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Common misspelling: Jon Cena, John Sena
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In
WWE, Cena has won 19 championships in total, including 12 world titles (having
won the WWE Championship a record 10 times[8] and the World Heavyweight
Championship twice). In addition, Cena has also won the WWE United States
Championship three times,[9] and is a four-time Tag Team Champion, having held
the World Tag Team Championship twice (once each with Shawn Michaels and
Batista),[10] and the WWE Tag Team Championship twice (once each with David
Otunga and The Miz). Cena also won the 2008 Royal Rumble match, and is a
two-time Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner (2009 and 2010).[11] He also
has the fourth highest number of combined days as WWE Champion behind Bob
Backlund, Hulk Hogan & Bruno Sammartino.
Cena started his professional wrestling career in 2000, wrestling for Ultimate
Pro Wrestling, where he held the UPW Heavyweight Championship. In 2001, Cena
signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and was sent to Ohio
Valley Wrestling (OVW) where he held the OVW Heavyweight Championship and the
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (with Rico Constantino).
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).[12] 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.
****
Background
Ring name(s) John Cena[1]
The
Prototype[2]
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Billed weight 251 lb (114 kg)[3]
Born April 23, 1977 (1977-04-23) (age 34)[4]
West Newbury, Massachusetts[3]
Resides Tampa, Florida[5]
Billed from Classified (UPW)[2]
West Newbury, Massachusetts (WWE)[3]
Trained by Ultimate Pro Wrestling[2]
Ohio Valley Wrestling[1]
Debut 2001[1]
****
John Cena was born April 23, 1977, in West Newbury, Massachusetts,[4] the son of
Carol and John Cena, Sr.[13] He is the second eldest of five brothers – Dan,
Matt, Steve, and Sean.[14] After graduating from Cushing Academy, Cena attended
Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.[15] In college he was a
Division III All-American center on the college football team,[16] wearing the
number 54,[15] which is still used on some of his WWE merchandise.[17][18] He
graduated from Springfield in 1998 with a degree in exercise physiology,[19]
after which he pursued a career in bodybuilding,[20][21] and also worked as a
chauffeur for a limousine company.[22]
Cena started training to become a professional wrestler in 2000 at the
California-based "Ultimate University" operated by Ultimate Pro Wrestling. Once
he was placed into an in-ring role, Cena began using a semi-robotic character
known as The Prototype.[23][24] Some of this period of his career was documented
in the Discovery Channel program Inside Pro Wrestling School.[25] While in UPW,
Cena held the UPW Heavyweight Championship for just shy of a month in April
2000.[26]
In
2001, he signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation
(WWF) and was assigned to its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling
(OVW).[27] During his time there, Cena wrestled as both The Prototype and Mr. P,
and held the OVW Heavyweight Championship for three months and the OVW Southern
Tag Team Championship (with Rico Constantino) for two months.[28][29][30]
Cena made his television debut answering an open challenge by Kurt Angle on June
27, 2002.[31] 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 and
almost beat Angle kicking out of his finishing move, the Angle Slam and enduring
the ankle lock submission hold.[32] Cena ultimately lost to a hard amateur
wrestling-style pin.[32] Following the near-win, Cena became a fan favorite and
started feuding with Chris Jericho.[31] 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.[33] The next week, Cena turned on
and attacked Kidman, blaming him for their loss, becoming a villain.[31]
Shortly after the Kidman attack, on a Halloween themed episode of SmackDown,
Cena dressed as Vanilla Ice performing a freestyle rap.[31] The next week, Cena
received a new character: a rapper who cut promos while rhyming.[31] 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".[34]
Moreover, he was joined by an enforcer, Bull Buchanan, who was rechristened B-2
(also written B² and pronounced "B-Squared").[31] Buchanan was later replaced by
Red Dogg,[31] until he was sent to the Raw brand in February.
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.[35][36][37] During the feud, Cena unveiled a new finishing maneuver:
the FU, a Fireman's carry powerslam, named to mock Lesnar's F-5.[38] 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.[31][39] 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.[40][41]
In
early 2004, Cena participated in the Royal Rumble match at the 2004 Royal
Rumble,[42] making it to the final six before being eliminated by Big Show and
the Match being won by Chris Benoit.[43] The Royal Rumble elimination led to a
feud with Big Show,[44][45] which Cena won the United States Championship from
Big Show at WrestleMania XX.[46] During his reign, Cena came into contention
with SmackDown General Manager Kurt Angle over issues arising with René Duprée
and Torrie Wilson.[47] 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.[48] Cena won the championship back defeating Booker
T in a best of five series that culminated at No Mercy,[49] only to lose it to
the debuting Carlito Caribbean Cool the next week.[50] 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.[51][52] This worked injury
was used to keep Cena out of action for a month, while Cena was filming The
Marine.[29] Immediately on his return in November, Cena won the United States
Championship back from Carlito debuting a "custom made" spinner-style
championship belt.[53][54]
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
re-started the match in sudden death rules, with Batista eventually eliminating
Cena.[55] The next month, Cena defeated Kurt Angle to earn a spot in the
SmackDown brand's WrestleMania 21 main event match,[56] 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,[57] who proceeded to "blow up" the spinner championship with JBL and
returning a more traditional style belt.[58] Cena defeated JBL at WrestleMania
winning the WWE Championship, giving Cena his first world championship.[59] Cena
then had a spinner WWE Championship belt made,[60] while JBL took the original
belt and claimed to still be WWE Champion,[60] until Cena reclaimed the original
belt in an "I Quit" match at Judgment Day.[61]
Cena was drafted to the Raw brand on the June 6, 2005, becoming the first
wrestler selected by General Manager Eric Bischoff in the annual draft
lottery.[62] 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.[63] With Bischoff vowing to make Cena's stint on Raw
difficult, he hand picked Jericho to take Cena's championship from him.[64]
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.[65] More crowds followed suit during Cena's next feud
with Kurt Angle,[66] who 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.[67] As the feud continued and the dissenters grew more vocal, sometimes
seeming to outnumber fans by wide margins,[68] 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.[69] Despite the mixed and negative reactions, Cena held
on to his championship through his feud with Angle, losing to him by
disqualification[70] – which titles do not change hands in WWE – at Unforgiven
and pinning him at Survivor Series.[71] 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.[72]
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 owners
choosing." After two quick spears pinned Cena, winning the championship.[73]
Three weeks later, Cena won the championship back at the Royal Rumble.[73] After
winning the championship, Cena began feuding with Triple H, which the crowd
began booing Cena and cheering the intended villain, Triple H.[74][75] Cena beat
Triple H at Wrestlemania 22 to retain his WWE Title.[1] 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 "f*ck you, Cena", "You
can't wrestle", and "Same old shit". 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.[76]
In
July, after Edge won the championship from Van Dam in a Triple Threat match that
also involved Cena,[77] re-ignited the feud between him and Cena from earlier in
the year. After Edge went about retaining the title by dubious means – getting
himself disqualified[78] (for which Championships do not change hands) and using
brass knuckles[76] – he introduced his own version of Cena's "custom" belt, this
one with his logo placed on the spinner.[79] Cena eventually won the
championship back in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at Unforgiven. The
match had an added stipulation that had Cena lost he would leave the Raw brand
and go to SmackDown.[80][81] Cena returned his version of the spinner belt on
the next night's Raw.[82]
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.[83] 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,[83] Federline appeared at Cyber
Sunday to hit Cena with the World Heavyweight Championship during the match,
helping King Booker retain his championship.[76] 2006 ended with Cena beginning
a feud with the undefeated Umaga over the WWE Championship,[84] 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.[85]
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.[86] On the April 2 episode of Raw, after losing a
WWE Championship match to Cena at WrestleMania 23,[87] 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.[88] 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[89] before assaulting Cena himself and stealing
the physical belt.[90] 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[91][92] and then by pinfall at One Night
Stand.[93][94] Later that summer, Randy Orton was named the number one contender
for the WWE championship,[95] 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.[96] 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.[97]
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.[98]
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.[99][100] As a result, Cena was
stripped of the title in an announcement by Vince McMahon on the next night's
episode of ECW,[101] ending what was the longest WWE Championship reign in over
19 years.[102] Cena's surgery was performed by orthopedic surgeon James Andrews
at St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.[98] 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.[103] 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.[104]
Cena made an unannounced return as the final participant of the Royal Rumble
match, winning the match, and the traditional WrestleMania title shot, by last
eliminating Triple H.[11] 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[105] in a match where Cena won by disqualification, resulting in
him not getting the championship.[106] 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,[107] during which he was pinned by
Orton.[108] At Backlash, Cena failed to regain the title in a Fatal Four-Way
elimination match, in which he was pinned by Orton.[109] Triple H won the title
during that match. During the match, Cena eliminated JBL,[109] renewing their
feud from 2005. Cena defeated JBL at Judgment Day and then at One Night Stand in
a First Blood match.[110][111] JBL, however, defeated him in a New York City
Parking Lot Brawl at The Great American Bash in July.[112]
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,[113] but
failed to retain the titles the following week against the former
champions.[114] Batista defeated Cena at SummerSlam;[115] 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 announcing Cena had suffered a herniated disc in his neck, which
would require surgery.[116] Cena underwent successful surgery to repair the
injury.[117][118]
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.[119] The two continued their rivalry up to Armageddon, where Cena
retained his championship.[120] 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.[121] Cena was given an opportunity to regain the
title at WrestleMania XXV in a Triple Threat match also involving Big Show,
which Cena won.[122]
Cena lost the championship back to Edge in a Last Man Standing match at Backlash
after interference from Big Show, who chokeslammed Cena through a big
spotlight.[123] This angle resulted in Cena beginning a feud with Big Show. Cena
defeated Big Show at Judgment Day[124] and at Extreme Rules in a Submission
match by applying the STFU.[125]
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.[126] 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.[127] At Hell in a Cell, Cena
dropped the title to Orton in a Hell in a Cell match.[128] Three weeks later, at
WWE Bragging Rights, Cena defeated Orton in a 60-minute Iron Man match.[129]
Two
months later, Cena would lose the title to Sheamus at TLC: Tables, Ladders &
Chairs in a Tables match.[130]
In
February 2010, Cena regained the WWE title at the Elimination Chamber
pay-per-view in an Elimination Chamber match after last eliminating Triple H.
However, immediately after the match Mr. McMahon declared that he would
immediately defend his title against Batista, who had been involved with Cena in
Vince McMahon and Bret Hart's rivalry. Cena lost that match to Batista, and the
WWE Championship and marking one of the shortest WWE Championship reigns in
history.[131] The following night after the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view,
Cena asked for a rematch for the title at WrestleMania, which McMahon gave him
the opportunity to as long as he defeated Batista that night. Later that night,
Batista intentionally got himself disqualified by kicking Cena in the groin to
set up their match at WrestleMania XXVI.[132] At the event, Cena defeated
Batista to win back the WWE title.[133] At the April pay-per-view, Extreme
Rules, Cena defeated Batista in a rematch for the WWE title in a Last Man
Standing match.[134] He faced Batista one more time in an I Quit match at Over
the Limit which he successfully won.[135]
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 would later refer to themselves as The Nexus.[136]
At
June's Fatal 4-Way event, Cena lost the WWE title to Sheamus in a fatal four-way
match that also involved Edge and Randy Orton due to interference by Nexus.[137]
The following month, in a WWE title rematch against Sheamus in a steel cage
match at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, the group interfered, thus costing
Cena the chance of regaining the championship.[138] Cena later formed an
alliance with Edge, Chris Jericho, John Morrison, R-Truth, The Great Khali and
Bret Hart to face the Nexus at SummerSlam, where Cena's team defeated Nexus with
the returning Daniel Bryan, a former member of Nexus, who replaced Khali after
getting injured.[139]
Nexus's actions, however, did not stop after SummerSlam. Hoping to end Nexus for
good, Cena challenged Wade Barrett to a match at "Hell in a Cell" only to lose
due to interference by two fans, later identified as Husky Harris and Michael
McGillicutty. Due to the stipulations in place, Cena was forced to join
Nexus.[140] Cena had originally planned to destroy Nexus from within as a member
of the group, but the Raw general manager ordered him to follow orders from
Barrett, or else he would be fired. At Bragging Rights, Cena and Nexus member
David Otunga defeated "Dashing" Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre to win the Tag
Team Championship.[141]
Later in the show Cena was forced to help Barrett to win his WWE Championship
match against Randy Orton. If Barrett didn't win the match Cena would be fired.
Cena twisted his words around and attacked Barrett, giving Barrett the win via
disqualification but not Orton's title.[141] The following 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.[142] At
Survivor Series, Cena officiated a match for the WWE Championship between Wade
Barrett and Randy Orton. As a part of a pre-match stipulation, if Barrett didn't
win the championship, Cena would be fired from the WWE.
Orton defeated Barrett to retain the title, thus ending Cena's career in the
WWE.[143] 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.[144] A week later, Cena invaded Raw, first as a spectator, but he 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.[145] 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.[146] 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, John Cena was victorious against Wade Barrett in a Chairs
match in the main event of the evening.
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 John Cena, to
which Cena 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, what looked like
attack John Cena, but instead put on the armband left behind to symbolically
announce his allegiance with The Nexus.[147] 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 that would determine the
No. 1 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. Wade Barrett would lose the match after CM Punk
interfered by ripping of Barrett's armband.[148]
On
the January 17 episode of Raw, Cena returned and faced Punk in a match. During
the match, a man, who would later be revealed to be Mason Ryan, attacked Cena.
During the 2011 Royal Rumble match, Cena would eliminate most of the Nexus,
ending his feud with them.
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 Elimination Chamber match to face The Miz at
WrestleMania XXVII for the WWE Championship.[149] On the February 21 episode of
Raw, Cena replied to The Rock's comments about him from the previous week, as
The Rock returned as the announced guest host of WrestleMania, where he made a
rap about Rock. That same 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 Miz attacked Cena.[150] After weeks of insults to
each other, Cena met Rock face-to-face on the March 28 episode of Raw, where
Cena would hit his Attitude Adjustment finishing move on Rock.[151] At
WrestleMania, Cena and Miz would fight to a double count-out, but guest host
Rock would restart the match, only for him to hit his Rock Bottom finishing move
on Cena, allowing Miz to retain his title. The next night on Raw, Cena and Rock
agreed to face each other at WrestleMania XXVIII, making it the first match to
be set up at WrestleMania one year in advance. At Extreme Rules, Cena would
defeat Miz and Morrison to become WWE Champion.[152] Cena went on to defend the
title against The Miz at Over the Limit in an "I Quit" match[153] and R-Truth at
Capitol Punishment [154]
Cena was scheduled to defend his title against CM Punk at Money in the Bank, but
Punk would insult the way in which the company is run and owner Vince McMahon.
This would then result in Punk being suspended from televised WWE events, but
would be reinstated by McMahon after Cena's insistence, with the stipulation
that Cena would get fired if he were to lost the WWE Championship to Punk at the
pay-per-view.[155][156] At the pay-per-view, Punk defeated Cena to win the WWE
Championship. The following night on Raw, before McMahon announced Cena was
fired, Triple H returned, announcing that that McMahon was relived of his duties
and Triple H is the new COO of the WWE, which would see him run the day-to-day
operations of the company.[157] On the July 25 episode of Raw, Cena defeated Rey
Mysterio to become WWE Champion for a record breaking ninth time.[158] Following
the match, CM Punk returned to the company, with the WWE Championship he won at
Money in the Bank. The following week, Triple H would announce that Cena and
Punk where both recognized as WWE Champion, which would lead to a title
unification match at SummerSlam, with Triple H serving as special guest referee
for the match, where the winner would become "undisputed" WWE Champion. At the
pay-per-view, Punk defeated Cena to become "undisputed" WWE Champion. Punk would
lose the championship following the match to Mr. Money in the Bank Alberto Del
Rio.[159] On the August 22 episode of Raw, Cena defeated Punk to become number
one contender for the WWE Championship, and would defeat Del Rio at Night of
Champions to become WWE Champion.[160] Cena would then lose the title back to
Del Rio two weeks later at Hell in a Cell, in a Triple Threat Hell in a Cell
match also involving Punk, after Ricardo Rodriguez and Del Rio locked Cena
outside of the Cell.[161] Cena lost his rematch at Vengeance in a Last Man
Standing match, due to interference by The Miz and R-Truth.[162] 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 would
announce that he had chosen The Rock to be his partner. At the pay-per-view,
after Cena and Rock defeated Miz and Truth, Rock gave Cena another Rock
Bottom.[163]
On
the December 12 episode of Raw, during his match with Mark Henry, Cena was
attacked by the returning Kane.[164] The following week on Raw, Cena would call
out Kane for his actions last week, but Henry would come out instead. Kane would
then come out soon after, and once again attacked Cena.[165] The following week,
Kane would explain to Cena that the reason he had attacked him was in disgust of
Cena's "Rise Above Hate" t-shirt slogan, stating that hate is a "natural
impulse" and shouldn't be contained. He then led the fans in attendance who were
not fond of Cena into chanting "Cena Sucks!" as Raw went off the air.[166] Kane
would then attack Cena's friend Zack Ryder, which led him to lose his United
States Championship.[167][168] At the Royal Rumble, Kane and Cena would fight
each other to a double countout only for Kane to get the upper hand on Cena and
Ryder, who was watching in a private room in a wheelchair, after the match.[169]
At Elimination Chamber, Cena defeated Kane in an Ambulance match.[170]
WWE
Studios, a division of World Wrestling Entertainment 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.[171] After ten weeks in theaters, the film grossed $18.7 million.[171]
Once the film was released on DVD, it fared better, making $30 million in
rentals in the first twelve weeks.[171]
His
second film, also produced by WWE Studios, was 12 Rounds.[172] Filming began on
February 25, 2008 in New Orleans;[172][173] 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,[174] then it was released on DVD on September 28, 2010.[175]
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.[176] The movie was released on the Nickelodeon channel in
September 2010.[177]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2000
Ready to Rumble
Gym Trainer
Extra
2006
The Marine
John Triton
Lead role
2007
Fast Cars and
Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race
Himself
Reality TV series
2009
12 Rounds
Danny Fisher
Lead role
2010
Psych
Ewan O'Hara
"You Can't Handle This
Episode" (season 4: episode 10)
2010
True Jackson, VP
Himself
"Pajama Party" (season
2: episode 12)
2010
Legendary
Mike Chetley
Lead role
2010
Hannah Montana
Himself
"Love That Let's Go"
(season 4: episode 7)
2010
Fred: The Movie
Fred's (imaginary) Dad
TV film
2010
Generator Rex
Hunter Cain
Voice role
2011
The Reunion
Sam Cleary
2011
Fred 2: Night of the
Living Fred
Fred's (imaginary) Dad
TV film
Before his WWE debut, Cena made an appearance on the Internet stream show Go
Sick as Bruebaker, an angry, cursing wrestler in 2001.[178]
During his WWE career, Cena has appeared on 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 Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Fuse's Celebrity
Playlist, Fox Sports Net's The Best Damn Sports Show Period, 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.[179]
In
January 2007, Cena, Batista, and Ashley Massaro appeared representing WWE on an
episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,[180] giving the children of the
family whose house was being renovated WWE merchandise and eight tickets to
WrestleMania 23.[181] 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.[182] On April 9, 2008, Cena, along with fellow wrestlers Triple H
and Chris Jericho, appeared on the Idol Gives Back fund-raising special.[183] In
March 2009, Cena made an appearance on Saturday Night Live during the show's
cold opening sequence.[184] 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?"[185]
In
2001, between his training in Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Ohio Valley
Wrestling,[20] 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.[186][187][188]
Cena was also featured on the ABC reality series Fast Cars and Superstars: The
Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, which aired in June 2007,[189] making it to
the final round before being eliminated on June 24, placing third in the
competition overall.[190]
In
2007 Cena was also 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."[191] 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 his answering the same question—filmed by
WWE cameras from another angle—in which he is heard beginning the same statement
with "Absolutely not".[192] A text interview on the website with Cena later had
him saying the news outlet should apologize for misrepresenting him,[193] which
CNN refused in a statement, saying they felt the true answer to the question
began with the phrase "My answer to that question".[194] They did, however, edit
the documentary on subsequent airings to include the "Absolutely not".[194]
Cena hosted the Australian Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards with Natalie
Bassingthwaighte on October 11, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia.[195]
He
guest starred as Ewan O'Hara in an episode of the fourth season of the comedy
drama Psych, as the brother of Juliet O'Hara, played by Maggie Lawson.[196]
He
also guest starred in the seventh episode of Disney Channel's Hannah Montana
Forever as himself.
Make-A-Wish Foundation
John Cena has granted over 250 wishes for Arizona children with life-threatening
illnesses through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and is the biggest wish granter in
Make-A-Wish history.[197][198] In 2009, Cena received the Chris Greicius
Celebrity Award.[199]
Before his professional wrestling career, Cena appeared in an advertisement for
Gold's Gym.[200] As a wrestler he has endorsed the energy drink YJ Stinger,[201]
appearing in commercials beginning in October 2003, and Subway,[202] 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.[203] In 2008, Cena filmed a commercial as part of Gillette's "Young
Guns" NASCAR campaign.[204]
In
2009, Cena expanded his relationship with Gillette by introducing a new online
campaign called "Be A Superstar" featuring himself alongside WWE Superstars
Chris Jericho and Cody Rhodes. The campaign features motivational videos.[205]
For
the extent of his WWE career, Cena's attire has attempted to reflect the most
current thug 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.[206] 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."[207] He also wore a chain with a large padlock,
occasionally using it as a weapon,[208] 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."[209] 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.[210] He then wore shirts that promoted Cenation and his trademark line
"You Can't See Me." In late 2011, Cena again switched to wearing camo shorts (to
honor the U.S. Armed Forces), coininciding with his new black "Rise Above Hate"
T-shirt promoting WWE's "Be a Star" anti-bullying campaign.
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.[211]
Cena's debut 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.[212]
You
Can't See Me
Released: May 10, 2005
Chart positions:[213][214] 15 U.S. Billboard 200, 10 U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums, 3 U.S. Rap, 103 UK Albums Chart
Singles: "The Time Is Now", "Bad Bad Man" (featuring Bumpy Knuckles), "Right
Now"
Cena writes left-handed.[215] He is a fan of Japanese anime and has mentioned
that his favorite anime movie is Fist of the North Star.[216] He has also said
he is a fan of the video game series Command & Conquer and noted that it was his
favorite game.[217] Cena is also a fan of the Boston Red Sox,[216] Tampa Bay
Rays,[218] New England Patriots,[219] Boston Celtics,[216] and English Premier
League club Tottenham Hotspur. [220] Cena collects muscle cars and has over 20,
some of which are one-of-a-kind.[221]
While promoting his 2009 film, 12 Rounds, Cena announced his
engagement[222][223] to his girlfriend Elizabeth Huberdeau. They were married on
July 11, 2009.
Finishing moves
Attitude Adjustment (formerly FU) [219][224] (Fireman's carry transitioned into
a takeover or a powerslam, sometimes from the second rope) – 2003–present
STF
(formerly STFU) [224] – 2005–present
Signature moves
Diving leg drop bulldog[225]
Dropkick, sometimes from the top rope[1]
Emerald Flowsion
Fisherman suplex[1][225]
Five Knuckle Shuffle[226] (Running delayed fist drop, with theatrics, sometimes
diving from the top rope)
Gutwrench suplex
Protobomb (Spin-out powerbomb)
Running leaping shoulder block[1]
Running one–handed bulldog[225]
Sitout hip toss[1]
Spinebuster[1] - 2002 - 2005 used rarely there after
Throwback[1][225] (Running neck snap to a bent–over opponent)
Twisting belly to belly suplex[225]
Nicknames
"The Doctor of Thuganomics"[227]
"The Champ" (as either the WWE Champion or the World Heavyweight Champion)[228]
– 2005–present
"The Chain Gang Soldier"[195]
Managers
Kenny Bolin[1]
B–2
Redd Dogg
Entrance themes
"Slam Smack" by R. Hardy (FirstCom Production Music) (June 27, 2002–November 7,
2002)[229]
"Insert Bass Here" by DJ Case (FirstCom Production Music) (November 14,
2002–February 13, 2003)[230]
"Basic Thuganomics" by John Cena (March 27, 2003–March 10, 2005; April 5, 2009
for his entrance at WrestleMania XXV)
"We
Are One" by 12 Stones (WWE; October 3, 2010-November 21, 2010; Used While a part
of Nexus)
"The Time is Now" by John Cena and Tha Trademarc (March 17, 2005–present)
Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW
Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[28]
OVW
Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time)[30] – with Rico Constantino
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI
Feud of the Year (2006) vs. Edge[231]
PWI
Feud of the Year (2011) vs. CM Punk[232]
PWI
Match of the Year (2007) vs. Shawn Michaels on Raw on April 23[233]
PWI
Match of the Year (2011) vs. CM Punk at Money in the Bank[234]
PWI
Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2003)[235]
PWI
Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007)[236]
PWI
Wrestler of the Year (2006, 2007)[237]
PWI
ranked #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2006 and
2007[238][239]
Pro Wrestling Report
Match of the Year (2006) vs. Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand II
Ultimate Pro Wrestling
UPW
Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[26]
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[240]
World Tag Team Championship (2 times)[10] – with Shawn Michaels (1) and Batista
(1)
WWE
Championship (10 times)[241]
WWE
Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with David Otunga (1), and The Miz (1)[141]
WWE
United States Championship (3 times)[9]
Royal Rumble (2008)
Slammy Award winner – 2009 and 2010 Superstar of the Year
Slammy Award for Holy $#!+ Move of the Year (2010) Sends Batista through the
stage with an Attitude Adjustment.
Slammy Award for Game Changer of the Year (2011) – with The Rock
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Wrestler of the Year (2007, 2010)[242]
5
Star Match vs. CM Punk at WWE Money in the Bank on July 17, 2011
Best Box Office Draw (2007)[242]
Best on Interviews (2007)[242]
Feud of the Year (2011)[243] vs. CM Punk
Match of the Year (2011)[243] vs. CM Punk at WWE Money in the Bank
Most Charismatic (2006–2010)[242]
Most Charismatic of the Decade (2000–2009)[244]
Best Gimmick (2003)[242]
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