Everyone dislikes JBL for many reasons and some I agree with. You have fans saying they don't like him because he is this rich white man from texas who has come into money and moved to New York and became a prick. Other fans don't like him because of his gimmick. The majority of the fans don't like him because WWE shoved him down our throats by pushing him to early in the Main Event picture. Even though I do agree that his push is too fast, there are definitely alot of positives of JBL's character. In this column I will talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of JBL's character or gimmick (whichever ya wanna call it). I am going to start off with the very bad of JBL and then do the ugly of JBL and to show that I am not a JBL bandwagon hater or bandwagon fan I am going to talk about the good of JBL. There are many reasons why JBL's character/gimmick is bad and not liked. The main reason that I can think of is that his main event push as JBL was too fast. Now if JBL (character wise), was given time to mature amongst the fans and he started off maybe in the US Title picture and then eventually work up to main event then it wouldn't be so bad.

Now onto the the minor bad things about JBL. One of the minor problems is that his character is based on racism. Don't get me wrong racist jokes is an easy way to get heel heat but come on you shouldn't stoop that low to get heel heat. Another minor problem with JBL is that he comes off too arrogant. I know heels are supposed to be obnoxious but to be so arrogant like JBL it gets ridiculous.

Onto the very ugly of JBL's character. The very first ugly thing about JBL's character is his limo entrance. I think they can do away with it IMO. It was definitely ugly seeing JBL make things personal like bringing Eddie Guerreros family into it. Also constantly making racist remarks and jokes is also very ugly. One ugly thing about JBL is if he was to win the title and hold it for a long time. Don't get wrong a JBL WWE Title run is inevitable but to see the title on him for a long time would make it a very ugly thing. One major ugly thing in retrospect, is if JBL doesn't get a WWE Title run, it would make WWE look very bad because they would have to admit they were wrong. Why build up a new heel, push him in main event too soon, and not give him the title? If they did that it would be a huge and I mean huge mistake.

Now onto the good of JBL's character. One major good that comes to mind is that he has done good so far as JBL. He has received heat, he gets the fans to hate him, and most of all he pulls off the character very well. I know and everyone else knows its not a big secret why he was given that character and put in the main event. The reason is because Smackdown is lacking top heels and as a pro sd fan I will admit that. However, JBL has done the best he can do with the character he was given. People say JBL sucks in the ring, well in the technical department I will agree but in an overall look of different styles JBL is a definitely good brawler. He also does wrestle ok in the technical dept but not alot. I will admit at first that I didn't like JBL at all, but as time progressed he started to grow on me. Now back to the good things about JBL. Another good that everyone will agree with is that JBL has the "H-Factor". What is the "H-Factor" you say? Well it is simply the Heel Factor. As a heel, Bradshaw is definitely better than being a face.

Now I will go on record and say this fans who bash JBL for not doing his job as a heel is completely wrong. When JBL was a face in APA, the same fans cheered him and loved him and now that hes heel they don't like him. There are some bad and ugly things about JBL but why be so over critical? Focus on the good of something once in a while instead of focusing on the negatives. This is why SD is bashed alot because fans are over critical. Sure its ok to critique something but to over do it is definitely wrong. I will touch on this subject in another column. Untill next time, Chris Out ! ! (yes I know its a rip off of, Seacrest Out ! !, but whatever ;) )

by Chris Chambers..