John Cena | |
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Born | John Felix Anthony Cena Jr. April 23, 1977 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Springfield College (BA) |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1999–present |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Huberdeau (m. 2009; div. 2012) Shay Shariatzadeh (m. 2020) |
Relatives |
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Ring name(s) | John Cena[1] The Prototype[2] Mr. P[3] |
Billed height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[4] |
Billed weight | 114 kg (251 lb)[4] |
Billed from | "Classified"[5] West Newbury, Massachusetts[4] Los Angeles, California |
Trained by | Christopher Daniels[6] Mike Bell Tom Howard Dave Finlay |
Debut | November 5, 1999[6] |
John Felix Anthony Cena Jr.[7] (born April 23, 1977[8]) is an American professional wrestler, actor and rapper. He currently works for the WWE. Cena has won the WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship a record thirteen times, the World Heavyweight Championship three-times[a], the United States Championship five times and both the WWE and World Tag Team Championship twice. Also, Cena won the Royal Rumble in 2008 and 2013. As for his musical career, Cena has released an album called You Can't See Me. Cena has also been featured in the movies The Marine, 12 Rounds and Legendary. He starred as Peacemaker in the 2021 movie The Suicide Squad and his own television series for HBO Max. His most famous catchphrase is "You Can't See Me" which has become a very well-known meme in Western Society.
In Baseball, he is a Red Sox fan but turned into a Rays fan.[9]
Cena was signed by the person in charge of Talent Relations, Jim Ross on behalf of the WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation WWF). According to Ross, when he returned to Connecticut after signing Cena he walked into Vince McMahon's office and told him "I just signed your main event for WrestleMania in 5 years."[10] Cena would eventually make his WrestleMania debut 3 years later at WrestleMania XX in 2004, winning the WWE United States Championship from The Big Show. At WrestleMania 21 the following year, he won the WWE Championship from John "Bradshaw" Layfield. At 2006's WresteMania 22 he wrestled for the first time in a WrestleMania main event, beating Triple H to keep his WWE Championship. He would go on to main event WrestleMania in 2007 vs. Shawn Michaels, in 2011 vs. The Miz, and in 2012 and 2013 vs. The Rock. He also wrestled in many other WWE premium live events.
In 2010, during a match between Wade Barrett and Randy Orton, Orton won so Cena was forced to retire. He was rehired by Wade Barrett and defeated him at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs.
He was drafted to SmackDown as the first pick in the 2011 WWE Draft, but before the end of the night, he was drafted back to Raw.
He was defeated by The Rock at WrestleMania XXVIII. He won his second Royal Rumble in January 2013. Thus he got another match at WrestleMania 29 against The Rock for the WWE Championship. He won that match and became the WWE Champion.
1 ^ Cena did not accept the 2012 award, opting to award it to presenter Ric Flair instead.