John Cena

Born
April 23, 1977 (age 37)
West Newbury, Massachusetts
Residence
Tampa, Florida
Occupation
Professional wrestler , actor, rapper
Years active
1999-present (wrestler)
2000-present (actor)
2004-2005, 2014 (rapper)
Net worth
$35 million (2014)
Spouse(s)
Elizabeth Huberdeau
(m. 2009–2012; divorced)
Partner(s)
Nikki Bella (2012-present)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
John Cena
The Prototype
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight
251 lb (114 kg)
Billed from
” Classified” (UPW)
West Newbury, Massachusetts
(WWE)
” West Newbarnia , Mexico” (as Juan
Cena)
Trained by
Ultimate Pro Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Debut
November 5, 1999
John Felix Anthony Cena ( /
ˈsiːnə/ ; born April 23, 1977) is an
American professional wrestler,
rapper and actor signed to WWE . He
has been described as “the face of
the WWE for a long time” and one of
the most polarising and divisive
figures in WWE (or even professional
wrestling) history, despite playing a
heroic character for the majority of
his career.
Cena started his professional
wrestling career in 1999 with
Ultimate Pro Wrestling, where he
held the UPW Heavyweight
Championship.Cena signed a
developmental contract with the
World Wrestling Federation (WWF,
later renamed to WWE) in 2001,
debuting on the main roster in 2002.
As of November 2014, Cena has had
22 championships reigns and is a
15-time world champion, consisting
of a record 12 reigns as WWE
Champion/WWE World Heavyweight
Champion and three reigns as World
Heavyweight Champion . He has the
fourth-highest number of combined
days as WWE World Heavyweight
Champion, behind Bruno
Sammartino , Bob Backlund, and Hulk
Hogan. He has also headlined WWE’s
flagship event, WrestleMania on five
occasions (WrestleManias 22 , 23 ,
XXVII , XXVIII, and 29) over the course
of his career.
Outside of wrestling, Cena has
released the rap album You Can’t
See Me , which debuted at No.15 on
the US Billboard 200 chart, and
starred in the feature films The
Marine (2006), 12 Rounds (2009), and
Legendary (2010). Cena has also
made appearances on television
shows including Manhunt, Deal or
No Deal, MADtv , Saturday Night Live,
Punk’d , and Psych. Cena was also a
contestant on Fast Cars and
Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns
Celebrity Race
, where he made it to the final
round before being eliminated,
placing third in the overall
competition.
Early life
Cena was born on April 23, 1977 in
West Newbury , Massachusetts,
the son of Carol (née Lupien) and
John Cena, Sr.He is the second
oldest of five brothers: Dan, Matt,
Steve, and Sean. His maternal
grandfather was baseball player Tony
Lupien .His father is of Italian
descent, while his mother has
French Canadian and English
ancestry.After graduating from
Cushing Academy , Cena attended
Springfield College in Springfield,
Massachusetts.In college he was
a Division III All-American center on
the college football team,
wearing the number 54, which is
still used on some of his WWE
merchandise. He graduated
from Springfield in 1998 with a
degree in exercise physiology ,
after which he pursued a career in
bodybuilding and worked as
a driver for a limousine company.
Professional wrestling career
Ultimate Pro Wrestling (1999–2001)
Cena started training to become a
professional wrestler in 1999 at
Ultimate Pro Wrestling ‘s California-
based “Ultimate University” operated
by Rick Bassman . Once he was
placed into an in-ring role, Cena
began using a semi- robotic character
known as “The Prototype”.
Some of this period of his career was
documented in the Discovery
Channel program Inside Pro
Wrestling School.While in UPW,
Cena held the UPW Heavyweight
title for just shy of a month in April
2000. On October 10, 2000, while
billed as The Prototype, Cena made
his debut on a SmackDown taping in
a dark match against Mikey
Richardson, where he was defeated. He received another tryout on
January 9, 2001 at a SmackDown
taping in Oakland, California, this
time defeating Aaron Aguilera. Cena
wrestled again in a dark match at
SmackDown tapings on March 13.
World Wrestling Federation/
Entertainment/WWE (2001–present)
Ohio Valley Wrestling (2001–2002)
In 2001, Cena signed a
developmental contract with the
World Wrestling Federation (now
WWE ). He was assigned to its
developmental territory Ohio Valley
Wrestling (OVW). During his time
there, Cena wrestled under the ring
names “The Prototype” and “Mr. P”.
He held the OVW Heavyweight
Championship for three months and
the OVW Southern Tag Team
Championship
(with Rico Constantino ) for two
months.
Debut (2002–2004)
Cena performing an ” FU” ( standing
fireman’s carry takeover) on Kurt
Angle in January 2005.
Cena made his television debut
answering an open challenge by Kurt
Angle on June 27, 2002. Inspired
by a speech given by WWE Chairman
Vince McMahon to the rising stars of
the company, exhorting them to
show “ruthless aggression” to earn a
place among the legends, Cena took
advantage of the opportunity to face
Angle. Cena managed to counter the
Angle Slam and the ankle lock
submission hold,but ultimately
lost to a hard amateur wrestling-
style pin .Following the near-win,
Cena became a fan favorite and
started feuding with Chris Jericho ,
defeating Jericho at Vengeance
In October, Cena and Billy Kidman
took part in a tag team tournament
to crown the first WWE Tag Team
Champions of the SmackDown!
brand, losing in the first round.
The next week, Cena turned on and
attacked Kidman, blaming him for
their loss, becoming a villain.
Shortly after the Kidman attack, on a
Halloween themed episode of
SmackDown, Cena dressed as Vanilla
Ice performing a freestyle rap .
The next week, Cena received a new
character: a rapper who cut promos
while rhyming.As the gimmick
grew, Cena began adopting a variant
of the 1980s WWF logo – dropping
the “F” – as his “signature symbol”,
along with the slogan ” Word Life”.Moreover, he was joined by an
enforcer, Bull Buchanan, who was
rechristened B-2 (also written B² and
pronounced “B-Squared”).
Buchanan was later replaced by Red
Dogg ,until he was sent to the
Raw brand in February. It is also
around this time that Cena would
wrestle a then 22-year-old
enhancement talent named Bryan
Danielson. Cena won the match
cleanly on the February 8 edition of
Velocity. Danielson would later
become known as Daniel Bryan and
cleanly win the WWE Championship
from Cena at SummerSlam more
than 10 years later.
For the first half of 2003, Cena
sought the WWE Championship and
chased the reigning champion, Brock
Lesnar , performing weekly
“freestyles” challenging him to
matches.
During the
feud, Cena unveiled a new finishing
maneuver: the FU , a Fireman’s carry
powerslam , named to mock Brock
Lesnar’s F-5 because both moves
start with Fireman’s carry, with the
first victim being Rikishi. Cena
won a number one contenders
tournament against Lesnar at
Backlash . However, Cena was
defeated by Lesnar. At Vengeance
Cena lost a singles match against
The Undertaker.At the end
of the year, Cena became a fan
favorite again when he joined Kurt
Angle as a member of his team at
Survivor Series.
Rise to Superstardom (2004–2005)
Cena, wearing his customized U.S.
Championship belt.
In early 2004, Cena participated in
the Royal Rumble match at the 2004
Royal Rumble .making it to the
final six before being eliminated by
Big Show and the Match being won
by Chris Benoit .The Royal
Rumble elimination led to a feud
with Big Show,which Cena
won the United States
Championship from Big Show at
WrestleMania XX.During his
reign, Cena came into contention
with SmackDown General Manager
Kurt Angle over issues arising with
René Duprée and Torrie Wilson.
The reign ended almost four months
later, when he was stripped of the
belt on July 8 by Angle after he
accidentally knocked him over, thus
attacking an official. [54] Cena won
the championship back defeating
Booker T in a best of five series that
culminated at No Mercy, only to
lose it to the débuting Carlito
Caribbean Cool the next week.
After the loss to Carlito, the duo
began a feud, which Cena was
stabbed in the kidney while at a
Boston-area nightclub by Carlito’s
bodyguard , Jesús .This
worked injury was used to keep Cena
out of action for a month, while
Cena was filming The Marine .
Immediately on his return in
November, Cena won the United
States Championship back from
Carlito débuting a “custom made”
spinner-style championship belt.
Cena took part in the 2005 Royal
Rumble match, making it to the final
two. Cena and Raw brand wrestler
Batista went over the top rope at
the same time, ostensibly ending
the match. Vince McMahon, however,
appeared on stage and restarted the
match in sudden death rules, with
Batista eventually eliminating Cena. The next month, Cena defeated
Kurt Angle to earn a spot in the
SmackDown brand’s WrestleMania 21
main event match. beginning a
feud with WWE Champion John
“Bradshaw” Layfield (JBL) and his
Cabinet in the process. In the early
stages of the feud, Cena lost his US
belt to Cabinet member Orlando
Jordan ,who proceeded to “blow
up” the spinner championship with
JBL and returning a more traditional
style belt.Cena defeated JBL at
WrestleMania winning the WWE
Championship, giving Cena his first
world championship . Cena then
had a spinner WWE Championship
belt made,while JBL took the
original belt and claimed to still be
WWE Champion,until Cena
reclaimed the original belt in an “I
Quit” match at Judgment Day.
Cena was drafted to the Raw brand
on June 6, 2005, becoming the first
wrestler selected by General
Manager Eric Bischoff in the annual
draft lottery .Cena immediately
entered a feud with Bischoff, after
refusing to participate in the “war”
against the Extreme Championship
Wrestling (ECW) roster at One Night
Stand.With Bischoff vowing to
make Cena’s stint on Raw difficult,
he hand picked Jericho to take
Cena’s championship from him
During their feud, even though Cena
was portrayed as the fan favorite and
Jericho as the villain , a vocal section
of live crowds, nonetheless, were
booing Cena during their matches.More crowds followed suit
during Cena’s next feud with Kurt
Angwho took over as Bischoff’s
hand-picked number-one contender
after Cena defeated Jericho in a
You’re Fired match on the August 22
Raw.As the feud continued and
the dissenters grew more vocal,
sometimes seeming to outnumber
fans by wide margins,the
announce team was forced to
acknowledge the booing on
television and began calling Cena a
“controversial champion”, claiming
some people disliking him on
account of his “in-ring style” and his
chosen fashion. Despite the
mixed and negative reactions, Cena
held on to his championship
through his feud with Angle, losing
to him by disqualification –
which titles do not change hands in
WWE – at Unforgiven and pinning
him at Survivor Series. The feud
with Angle also saw Cena add a
secondary, submission based,
finishing maneuver – the STFU (a
Stepover Toehold Sleeper, though
named for a Stepover Toehold
Facelock) – when he was put into a
Triple Threat Submissions Only
match on the November 28 Raw .
WWE Championship feuds and
injury (2006–2007)
Cena facing off against Edge at a
WWE house show .
Cena lost the WWE Championship at
New Year’s Revolution , but not in
the Elimination Chamber match that
he had been advertised to
participate in beforehand. Instead,
immediately after winning the
Elimination Chamber, he was forced
into a match against Edge , who
cashed in his Money in the Bank
contract – a “guaranteed title match
for the WWE Champion at a time
and place of the owner’s choosing.”
Two quick spears allowed Edge to
pin Cena, winning him the
championship.Three weeks later,
Cena won the championship back at
the Royal Rumble.After winning
the championship, Cena began
feuding with Triple H , which the
crowd began booing Cena and
cheering the intended villain, Triple
H. Cena beat Triple H at
WrestleMania 22 to retain his WWE
Title.The negative reaction
towards Cena intensified when
facing Rob Van Dam at One Night
Stand. Taking place in front of a
crowd of mostly “old school” ECW
fans at the Hammerstein Ballroom ,
Cena was met with raucous jeering
and chants of “heck you, Cena”, “You
can’t wrestle”, and “Same old
garbage”. When he began performing
different moves into the match, the
fans began chanting “You still suck”.
Cena lost the WWE Championship at
One Night Stand, with Van Dam
pinning Cena after interference from
Edge.
Cena while addressing fans at a Raw
show.
In July, Edge won the championship
from Van Dam in a Triple Threat
match that also involved Cena,
re-igniting the feud between him
and Cena from earlier in the year.
After Edge went about retaining the
title by dubious means – getting
himself disqualified (for which
Championships do not change
hands) and using brass knuckles
– he introduced his own version of
Cena’s “custom” belt, this one with
his logo placed on the spinner.
Cena eventually won the
championship back in a match and
arena of Edge’s choice: a Tables,
Ladders, and Chairs match at
Unforgiven at the Air Canada Centre
in Edge’s hometown of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada after FU’ing Edge
through two tables off a ladder. The
match had a stipulation that, had
Cena lost, he would have left the
Raw brand for SmackDown.
Cena returned his version of the
spinner belt on the next night’s
Raw.
On the heels of his feud with Edge,
Cena was placed in an inter-brand
angle to determine the “Champion of
Champions” – or which was the most
dominant champion in WWE’s three
brands. Cena, the World
Heavyweight Champion King Booker ,
and the ECW World Champion The
Big Show engaged in a mini-feud
leading to a Triple Threat match at
Cyber Sunday, with the viewers
voting on which of the three
championships would be placed on
the line.At the same time, Cena
became involved in a storyline with
non-wrestler Kevin Federline, when
he began appearing on Raw with
Johnny Nitro and Melina . After
getting into a worked physical
altercation with Federline on Raw ,
[89] Federline appeared at Cyber
Sunday to hit Cena with the World
Heavyweight Championship during
the match, helping King Booker
retain his championship. [82] 2006
ended with Cena beginning a feud
with the undefeated Umaga over the
WWE Championship, while 2007
began with the end of his storyline
with Kevin Federline. On the first
Raw of the new year, Cena was
pinned by Federline with an assist
from Umaga, although later in the
night he was able to get his hands
on Federline performing an FU on
him.
One night after the Royal Rumble,
an impromptu team of Cena and
Shawn Michaels defeated Rated-RKO
(Edge and Randy Orton) for the
World Tag Team Championship ,
making Cena a double champion.On the April 2 episode of Raw,
after losing a WWE Championship
match to Cena at WrestleMania 23,Michaels turned on Cena,
costing them the championship in
the second of two 10 team battles
royals, by throwing Cena over the
top rope and eliminating the team.
The Hardys (Matt and Jeff )
eventually won the match and the
championship.For the rest of
the month, Cena feuded with
Michaels, Orton, and Edge until The
Great Khali declared his intentions
to challenge for Cena’s
championship attacking and “laying
out” all three of the top contenders
before assaulting Cena himself
and stealing the physical belt.
For the next two months, Cena
feuded with Khali over the
championship, eventually becoming
the first person in WWE to defeat
him by submission at Judgment Day and then by pinfall at One
Night Stand . Later that
summer, Randy Orton was named
the number one contender for the
WWE championship, starting a
feud between the two. Leading up to
SummerSlam, Orton delivered a
number of sneak-attacks, performing
three RKOs to Cena, but in the
actual match, Cena retained the
championship. A rematch
between the two occurred at
Unforgiven , with Orton winning by
disqualification after Cena ignored
the referee’s instructions and
continued to beat on him in the
corner.
During a match with Mr. Kennedy on
the October 1, 2007 episode of Raw ,
Cena suffered a legitimate torn
pectoral muscle while executing a
hip toss.Though finishing the
match and taking part in the
scripted attack by Randy Orton after
the match, surgery the following day
found that his pectoralis major
muscle was torn completely from the
bone, estimating at the time to
require seven months to a year of
rehabilitation.As a result,
Cena was stripped of the title by
Vince McMahon on the next night’s
episode of ECW, ending what
was the longest WWE Championship
reign in over 19 years. Cena’s
surgery was performed by orthopedic
surgeon James Andrews at St.
Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham ,
Alabama.Two weeks later, in a
video update on WWE.com, Dr.
Andrews and Cena’s physical trainer
both said that he was several weeks
ahead of where he was expected to
be in his rehabilitation at that time.Despite his injury, Cena
attended the annual WWE Tribute to
the Troops show filmed at Camp
Speicher in Tikrit , Iraq on December
7, and aired on December 24.
Return and world championship
reigns (2008–2010)
Cena as one half of the World Tag
Team Champions.
Cena made a surprise return as the
final participant of the Royal Rumble
match, winning the match, and the
traditional WrestleMania title shot,
by last eliminating Triple H.
Instead of waiting until
WrestleMania, the title shot was
cashed in against WWE Champion
Randy Orton at February’s No Way
Out pay-per-view in a match
where Cena won by disqualification ,
resulting in him not getting the
championship.The night after
No Way Out, Cena was placed back
into WrestleMania XXIV ‘s WWE
Championship match, making it a
Triple Threat match also involving
Triple H, during which he was
pinned by Orton At Backlash ,
Cena failed to regain the title in a
Fatal Four-Way elimination match , in
which he was pinned by Orton.
Triple H won the title during that
match. During the match, Cena
eliminated JBL. renewing their
feud from 2005. Cena defeated JBL
at Judgment Day and then at One
Night Stand in a First Blood match. JBL, however, defeated
him in a New York City Parking Lot
Brawl at The Great American Bash in
Jul,
On the August 4 episode of Raw,
Cena became a World Tag Team
Champion for a second time,
teaming with Batista to defeat Cody
Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, but
failed to retain the titles the
following week against the former
champions. Batista defeated
Cena at SummerSlam; shortly
after, he was named one of four
contenders for CM Punk’s World
Heavyweight Championship in the
Championship scramble match at
Unforgiven . He was replaced by Rey
Mysterio , however, after Cena
suffered a herniated disc in his neck,
which required surgery. Cena
underwent successful surgery
repair the injury.
Cena made his in-ring return at the
November pay-per-view event,
Survivor Series, defeating Chris
Jericho to win his first World
Heavyweight Championship.
The two continued their rivalry up to
Armageddon , where Cena retained
his championship.Cena lost
the championship at No Way Out, to
Edge after Kofi Kingston was attacked
by Edge, who took his place in the
Elimination Chamber match.
Cena was given an opportunity to
regain the title at WrestleMania XXV
in a Triple Threat match also
involving Big Show, which Cena won.
Cena lost the championship back to
Edge in a Last Man Standing match
at Backlash after interference from
Big Show, who chokeslammed
through a big spotlight. This
angle resulted in Cena beginning a
feud with Big Show. Cena defeated
Big Show at Judgment Daywand
at Extreme Rules in a Submission
match by applying the STFU.
At the July pay-per-view, Night of
Champions, he participated in a
Triple Threat match for the WWE
Championship, which also involved
Triple H and WWE Champion Randy
Orton. Cena, however, did not win
the match.Two months later, at
Breaking Point , Cena defeated Randy
Orton for the WWE Championship in
an “I Quit” match to win his fourth
WWE Championship. At Hell in
a Cell, Cena lost the title to Orton in
a Hell in a Cell match. Three
weeks later, at WWE Bragging Rights,
Cena defeated Orton in a 60-minute
Iron Man match. Cena
successfully defended the title
against both Triple H and Shawn
Michaels in a Triple Threat match at
Survivor Series, and lost it to
Sheamus at TLC: Tables, Ladders &
Chairs in a Tables match .
Cena as WWE Champion in 2010.
Cena regained the title at the
Elimination Chamber pay-per-view in
an Elimination Chamber . His reign
was cut short after Mr. McMahon
made him defend the title against
Batista, who won the title. [138] Cena
defeated Batista at WrestleMania
XXVI for the title, and
successfully defended it at Extreme
Rules, in a Last Man Standing
rematch.Cena faced Batista
one more time, winning an I Quit
match at Over the Limit .
Feud with The Nexus (2010–2011)
See also: The Nexus
On the June 7, 2010 episode of Raw,
Cena was suddenly thrust into a new
storyline when during his main
event match against CM Punk, he
was attacked by all eight former
contestants of WWE NXT Season 1 ,
with Wade Barrett as their leader.
Punk, his follower Luke Gallows, and
other personnel around the ring
were attacked as well, but Cena took
the worst of the attack and was
carried out on a stretcher. This
group later referred to itself as The
Nexus.At Fatal 4-Way , Cena lost
the WWE title to Sheamus, in a fatal
four-way match involving Edge and
Randy Orton, after The Nexus
interfered.Cena again lost to
Sheamus, in a steel cage match, at
Money in the Bank, after The Nexus
again interfered. Cena, in
retaliation to The Nexus, formed an
alliance with Edge, Chris Jericho,
John Morrison , R-Truth , The Great
Khali, and Bret Hart. They defeated
The Nexus at SummerSlam, with help
from the returning Daniel Bryan, a
former member of Nexus, who
replaced Khali after he was injured.
Cena being forced to read a public
address by Wade Barrett while a
member of Nexus .
Hoping to end The Nexus, Cena
challenged Wade Barrett to a match
at Hell in a Cell with the
stipulations that if he were to lose,
he would join The Nexus. After
Barrett defeated Cena, he joined The
Nexus, and was forced by the
Raw GM to follow their orders or be
fired. Cena and fellow Nexus
member David Otunga defeated Cody
Rhodes and Drew McIntyre to win
the Tag Team Championship at
Bragging Rights .Later, he was
forced to help Barrett defeat Orton
in a championship match, giving
Barrett the disqualification win.
The next day, Cena and Otunga lost
the Tag Team Championship to
fellow Nexus members Heath Slater
and Justin Gabriel, when Barrett
ordered Otunga to lay down and lose
the title. [149] At Survivor Series,
Cena officiated a match for the WWE
Championship between Wade Barrett
and Randy Orton. Per stipulation, if
Barrett didn’t win the
championship, Cena would be fired
from the WWE .
Orton defeated Barrett to retain the
title, thus terminating Cena’s WWE
contract. [150] The following day on
Raw, Cena gave a farewell speech,
before costing Wade Barrett the
WWE Championship by interfering in
his rematch with Randy Orton.
A week later, Cena invaded Raw, first
as a spectator, but then attacked
members of Nexus, explaining that
he would still take down Nexus one
by one, despite not having a job in
the WWE anymore. On the
December 13 episode of Raw, Cena
was rehired by Barrett, in exchange
that he would face him at TLC:
Tables, Ladders & Chairs in a Chairs
Match.Prior to TLC, Cena
teamed up with Randy Orton and
Rey Mysterio to defeat Wade Barrett,
The Miz , and Alberto Del Rio at the
WWE Tribute to the Troops. On
December 19 at TLC: Tables, Ladders
& Chairs, Cena was victorious against
Wade Barrett in a Chairs match in
the main event of the evening.
Cena at WWE Tribute to the Troops
in 2010.
On the December 27 episode of Raw,
The Nexus, minus Wade Barrett,
announced they were under new
management and offered to bury the
hatchet with Cena, to which he
refused. The Nexus attacked Cena,
leaving a Nexus armband in the ring
during the process. As the group
retreated, CM Punk, who had
attacked Cena with a steel chair
twice the week before, came to the
ring to apparently attack Cena, but
instead put on the armband left
behind to symbolically announce his
allegiance with The Nexus. The
next week, Wade Barrett returned to
Raw and confronted CM Punk over
the issue of who the leader of The
Nexus was and who was responsible
for Cena’s attack the week before.
Barrett was placed into a Triple
Threat steel cage match that night
to determine the number one
contender for the WWE
Championship. CM Punk added his
own stipulation to the match saying
if Barrett lost, he would be banished
from the group, but if he won he
would remain leader. Barrett lost
the match after CM Punk interfered
and ripped off Barrett’s armband.
[155]
On the January 17 episode of Raw,
Cena returned and faced Punk in a
match. During the match, a man,
who was later revealed as Mason
Ryan , attacked Cena. During the
2011 Royal Rumble match, Cena
eliminated most of The Nexus,
ending his feud with them.
Record-breaking WWE Champion
(2011–2013)
The Rock and Cena agree to face
each other at WrestleMania XXVIII.
Cena competed in the 2011 Royal
Rumble match at the pay-per-view,
making it to the final five before
being eliminated by The Miz, the
current WWE Champion at the time,
who wasn’t an official participant in
the match. At the Elimination
Chamber pay-per-view, Cena won
the chamber match to face The Miz
at WrestleMania XXVII for the WWE
Championship.
On the February 21 episode of Raw,
Cena replied to The Rock ‘s
comments about him from the
previous week in rap form, as The
Rock returned as the announced
guest host of WrestleMania. That
night, Cena was placed into a WWE
Tag Team Championship match, with
him teaming with The Miz, where
they defeated Justin Gabriel and
Heath Slater to become WWE Tag
Team Champions. After the match,
Wade Barrett invoked Gabriel and
Slater’s rematch clause straight
away, where they won their titles
back after The Miz attacked Cena.
Cena and The Rock continued
to feud, on-air and through social
networks. After weeks of insults, they
finally met face-to-face. Cena denied
The Rock’s claim to truly “love” the
WWE, claiming that he used WWE
only to jumpstart his acting career, a
claim which Johnson angrily refuted.
After a brief attack by The Miz and
Alex Riley, Cena hit The Rock with
the Attitude Adjustment. [158] At
WrestleMania, Cena and Miz fought
to a double countout. The Rock
restarted the match and hit Cena
with a Rock Bottom, allowing The
Miz to retain. [159] The next night on
Raw, Cena, in response to The Rock
“screwing” him out of the title,
agreed to face him in the main event
of WrestleMania XXVIII , making it
the first match to be set up for
WrestleMania one year in advance.
At Extreme Rules, Cena defeated The
Miz and John Morrison to become
WWE Champion. [159] Cena went on
to successfully defend the title
against The Miz at Over the Limit in
an “I Quit” match [160] and R-Truth
at Capitol Punishment. [161]
Cena then began a feud with CM
Punk, who was leaving the company
at Money in the Bank . Punk was
enraged at Cena and The Rock,
calling them “phonies”, already
booked to headline the next
WrestleMania, and demanded
change. At Money in the Bank, CM
Punk defeated Cena to win the WWE
Championship, and left the company
with the title. [162][163][164] After
Rey Mysterio was crowned WWE
Champion, Cena challenged and
defeated him later that night to
become WWE Champion for a record-
breaking ninth time,[165] only to be
interrupted by CM Punk, who also
claimed to be champion. Punk again
defeated Cena at SummerSlam in a
title unification match. [166] After
Alberto Del Rio became WWE
Champion by cashing in his Money
in the Bank briefcase, Cena became
number one contender and beat Del
Rio at Night of Champions to become
WWE Champion for the tenth time.
[167] He lost it back to Del Rio at
Hell in a Cell, in a Triple Threat Hell
in a Cell match also involving CM
Punk. [168] Cena lost his rematch to
Alberto Del Rio at Vengeance in a
Last Man Standing match, due to
interference by The Miz and R-Truth.
[169] After a few weeks of Miz and
Truth attacking Cena and other
employees, Cena was allowed to
choose his partner to challenge Miz
and Truth at Survivor Series. Cena
chose The Rock as his partner.
Leading up to Survivor Series, Cena
and The Rock continued to verbally
assault each other, reiterating their
points for their WrestleMania match,
while attacking the “Awesome
Truth”. At the pay-per-view, after
Cena and Rock defeated Miz and
Truth, Rock gave Cena another Rock
Bottom. [170]
Cena and The Rock face off at
WrestleMania XXVIII.
On the December 12 Raw, during his
match with Mark Henry, Cena was
attacked by the returning Kane. [171]
Cena then began a feud with Kane,
who continually attacked him, [172]
crediting his disgust for Cena’s “Rise
Above Hate” slogan and that Cena
would need to embrace the hate in
order to defeat The Rock at
Wrestlemania. [173] Cena fought
Kane to a draw at the Royal Rumble,
[174] and then defeated him in an
Ambulance match at Elimination
Chamber .[175]
After Elimination Chamber, Cena and
The Rock verbally attacked each
other. At WrestleMania XXVIII , Cena
faced The Rock in the main event
match which had been building for a
year and was billed as “once in a
lifetime”. Cena claimed the match
was the most important of his life
and that winning was a necessity,
since nobody remembers second
place. The match ended when Cena
attempted the People’s Elbow on
The Rock, and The Rock countered
with a Rock Bottom for the pin. [176]
Brock Lesnar faces off with Cena
after his return in April 2012.
The following night on Raw, Cena
addressed The Rock, admitting
defeat and accepting the loss at
WrestleMania; Cena then called The
Rock the greatest WWE wrestler ever
and invited The Rock to the ring so
that he could congratulate him.
However, Cena’s call was answered
instead by the returning Brock
Lesnar , who then attacked Cena with
an F-5 . [177][178] This resulted in
Cena feuding with the Raw General
Manager John Laurinaitis , who
revealed that he signed Lesnar to
bring “legitimacy” to WWE and for
Lesnar to become its “new face”.
[179][180][181] On April 29 at
Extreme Rules, Cena defeated Lesnar
in an Extreme Rules match .[182] The
next night on Raw, Cena was
confronted and then attacked by
Laurinaitis, who declared himself
Cena’s opponent at Over the Limit .
[183] Cena lost to Laurinaitis after
Big Show interfered. [184] Laurinaitis
added that Cena would face Show at
No Way Out and, dependent on the
winner, either Cena or Laurinaitis
would be fired. [185] Cena won the
match, then hit the Attitude
Adjustment on Laurinaitis through
the announce table. Vince McMahon
then fired Laurinaitis. [186]
At Money in the Bank , Cena won his
first Money in the Bank ladder
match over Big Show, Chris Jericho,
Kane and The Miz, earning a
contract for a shot at the WWE
Championship anytime within a
year. [187] At Raw 1000 , Cena cashed
in his contract on CM Punk, and won
the match by disqualification after
Big Show interfered, becoming the
first person to cash in a Money in
the Bank contract and not win a
title. [188][189] Show continued to
attack Cena until The Rock arrived to
make the save.[190] The following
week on Raw, a WWE Championship
number one contenders match
between Cena and Show ended in a
no contest due to interference from
Punk. Following this, both men were
entered in the championship match
at SummerSlam by Raw General
Manager AJ Lee .[191] At the event,
Cena was unsuccessful as Punk
would go on to retain the title once
more. [192] Over the next few weeks,
Cena continued feuding with Punk
by refusing to call him “best in the
world” and fighting him to a draw at
Night of Champions on September
16. [193] On September 20, Cena was
sidelined with a legitimate arm
injury, rendering him inactive. [194]
Because of his injury, Cena was
replaced by Ryback in a Hell in a
Cell match for the WWE
Championship at Hell in a Cell. [195]
On the November 5 Raw, Cena and
Ryback were announced as part of a
Triple Threat match for Punk’s WWE
Championship at Survivor Series,
while also starting a feud with Dolph
Ziggler over an alleged relationship
with AJ Lee. [196] At the pay-per-
view on November 19, Punk pinned
Cena in the match to retain the
championship. [197] Cena continued
to feud with Ziggler and on
December 16, at TLC: Tables, Ladders
& Chairs , lost to him in a ladder
match for his World Heavyweight
Championship Money in the Bank
contract, after AJ turned on Cena.
(2012 also marked the third year
that Cena did not win a single title.
The first two were his debut and
2003) [198] The following night on
Raw, Cena teamed with Vickie
Guerrero to face Ziggler and AJ in a
mixed tag team match, however, the
match ended in a disqualification
after Cena was attacked by the
débuting Big E Langston .[199] Cena
then defeated Ziggler on the January
7, 2013 episode of Raw in a singles
match, and again in a steel cage
match the following week, despite
interference from AJ and Langston in
both matches. [200][201]
On January 27, Cena entered the
Royal Rumble match at #19 and won
after last eliminating Ryback,
becoming the fourth wrestler (after
Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels and
Stone Cold Steve Austin) to win
multiple Rumble matches. [202] The
following night on Raw, Cena
announced that he would pursue
the WWE Championship at
Wrestlemania 29, after which, he
would be assaulted by The Shield .
[203] The following week on Raw,
Cena would gain vengeance on the
Shield when he, along with Ryback
and Sheamus, attacked the stable.
[204] This culminated in a six-man
tag team match on February 17 at
Elimination Chamber , where the
Shield emerged victorious. [205] On
the February 25 Raw, Cena defeated
CM Punk to reaffirm his status as
number one contender for the Rock’s
WWE Championship. [206] Cena then
returned to his rivalry with The Rock,
with Cena blaming his personal and
professional troubles on his loss to
the Rock the previous year, going so
far as admitting his own vanity had
cost him the match. [207][208] On
April 7 at WrestleMania 29, Cena
defeated Rock in their rematch to
win his eleventh WWE
Championship. [209] The following
night on Raw, Cena began a rivalry
with Ryback, after he saved Cena
from a post-match assault from Mark
Henry only to attack Cena himself.
[210][211] During his feud with
Ryback, Cena suffered a legitimate
achilles tendon injury,[212] while
also battling the Shield and facing
them in losing efforts. [213][214][215]
On May 19 at Extreme Rules, Cena
retained the WWE Championship
against Ryback in a Last Man
Standing Match after Ryback
rammed Cena and himself into the
electric backdrop at the top of the
ramp, resulting in a no contest. [216]
On June 16 at WWE Payback , Cena
defeated Ryback in a 3 Stages of Hell
match to retain the WWE
Championship, with Cena losing the
Lumberjack match and winning the
Tables match and the Ambulance
match. [217] The following night on
Raw, Cena was attacked by the
returning Mark Henry, who feigned
his “retirement”, with World’s
Strongest Slam, sparking a rivalry
between the two. [218] On July 15 at
the Money in the Bank pay-per-view,
Cena defeated Henry via submission
to retain the WWE Championship.
[219] The next night on Raw, new
Raw general manager Brad Maddox
announced that he would allow Cena
to choose his own opponent for
SummerSlam. Later in the night,
after taking an informal poll of the
live audience, he chose Daniel
Bryan.[220] On August 18 at the
pay-per-view, Cena lost the WWE
Championship to Bryan, with Triple
H as the special guest referee,
ending his reign at 133 days.[221]
The following night on Raw, Cena
announced that he would undergo
surgery for a triceps tear and would
be out for four to six months.[222]
WWE World Heavyweight Champion
(2013–present)
On the October 7 episode of Raw,
SmackDown General Manager Vickie
Guerrero announced that Cena
would be returning at Hell in a Cell,
to face Alberto Del Rio for his World
Heavyweight Championship. [223]
Cena went on to defeat Del Rio at
the pay-per-view on October 27, to
win his third World Heavyweight
title. [224] The following night on
Raw, Cena defeated Damien Sandow
in his first title defense after Sandow
attacked Cena before the match and
cashed in his Money in the Bank
contract. [225] Cena successfully
defended the World Heavyweight
Championship against Del Rio at
Survivor Series.[226]
On the November 25 edition of Raw,
Cena suggested that there only be
“one champion” in WWE, so Triple H
stated there would be a unification
match between him and Randy Orton
at the TLC pay-per-view. Cena went
on to lose the match to Orton, losing
the World Heavyweight
Championship in the process. [227]
Stephanie McMahon announced a
rematch, in which Orton would
defend the WWE World Heavyweight
title against Cena at the Royal
Rumble. Orton defeated Cena at the
Rumble following a distraction by
The Wyatt Family. Cena was then
attacked after the match by the
Wyatts. [228] The following night on
Raw, Cena teamed up with Sheamus
and Bryan to defeat The Shield via
disqualification by the Wyatt Family
and was qualified to compete in an
Elimination Chamber match for the
WWE World Heavyweight
Championship at Elimination
Chamber 2014 .[229][230] The next
night on Raw, The Wyatts interfered
in the main event (John Cena,
Daniel Bryan and Sheamus vs. The
Shield) attacking Cena again
therefore giving the win to the
latter’s team by DQ. At Elimination
Chamber , the Wyatts cost Cena the
match once again which led to Orton
pinning him for elimination.
After Elimination Chamber, Wyatt
accepted Cena’s challenge for a
WrestleMania match, [231] Wyatt
wanted to prove that Cena’s heroic
act was a facade characteristic of
“this era of lies” while further
wanting to turn Cena into a
“monster”. [232][233] At
WrestleMania XXX , Cena successfully
resisted the urge to become a
“monster” and overcame interference
from Harper and Rowan to defeat
Wyatt.[234] The feud continued after
WrestleMania based on the story
that Wyatt was capturing Cena’s
fanbase, which was exemplified by
Wyatt leading a children’s choir to
the ring on the April 28 episode of
Raw, with the children later putting
on sheep masks. [235] At Extreme
Rules, Wyatt defeated Cena in a
steel cage match, after repeated
interference from the rest of the
Wyatt Family and a demonic child.
[236] Cena’s feud with Wyatt
continued with a Last Man Standing
match being set up for Payback. At
the pay-per-view, Cena buried Wyatt
under multiple equipment cases to
win the match.[237]
The next night on Raw , Cena faced
Kane after interrupting Stephanie
McMahon, who was criticizing Daniel
Bryan’s decision not to vacate the
WWE World Heavyweight
Championship at the Payback pay-
per-view. McMahon revealed an
ultimatum for the champion; be fit
for the Money in the Bank pay-per-
view or the title will be held for the
first time in Money in the Bank
ladder match. Cena went on to call
McMahon a spoiled, jealous, ego
maniac . Stephanie, in return, set
Cena up against Kane. Cena won via
disqualification, and was subject to
being thrown into the steel steps.
Cena retaliated, and threw the steps
at Kane. The following week, after
remaining Shield members Dean
Ambrose and Roman Reigns
addressed Seth Rollins, they were
attacked by The Wyatt Family. Cena
came to their aid and was added in
The Shield’s six man tag team match
against the Wyatts, which resulted in
The Shield and Cena winning.
On the June 16 edition of Raw, Cena
was forbidden by The Authority to
participate in a battle royal for a
spot in the Money in the Bank
ladder for the vacant WWE World
Heavyweight Championship, but he
would instead earn a spot another
way: facing Kane in the originally
proposed stretcher match Daniel
Bryan was supposed to fight, which
Cena won and earned his spot for
the main event at Money in the
Bank. At the pay-per-view, Cena
captured his 15th world
championship by winning the WWE
World Heavyweight Championship for
the 12th time. [238] Cena then
retained the title at Battleground
against Roman Reigns, Randy Orton
and Kane. [239] At SummerSlam,
Cena lost the championship to Brock
Lesnar in a squash match, during
which Lesnar hit Cena with sixteen
German Suplexes and two F-5s,
ending his reign at only 49 days.
[240] It was announced later in the
week on Main Event that Cena would
invoke his rematch clause at Night of
Champions in which Cena won via
disqualification after Seth Rollins
got involved. [241] Cena then began
feuding with Dean Ambrose for the
right to face Rollins at Hell in a Cell,
but Ambrose got that right after
beating Cena in a No Holds Barred
Contract on a Pole match, after
which they shook hands in respect.
Cena would instead face Randy
Orton in a Hell in a Cell match to
determine the number one
contender to face Lesnar for the
World Title, which Cena won by
sending Orton into a table with an
AA from the top turnbuckle.
Other media
Film
Cena, with members of the United
States Marine Corps, at the premiere
of his film The Marine .
WWE Studios, a division of WWE
which produces and finances motion
pictures, produced Cena’s first movie
— The Marine , which was distributed
theatrically by 20th Century Fox
America beginning on October 13,
2006. In its first week, the film made
approximately US$7 million at the
United States box office. [242] After
ten weeks in theaters, the film
grossed $18.7 million. [242] Once the
film was released on DVD, it fared
better, making $30 million in rentals
in the first twelve weeks. [242]
Cena filming on the set of 12
Rounds.
His second film, also produced by
WWE Studios, was 12 Rounds.[243]
Filming began on February 25, 2008
in New Orleans; [243][244] the film
was released on March 27, 2009.
Cena co-starred in his third film
produced by WWE Studios, titled
Legendary , which was played in
selected theaters starting on
September 10, 2010, for a limited
time, [245] then it was released on
DVD on September 28, 2010. [246]
That same year, Cena starred in the
children’s film Fred: The Movie, a
film based on Lucas Cruikshank’s
YouTube videos of the same name,
where he plays Fred’s father. [247]
The movie was released on the
Nickelodeon channel in September
2010. [248]
Guest appearances
Before his WWE début, Cena made
an appearance on the Internet
stream show Go Sick as Bruebaker,
an angry, cursing wrestler in 2001.
[249]
Cena in 2008.
During his WWE career, Cena has
appeared on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel
Live! three times. Cena has also
appeared on morning radio shows;
including the CBS and XM versions
of Opie and Anthony as part of their
“walkover” on October 10, 2006.
Other appearances have included
NBC’s Late Night with Conan
O’Brien , Fuse’s Celebrity Playlist , Fox
Sports Net ‘s The Best darn Sports
Show Period , FOX’s MADtv, G4’s
Training Camp (with Shelton
Benjamin), and two appearances on
MTV’s Punk’d (August 2006 and May
2007), as the victim of a practical
joke. He also served as a co-
presenter, with Hulk Hogan, at the
2005 Teen Choice Awards , as a guest
judge during the third week of the
2006 season of Nashville Star, and
appeared at the 2007 Nickelodeon
UK Kids Choice Awards
.[250]
In January 2007, Cena, Batista , and
Ashley Massaro appeared
representing WWE on an episode of
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ,
[251] giving the children of the
family whose house was being
renovated WWE merchandise and
eight tickets to WrestleMania 23.
[252] Two months later, he and
Bobby Lashley appeared on the NBC
game show Deal or No Deal as
“moral support” to long time WWE
fan and front row staple, Rick “Sign
Guy” Achberger. Edge and Randy
Orton also appeared, but as
antagonists. [253] On April 9, 2008,
Cena, along with fellow wrestlers
Triple H and Chris Jericho , appeared
on the Idol Gives Back fund-raising
special. [254] In March 2009, Cena
made an appearance on Saturday
Night Live during the show’s cold
opening sequence.[255] On March 7,
2009, he was a guest on NPR’s quiz
show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! in a
Not My Job sequence titled “Sure,
pro wrestling is a good gig, but
when you win, do they throw teddy
bears into the ring?”[256]
Television
In 2001, between his training in
Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Ohio
Valley Wrestling,[26] Cena was
involved in the UPN produced reality
show Manhunt. Cena portrayed Big
Tim Kingman, leader of the group of
bounty hunters who chased down
the contestants who acted as
fugitives. The show, however, was
mired in controversy when it was
alleged that the portions of the
show were rigged to eliminate
certain players, scenes were re-shot
or staged to enhance drama and
contestants read from scripts. [257]
[258][259]
Cena was featured on the ABC
reality series Fast Cars and
Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns
Celebrity Race
, which aired in June 2007, [260]
making it to the final round before
being eliminated on June 24, placing
third in the competition overall.
[261]
In 2007, Cena was interviewed for
the CNN Special Investigations Unit
documentary, Death Grip: Inside Pro
Wrestling, which focused on steroid
and drug use in professional
wrestling. When asked if he had
taken steroids he was heard to reply,
“I can’t tell you that I haven’t, but
you’ll never prove that I have.” [262]
The day after the documentary aired,
WWE accused CNN of taking Cena’s
comments out of context to present
a biased point of view, backing up
their claim by posting an unedited
video of Cena answering the same
question – filmed by WWE cameras
from another angle – in which he is
heard beginning the same statement
with “absolutely not”. [263] A text
interview on the website with Cena
later had him saying the news outlet
should apologize for misrepresenting
him,[264] which CNN refused, saying
they felt the true answer to the
question began with the phrase “my
answer to that question”. [265] They
did, however, edit the documentary
on subsequent airings to include the
“absolutely not”. [265]
Cena hosted the Australian
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards with
Natalie Bassingthwaighte on October
11, 2008 in Melbourne . [266]
Cena guest starred as Ewan O’Hara,
brother of Juliet O’Hara , in an
episode of the fourth season of the
comedy drama Psych. [267] He also
guest starred as himself in the
seventh episode of Disney Channel’s
Hannah Montana Forever .
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Cena signing merchandise for a
young fan.
Cena posing with children.
Cena has granted over 400 wishes
for Arizona children with life-
threatening illnesses through the
Make-A-Wish Foundation, making
him the current record holder. [268]
[269][270] In 2009, Cena received
the Chris Greicius Celebrity Award.
[271]
Endorsements
Cena at Fort Bragg on December 9,
2011.
Before his professional wrestling
career, Cena appeared in an
advertisement for Gold’s Gym. As a
wrestler he has endorsed the energy
drink YJ Stinger, [272] appearing in
commercials beginning in October
2003, and Subway,[273] for whom he
filmed advertisements with their
spokesperson Jared Fogle in
November 2006 that began airing
the next January. For a time in 2007
he also endorsed two “signature
collections” of energy drinks and
energy bars sold by American Body
Builders. [274] In 2008, Cena filmed
a commercial as part of Gillette’s
“Young Guns” NASCAR campaign.
[275]
In 2009, Cena expanded his
relationship with Gillette by
introducing a new online campaign
called “Be A Superstar” featuring
himself alongside fellow WWE
wrestlers Chris Jericho and Cody
Rhodes. The campaign features
motivational videos. [276]
Fashion
For the extent of his WWE career,
Cena’s attire has attempted to
reflect the most current fashions and
stylings within the hip hop culture
that his character represents. Cena
started out wearing ” throwback
jerseys ” until WWE produced specific
Cena merchandise which he began
wearing. [277] While Cena was a
member of the SmackDown! brand,
one of his WWE produced t-shirts
bore the suggestive spoonerism
“Ruck Fules”. Whenever it appeared
on television the image was
censored, not by the network, but by
WWE to sell more shirts under the
premise that it was “too hot for
TV.” [278] He also wore a chain with
a large padlock, occasionally using it
as a weapon,[279] until
WrestleMania 21, when it was
replaced with a chromed and
diamond studded “Chain Gang”
spinner medallion—reminiscent of
the ones worn by members of G-Unit
—matching his spinner title belt.
Around the time The Marine was
released, Cena began wearing attire
more military related, including
camouflage shorts, dog tags, a
Marine soldier cap and a WWE
produced shirt with the legend
“Chain Gang Assault Battalion.” [280]
Shortly after WrestleMania 23, when
promotion for The Marine ended, the
military attire diminished and was
replaced with apparel bearing his
new slogan “American Made Muscle”
along with denim shorts, not seen
since he was a member of the
SmackDown roster.[281] He then
wore shirts that promoted Cenation
and his trademark line “You Can’t
See Me.” From late 2011 until
Wrestlemania XXVIII, Cena again
switched to camo shorts (honoring
the U.S. Armed Forces), to coinincide
with his black “Rise Above Hate” T-
shirt promoting WWE’s “Be a Star”
anti-bullying campaign. On
September 16, 2012, Cena débuted a
new pink and black t-shirt and cap
combo with the phrase “Rise Above
Cancer” that he wore through
October in partnership with Susan
G. Komen for the Cure in honor of
breast cancer awareness month.
Music
Main article: John Cena Discography
John Cena
Birth name
John Felix Anthony Cena
Born
April 23, 1977 (age 37)
West Newbury, Massachusetts
Origin
West Newbury, Massachusetts
Genres
Hip hop
Occupation(s)
Rapper
Years active
2004–2005, 2014
Labels
Columbia Records , WWE Music
Group
Associated acts
Tha Trademarc , Jake One , Wiz
Khalifa
“The Time is Now” by John Cena &
Tha Trademarc (2005)
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In addition to his wrestling career,
Cena is a rapper and a hip hop
musician . Cena performed his fifth
WWE theme song , “Basic
Thugonomics,” himself, and it was
featured on the WWE soundtrack
album WWE Originals . He also
recorded a song,”Untouchables”, for
the company’s next soundtrack
album WWE ThemeAddict: The
Music, Vol. 6 . He collaborated on the
song H-U-S-T-L-E remix along with
Murs , E-40 , and Chingo Bling . [282]
Cena’s début album, You Can’t See
Me , was recorded with his cousin
Tha Trademarc . It features, amongst
other songs, his entrance theme,
“The Time is Now”, and the single
“Bad, Bad Man”, for which a music
video was made that parodied 1980s
culture, including the television
show The A-Team . A video was also
made for the second single, “Right
Now,” and premiered on the August
8 Raw. Cena and Tha Trademarc
were later featured on a track by The
Perceptionists named “Champion
Scratch.” Cena will appear on Tionne
“T-Boz” Watkins ‘ upcoming album
Still Cool featuring other guests.
[283]
In October 2014, Cena was featured
on two songs with rapper Wiz Khalifa
for his two singles “All Day” and
“Breaks” for the soundtrack to the
WWE 2K15 video game. [284]
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2000
Ready to Rumble
Gym Trainer
Uncredited extra
2006
The Marine
John Triton
2009
12 Rounds
Danny Fisher
2010
Legendary
Mike Chetley
2010
Fred: The Movie
Fred’s Imaginary Dad
2011
The Reunion
Sam Cleary
2011
Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
Fred’s Imaginary Dad
2012
Fred 3: Camp Fred
Fred’s Imaginary Dad
2014
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
Himself
(voice)
2015
Trainwreck
Post-production
2015
The Nest
Filming
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2009
Saturday Night Live
Himself
Tracy Morgan /Kelly Clarkson
(season 34: episode 18)
2010
Psych
Ewan O’Hara
“You Can’t Handle This
Episode” (season 4: episode 10)
True Jackson, VP
Himself
“Pajama Party” (season 2: episode
12)
Hannah Montana
Himself
“Love That Lets Go” (season 4:
episode 9)
Generator Rex
Hunter Cain
Voice role
“The Hunter” (season 1: episode
13)
2012
Fred: The Show
Freds Dad
Recurring role
Non-acting appearances
Year
Title
Notes
2001
Manhunt
2007
Fast Cars and Superstars: The
Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race
2013–present
Total Divas
appearing with girlfriend Nikki
Bella
Personal life
Cena’s father, John Cena, Sr.
Cena writes left-handed . [285] He is
a fan of Japanese anime and has
mentioned that his favorite anime
movie is Fist of the North Star.[286]
He has also been featured on wall
posters in the anime series Kokoro
Connect. [citation needed]
He has also said he is a fan of the
video game series Command &
Conquer and noted that it was his
favorite game. [287] Cena is also a
fan of the Boston Red Sox, [286]
Tampa Bay Rays ,[288] Los Angeles
Dodgers, [289] New England Patriots,
[290] Boston Celtics [286] and English
Premier League club Tottenham
Hotspur. [291] Cena collects muscle
cars and has over 20, some of which
are one-of-a-kind. [3]
While promoting his 2009 film, 12
Rounds, Cena announced his
engagement [292][293] to his
girlfriend Elizabeth Huberdeau. They
were married on July 11, 2009. On
May 1, 2012, Cena filed for divorce,
[294] which was finalized on July
18th. [295] In November 2012, TMZ
reported that Cena is dating WWE
Diva Nikki Bella .[296]
In wrestling
Cena performs an Attitude
Adjustment on Kane
Cena performing Spin-out
powerbomb on Alex Riley .
Cena traps Mark Henry in the STF.
Cena delivers the Five Knuckle
Shuffle to Dolph Ziggler .
Cena’s delivers his signature taunt,
“You Can’t See Me”, to Chris
Masters.
Finishing moves
AA – Attitude Adjustment /
FU [290][297] (Standing
fireman’s carry transitioned
into a kneeling takeover ,[298]
sometimes from an elevated
position or preceded by a
scoop lift) – 2003–present
Killswitch / Protobomb /
Protoplex (Spin-out
powerbomb ) (OVW/ UPW);
used as a signature move in
WWE [299]
STF / STFU[297] ( Stepover
toehold facelock or a sleeper
hold lock) [300] – 2005–
present
Signature moves
DDT [301]
Diving crossbody [302]
Diving leg drop bulldog [301]
Dropkick , sometimes from the
top rope[8][301]
Elbow drop [303]
Emerald Flowsion [301]
Five Knuckle Shuffle [304]
( Running delayed fist drop,
with “U ₡ ME” theatrics,
sometimes diving from the
top rope)
Half nelson dropped into a
neckbreaker [301][302][305] –
2013
Hurricanrana [301]
Lariat[301]
Monkey flip [306]
Multiple suplex variations
Belly-to-back [301]
Fisherman [8]
Gutwrench [301][307]
Side belly-to-belly [308]
Vertical, sometimes while
delaying [309]
Running leaping shoulder
block
[8]
Running one–handed bulldog
[310]
Sitout hip toss [8]
Sitout powerbomb[301][311]
Spinebuster [8] – 2002–2005;
used rarely thereafter
Throwback [8] (Running neck
snap to a bent–over
opponent) – 2002–2011
Nicknames
“The Cenation Leader” [312]
“The Champ” [313] (as
champion)
“The Chain Gang
Soldier” [266]
“The Doctor of
Thuganomics” [314]
“Mr. Money in the Bank ”
“The Face of the WW

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