chance to do it while I was still young enough, so that was the reason I came back.”