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John Cena
Statistics
Ring name(s) The Prototype
Mr. P[1]
John Cena
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Billed weight 240 lb (109 kg)[2]
Born April 23, 1977 (1977-04-23) (age 30)
West Newbury, Massachusetts, USA[2]
Resides Tampa, Florida Flag of Florida[3]
Billed from West Newbury, Massachusetts
Trained by UPW Staff
OVW Staff
Debut February 16, 2000
John Felix Anthony Cena[4] (born April 23, 1977)[5] is an American
professional wrestler, hip hop musician and actor. He is signed to World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its RAW brand, where he is the
reigning WWE Champion.[6] In WWE, he is also a three-time United States
Champion and a one-time World Tag Team Champion.[7][8]
Before being called up to the main WWE roster, Cena trained in and wrestled
for Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling, winning the top titles
of both promotions.[9][10]
Aside from professional wrestling, Cena has released the rap album You Can't
See Me, which debuted at #15 on the US Billboard 200,[11] and starred in the
movie The Marine. He has also made appearances in television shows including
Manhunt, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, and Punk'd. Most recently, he was 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.[12]
Biography
Pre-wrestling
Cena was born on April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts[5] the second
eldest of five brothers – Dan, Matt, Steve and Sean.[13] He graduated from
Cushing Academy before attending Springfield College in Springfield,
Massachusetts.[14] In college he was a Division III All-American center on
the football team,[15] wearing the number 54,[14] which is still used on
some of his WWE merchandise.[16][17] He graduated from Springfield in 1998
with a degree in exercise physiology[18] pursuing a career as a
bodybuilder,[19] as well as working as a chauffeur for a limousine company
before becoming involved in professional wrestling.[20]
Wrestling training
Cena first started training to become a wrestler in 2000 at the
California-based "Ultimate University" operated by Ultimate Pro Wrestling.
Once he was placed into an in-ring role, he began using a semi-robotic
character known as the The Prototype.[21][22] Some of this period of his
career was documented in the Discovery Channel program Wrestling School.[23]
While in UPW, Cena held the Heavyweight Championship for just shy of a month
in April 2000.[9] In 2001, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) signed him
away from UPW, placing him under a developmental contract and assigning him
to their "farm territory" Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he continued
his training.[24] During his time there, he wrestled as both The Prototype
and Mr. P, and he held the Heavyweight Championship for three months and the
Tag Team Championships (with Rico Constantino) for two.[25][10][26]
World Wrestling Entertainment
2002–2003
Cena's first televised WWE match was in answer to a (kayfabe) open challenge
by Kurt Angle on June 27, 2002. Inspired by a speech given by WWE CEO 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 by kicking out of his Angle Slam and
enduring the ankle lock submission hold.[27] However, he ultimately lost to
a hard, amateur-style pin.[27] Following the near-win, Cena became a face
and was put into a program with Chris Jericho.[28][29] In October, Cena and
Billy Kidman joined forces to take part in a tag team tournament to crown
the first WWE Tag Team Champions of the SmackDown! brand, but lost in the
first round.[30] The next week, Cena (kayfabe) turned on and attacked
Kidman, blaming him for their loss.[31]
Shortly after the Kidman attack, on a Halloween themed episode of SmackDown!,
Cena dressed as Vanilla Ice and performed a freestyle rap for Stephanie
McMahon during a backstage segment.[32] The next week, Cena received a new
gimmick: a rapper who cut promos in rhyme.[33] As the gimmick grew, he
adopted a variant of the 80s WWF logo—dropping the "F"—along with the slogan
"Word Life" as his "signature symbol".[34] Moreover, he was joined by an
enforcer, Bull Buchanan, who was rechristened B-2 (also written as B² and
pronounced "B-Squared").[35][36] Buchanan was later replaced by Rodney Mack
under the moniker "Red Dogg,"[37] though 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.[38][39][40] During the program, Cena unveiled a new
finishing maneuver: the FU, a Fireman's carry powerslam, so named to mock
Lesnar's F5.[41] He got a match against Lesnar at April's Backlash by
winning a #1 contenders tournament,[42] but did not win the title.[43] He
finished out the year by engaging in worked feuds with Brian "Spanky"
Kendrick and Kurt Angle.[44][45][46][47] However, he suddenly joined Angle
on a winning Survivor Series team at the annual November
pay-per-view.[48][49]
2004–2005
In early 2004, Cena participated in the Royal Rumble match at the annual
January pay-per-view event,[50] making it to the final six participants
before being eliminated by Big Show.[51] After the Rumble, The Big Show and
Cena began a program together where they feuded because of Show's
elimination of Cena during the pay-per-view,[52][53] during which Cena won
the United States title from him at WrestleMania XX in March.[54] During his
reign, he came into contention with SmackDown! General Manager Kurt Angle
over issues arising with René Duprée and Torrie Wilson.[55] The reign ended
just shy of four months when, on July 8, he was "stripped" of the belt by
Angle after he (kayfabe) accidentally knocked him over.[56] He won the title
back by defeating Booker T in a "best of five" series that culminated at
October's No Mercy,[57], only to lose it to the debuting Carlito Caribbean
Cool the next week.[58] After the loss to Carlito, the duo began to "feud",
during which Cena was (kayfabe) stabbed in the kidney while at a Boston area
nightclub by Carlito's bodyguard, Jesús (this was only an angle or
storyline).[59][60] The "injury" kept Cena out of action for a month, during
which Cena was legitimately (in reality) filming his feature film debut The
Marine.[25] Immediately on his return in November, he won the US title back
from Carlito,[61] then debuted a "custom made" spinner style title belt.[62]
Cena took part in the Royal Rumble in January 2005, this time making it to
the final two. He and RAW brand wrestler Batista went over the top rope at
the same time, ostensibly ending the match (in what is called a worked
finish).[63] However, Vince McMahon appeared on stage and continued the
match in "sudden death", and Batista eventually won.[63] The next month,
Cena defeated Kurt Angle to earn a spot in SmackDown!'s WrestleMania 21 main
event,[64] beginning a "feud" with WWE Champion John Bradshaw (JBL) Layfield
and his Cabinet in the process. In the opening stages of the feud he lost
his US belt to Cabinet member Orlando Jordan,[65] who proceeded to "blow up"
the spinner version with JBL and return a more traditional style belt.[66]
When Cena and JBL met at WrestleMania, the title switched hands, giving Cena
his first top title in the company.[67] As part of the storyline, he then
had a spinner WWE Championship belt made,[68] while JBL took the original
belt and claimed to still be WWE Champion.[69] Cena reclaimed that belt
following an "I Quit" match at Judgment Day in May, putting a stop to JBL's
claims for good.[70]
Cena's SmackDown! tenure came to a close on the June 6, 2005 RAW, when he
became the first wrestler selected by General Manager Eric Bischoff in the
annual draft lottery. On arriving on the RAW brand, Cena entered a program
against Bischoff when he refused to participate in his "war" against the
upcoming Extreme Championship Wrestling reunion show.[71] With Bischoff
vowing to make Cena's stint on RAW difficult, he "hand chose" Jericho to
take Cena's title from him.[72] During their feud, even though Cena was
portrayed as the face and Jericho as the heel by working for Bischoff, a
vocal section of live crowds nonetheless chose to boo Cena during their
matches.[73] More crowds followed suit during Cena's next feud with Kurt
Angle, [74] who took over as Bischoff's hand picked #1 contender after Cena
beat Jericho in a (kayfabe) "You're Fired" match on the August 22 RAW,
sending him off the show.[75] As the feud continued and the dissenters grew
more vocal, sometimes seeming to outnumber fans by wide margins,[76] the WWE
announce team was forced to acknowledge the boos on television and began
calling Cena a "controversial champion", claiming some people disliked him
on account of his "in-ring style" and his chosen fashion.[77] Despite the
mixed and negative reactions, Cena held on to his Championship through his
feud with Angle, losing to him by disqualification[78]—for which titles do
not change hands in WWE—at Vengeance in September and pinning him at
Survivor Series in November.[79] The feud with Angle also saw Cena add a
secondary, submission based, finishing maneuver to his repertoire – the STFU
(a Stepover Toehold Sleeper, though named for a Stepover Toehold Facelock) –
when he was "forced" into a (Triple Threat) Submissions Only match on the
November 28 RAW.[80]
2006–2007
Cena lost the WWE Championship at the first WWE pay-per-view of 2006, New
Years 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 (kayfabe) thrust into a match against Edge,
who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract — a "guaranteed title match at
the WWE Champion of the owners choosing" — and after two quick spears pinned
Cena for the title.[81] Cena's championship reign ended at 280 days,
matching the length of previous champion JBL.[82] Just three weeks later,
Cena won the title back at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.[83] After winning
the Championship back Cena was put in to a program with Triple H, during
which the crowd again seemed to boo the intended face — Cena — and cheer the
intended heel — Triple H.[84][85] The negative reaction only intensified
when he faced Rob Van Dam (also cashing in a Money in the Bank contract, his
won at WrestleMania 22) at ECW One Night Stand in June. Broadcast from the
Hammerstein Ballroom — one of the former mainstays of Extreme Championship
Wrestling, the crowd of mostly "old school" ECW fans, greeted Cena with
raucous jeering and chants of "Fuck you, Cena", "You can't wrestle", and
"Same old shit" — the latter two references to his supposed "five moves of
doom". When he began peppering different moves into the match the fans
responded with a chant of "You still suck". Cena lost his WWE Championship
for the second time in 2006 at One Night Stand, being pinned by Van Dam
after interference from Edge.[86]
In July, after Edge won the title from Van Dam in a Triple Threat match that
also involved Cena,[87] it re-ignited the feud between he and Cena from
earlier in the year. After Edge went about retaining the title by dubious
means — getting himself disqualified[88] (for which Championships do not
change hands), and using brass knuckles[89] — he introduced his own version
of Cena's "custom" belt, this one with his logo placed on the spinner.[90]
Cena eventually won the Championship back in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs
match at September's Unforgiven pay-per-view, in a match that had an added
stipulation that had Cena lost he would leave the RAW brand[91] and go to
SmackDown!.[92] He returned his version of the spinner belt on the very next
night's RAW.[93] On the heels of the Edge program, Cena was placed in an
inter-brand angle to determine the so-called "Champion of Champions" — or
which was the most dominate champion in WWE's three brands.Cena, King Booker
(SmackDown!'s World Heavyweight Champion), and Big Show (ECW's World
Champion) engaged in a mini-feud leading to a Triple Threat match at Cyber
Sunday in November, with the viewers voting on which of the three
championships would be placed on the line.[94] 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 Perez. After getting into a
(worked) physical altercation with Federline on RAW,[95] Federline appeared
at Cyber Sunday to hit Cena with the World Heavyweight Title belt during the
main event Triple Threat match, helping King Booker retain his title.[96]
2006 ended with Cena beginning a feud with the undefeated Umaga over the WWE
Championship,[97] while 2007 began with the end of his storyline with Kevin
Federline. In 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 to FU him.[98] During their feud Cena ended Umaga's
"undefeated" streak at New Year's Revolution[99] before Umaga caused a
(worked) injury to Cena's spleen,[100] putting a scheduled Last Man Standing
rematch at Royal Rumble in (kayfabe) jeopardy. The match did, however, take
place and Cena retained his title.[101]
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.[102] On the April 2 episode of
RAW, after losing a WWE Championship match to Cena at 'WrestleMania 23,[103]
Michaels "turned on" Cena, costing the team the Championship in the second
of two 10 team battles royals by throwing Cena over the top rope and
eliminating the team, clearing the way for The Hardys (Matt and Jeff) to
take the title.[104] 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 title by attacking and "laying out" all three of the top
contenders[105] before assaulting Cena himself and stealing the physical
belt.[106] Over the next two months Cena became the first man in WWE to
defeat Khali by submission (at Judgment Day in May)[107][108] and then by
pinfall (at One Night Stand in June).[109][110]
In wrestling
* Finishing and signature moves
o FU (Fireman's carry powerslam)
o STFU (Stepover toehold sleeper)
o Five Knuckle Shuffle (Fist drop with theatrics)
o Throwback (Running neck snap on a standing opponent)
o Freestyle / Protoplex (Jumping release fisherman suplex)
o Killswitch / Protobomb (Spin-out powerbomb)
o Flying shoulder block
o Twisting belly to belly side slam
o Repeating clotheslines
o Spinebuster
o Sitout hiptoss
o Running one handed bulldog
o Diving leg drop bulldog
* Signature foreign objects
o Steel chain
o Brass knuckles
* Nicknames
o The Doctor of Thuganomics
o The Champ
o The Chain Gang Soldier
o The Marine
* Signature taunts
o Waving his hand in front of his face, horizontally, to symbolize that "You
can't see me!". (2002–Present)
o Pumping up his Reebok Pump sneakers. (2004–2006)
o Putting his hands up while spreading them and putting his thumb sideways
and his pinky up, meaning "Word Life". (2002–Present)
o "Freestyling" on his opponents before his matches. (2002–2004)
o Military salute to the audience. (2006–present)
* Entrance music
o Cena performed his fifth and sixth theme songs, "Basic Thuganomics" and
"The Time Is Now". Both songs were later released on CDs (Themeaddict and
You Can't See Me respectively).
* Managers
o Kenny Bolin
* Five Questions
o Cena hosted a segment on WWE.com entitled "Five Questions with The Champ"
— "Five Questions with John Cena" while he wasn't champion — every week.
Five questions sent in by fans via e-mail were picked at random and answered
by Cena on camera. During the segment, whenever Cena cursed, an image of the
Brooklyn Brawler appeared and the word was "replaced" with him saying
"Brawler", "Brooklyn Brawler", "No, no, no" or "Nu-Uh!". The show was
canceled after the December 29, 2006 episode.[111]
Championships and accomplishments
* Ohio Valley Wrestling
o OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[10]
o OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time)[26] – with Rico Constantino
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
o Ranked #1 in the PWI 500 for 2006[112]
o Feud of the Year – with Edge (2006)[113]
o Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2003)[114]
o Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (twice; 2004, 2005)[115]
o Wrestler of the Year (2006)[116]
* Ultimate Pro Wrestling
o UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[9]
* World Wrestling Entertainment
o WWE Championship (3 times, current)[117]
o WWE United States Championship (3 times)[7]
o World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[8] – with Shawn Michaels
Outside of wrestling
Music
In addition to his time in the ring, Cena is a hip hop musician. He
performed his fifth WWE theme song, "Basic Thugonomics," himself, and it was
later featured on the WWE soundtrack album WWE Originals. Another of his
tracks, "Untouchables", was featured on WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6,
another WWE soundtrack album. He also collaborated on the song H-U-S-T-L-E
remix along with MURS, E-40, and Chingo Bling.[118] Cena is the only
professional wrestler to ever perform on BBC Two's long running TV show Top
of the Pops.
His 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 second
video was later made for the second single, "Right Now," and premiered on
the August 8 edition of RAW. Cena and Tha Trademarc were later featured on a
track by The Perceptionists named "Champion Scratch."[119]
Albums
Album information
You Can't See Me
* Released: May 10, 2005
* Chart positions:[11] #15 US Billboard 200 , #10 US R&B/Hip-Hop, #3 US Rap
* U.S. Sales:
* Last RIAA certification: none
* Singles: "The Time is Now", "Bad, Bad Man", "Right Now"
Singles
Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Rap Album
2005 "The Time Is Now" DNC DNC DNC You Can't See Me
2005 "Bad Bad Man" (featuring Bumpy Knuckles) DNC DNC DNC You Can't See Me
2005 "Right Now" DNC DNC DNC You Can't See Me
* DNC = Did not chart
Fashion
For the extent of his WWE career, Cena's attire has reflected the hip hop
culture that his character represents. He previously wore "throwback
jerseys," though now he generally wears WWE produced "Chain Gang"
merchandise.[120] While he 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 UPN, but by WWE to
sell more shirts under the premise that it was "too hot for TV."[121] He
also wore a chain with a large padlock on it to the ring on SmackDown!,
occasionally using it as a weapon,[122] 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 Cena's film, The Marine, was released he 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."
Acting
Commercials
Beginning in October 2003, Cena was featured rapping in a commercial for the
energy drink YJ Stinger.[123] In November 2006, he filmed advertisements
with Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle for Subway restaurants,[124] which
began airing in January 2007.
Film
WWE Films, 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 The Marine, John Cena stars as John Triton, a Marine
who returns from the war in Iraq to find his wife has been kidnapped. In its
first week, the film made approximately $7 million at the United States box
office.[125] After a total of ten weeks in theaters, the film grossed $18.7
million.[125] However, once the film was released on DVD, it faired better
by making $30 million in rentals in the first twelve weeks.[125]
Guest appearances
Before his WWE debut, Cena made a guest appearance on the Internet stream
show Go Sick in 2001 as Bruebaker, an angry, cursing wrestler.[126]
During his WWE career, Cena has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live twice; on July
23, 2005 promoting his CD, the impending SummerSlam pay-per-view, and WWE in
general and again on March 14, 2006 to promote Saturday Night's Main Event
and WrestleMania 22. He has also appeared on popular 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 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, and as a guest judge during the third week of the 2006 season of
Nashville Star. In March 2007, 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.[127]
Television
In 2001, between his training in Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Ohio Valley
Wrestling,[19] 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 played, scenes were re-shot or staged to
"enhance drama" and contestants read from scripts.[128][129][130] World
Wrestling Entertainment has never acknowledged Manhunt or Cena's part in it.
He was also featured on the ABC reality series Fast Cars and Superstars: The
Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, which aired in June 2007.[131] He made
it to the final round before being eliminated on June 24, placing third in
the competition overall.[12]
Personal life
Cena writes left-handed,[132] but throws right-handed and favors his right
arm in the ring. He is a known fan of cartoons and has mentioned on "Five
Questions" that his favorite animated movie is Fist of the North Star. He
has also said that he is a huge fan of the video game series Command &
Conquer and names it his favorite game of all time.[133]
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