"The WWE Championship - put my name on it right now"

John Bradshaw Layfield: "Save your ticket stubs and mark this day on your counter, because this is gonna be a day you're gonna tell their kids and then your kids are gonna tell their kids, because this is the last day that JBL will be on SmackDown. [Jubel] That is the bad news.

The good news: In the spirit of Ben Hogan, of George Foreman, of Muhammad Ali, of Michael Jordan, of the greatest comebacks in sports, JBL's will make the others pale in comparison. But it won't be on SmackDown. Been there, done that. The longest reigning champion in SmackDown television history. The reason you people tonight are paying to come into this arena is to see ME. I took a laughing stock of a show and made it into the crown jewel of the WWE empire. They bulit the entire CW Network around one thing: The attraction of JBL. And when JBL comes back... do not interrupt me again... when JBL comes back, it will not be on the show I've built, it will be on Monday Night RAW - and the reason, very simply, is because of what happened at Armageddon, which was this:

[Ein Video von dem Zusammenprall von JBL und Chris Jericho bei Armageddon und der anschließenden Attacke JBL's auf Y2J wird eingespielt]

You play with fire, you get burned. And Chris Jricho, instead of just coming out on Monday Night RAW and apologizing for the fact that he inadvertently touched Greatness and said very simply 'I'm sorry, JBL', instead he comes out, asks me to appear and I hate to tell you this, Chris: Being the first Undisputed Champion and all, you're not very high on my priority list. You come out and tell me that I am an afterthought. This coming from a guy who got FIRED and tried to make a career out of reality television and failed miserably, called me - JBL - irrelevant.

Irrelevant? Let's see how irrelevant JBL is when JBL comes to RAW. Because mark my words, write it down, edge it in stone: I'm not coming to RAW to be part of the roster. I'm not coming to RAW to be opening match in Poughkeepsie, New York. I'm not coming to RAW to be a team player. I'M NOT COMING TO RAW FOR A FREAKING SWAN SONG! I'm coming to RAW to do the only thing JBL knows to do: And that is headline Pay Per Views and win Championships. The WWE Championship - put my name on it right now. It'll save you a lot of time.

Three years from now, people are gonna look back to you, Chris Jericho, and they're gonna look at you and they're gonna ask you: What in the hell did you do? Why would you unleash JBL upon us? Because that is exactly what's gonna happen. And I'm coming for you first, Chris. Because understand this: I was, I am and I forever will be the only Wrestling God!"