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| Born | April 23 1977 West Newbury, Massachusetts |
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| Ring name(s) | The Prototype John Cena |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (186 cm) |
| Billed weight | 248 lb (112 kg) |
| Billed from | West Newbury, Massachusetts |
| Trained by | Ultimate Pro Wrestling Ohio Valley Wrestling |
| Debut | 2000 |
John Felix Anthony Cena, Jr. (born April 23 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts), is an American professional wrestler, rap music artist and actor who currently wrestles on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Career
Early career
Cena first started training to become a wrestler in 2000 at the California-based Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) where he created the character, The Prototype. After UPW he was signed to a World Wrestling Entertainment developmental contract and assigned to "farm territory" Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).
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In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- F-U (Standing fireman's carry takeover or fireman's carry powerslam)
- STF-U (Stepover toehold sleeper)
- Five Knuckle Shuffle (Fist drop with theatrics)
- Freestyle / Protoplex (Swinging fisherman suplex or Jumping fisherman suplex)
- Protobomb / Killswitch (Spin-out powerbomb)
- Throwback (Running inverted neckbreaker)
- Flying shoulder block
- Repeating clotheslines
- Belly to belly side slam
- Sitout hiptoss
- Running facebuster
- Running DDT
- Signature illegal weapons
- Steel chain
- Brass knuckles
- Signature taunts
- Waving his hand in front of his face, horizontally, to symbolize that "You can't see me!"
- Pumping up his Reebok Pump sneakers.
- Putting his hands up while spreading them and putting his thumb sideways and his pinky up, meaning "Word Life".
- Occasionally "freestyling" on his opponents before his matches.
- Saluting the audience.
- Manager(s)
- Five Questions
- WWE.com & Cena film a streamed segment called "Five Questions with John Cena" -- "Five Questions with the Champ" when he was WWE Champion -- every week. Five questions sent in by fans via e-mail are picked at random and answered by Cena. During the segment, whenever Cena curses, an image of The Brooklyn Brawler appears and the word is "replaced" with him saying "Brawler" or "Brooklyn Brawler".
Championships and accomplishments
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- Awarded title on August 15, 2001 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA.
- Lost to Shelton Benjamin and Brock Lesnar on October 29, 2001 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA.
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- Defeated Leviathan on February 20, 2002 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA.
- Lost to Nova on May 15, 2002 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA.
- 2003 Most Improved Wrestler of the Year
- PWI ranked him # 1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year on the 2006 PWI 500 list
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- Defeated Smelly on April 27, 2000 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Lost to Smelly on May 24, 2000 in Santa Ana, California, USA.
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- Defeated Big Show on March 14, 2004 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Stripped of title on July 6, 2004
- WWE United States Championship (2)
- Defeated Booker T on October 3, 2004 in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
- Lost to Carlito on October 5, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- WWE United States Championship (3)
- Defeated Carlito on November 16, 2004 in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- Lost to Orlando Jordan on March 1, 2005 in Albany, New York, USA.
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- Defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield on April 3, 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lost to Edge on January 8, 2006 in Albany, New York, USA.
- WWE Championship (2)
- Defeated Edge on January 29, 2006 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Lost to Rob Van Dam on June 11, 2006 in New York City, New York, USA.
Outside of wrestling
Music
In addition to his time in the ring, Cena is a rap music artist. He performed his fifth WWE entrance song, "Basic Thugonomics," which was featured on the WWE soundtrack album WWE Originals. His track "Untouchables" was featured on Theme Addict, another WWE soundtrack album. His debut album, which he recorded alongside his cousin Tha Trademarc, You Can't See Me features his current entrance theme "My Time is Now". The first single from the You Can't See Me album was "Bad, Bad Man", a music video of which featured a parody of 1980s culture and 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.
John Cena has worked with several personalities in the Hip-Hop industry, such as Freddie Foxx (Bumpy Knuckles), 7L, Esoteric, Murs (including a music video), E-40 and Chingo Bling. He and Method Man were also featured in SmackDown! magazine and MTV.com. Most recently, Cena and Tha Trademarc are featured on a track by The Perceptionists, "Champion Scratch." Cena has also performed on BBC Two's long running Top of the Pops, becoming the first professional wrestler to do so.
Film
WWE Films, a division of World Wrestling Entertainment which produces and finances motion pictures, produced Cena's first movie — The Marine. In The Marine, Cena plays John Triton, a discharged marine on a mission to retrieve his kidnapped wife. The Marine was directed by John Bonito, and stars Cena in the main role along with co-stars Robert Patrick and Kelly Carlson. WWE films has completed a deal with 20th Century Fox to distribute The Marine theatrically on October 13, 2006.
Fashion
Cena's attire in and out of the ring reflects the old school hip-hop culture that his character represents. He previously wore throwback jerseys, though now he generally wears WWE produced "Chain Gang" related merchandise. He has also worn a chain with a lock on it to the ring which was at times utilized as a weapon. This chain has now been replaced by a chromed and diamond studded "Chain Gang" spinner medallion which is very reminiscent of the ones worn by members of G-Unit.
When Cena was part of the SmackDown! brand, his apparel bearing the suggestive spoonerism "Ruck Fules" was censored when he wore it on camera. They were not censored by UPN, but by WWE to sell more shirts under the premise that it was "too hot for TV".
Guest appearances
Prior to his WWE debut, Cena made a guest appearance on the Internet stream show Go Sick in 2001 as Bruebaker, an angry, cursing wrestler.
During his WWE career, Cena has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live numerous times.
- He first appeared on the July 23, 2005 episode in order to promote his CD, SummerSlam 2005, and WWE in general.
- He appeared again on March 14, 2006 to promote Saturday Night's Main Event and WrestleMania 22.
Other appearances have included Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Fuse's Daily Download, Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, G4's Training Camp (with Shelton Benjamin) and an August 2006 appearance on MTV's Punk'd, where he was the victim of a practical joke. He's also served as a co-presenter, with Hulk Hogan, at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, and as a guest judge on Nashville Star.
Personal information
Cena's father, John Cena Sr., works in the professional wrestling business as "Johnny Fabulous", an announcer for New England based Chaotic Wrestling, as well as acting as "commissioner" for East Coast Championship Wrestling.
Cena graduated Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts with a degree in exercise physiology.
After playing college football, where he achieved All-American status as a center, Cena persued a career as a bodybuilder. When that didn't pan out, he followed in his father's footsteps and went into the the wrestling profession.
He is second eldest of five brothers - Dan, Matt, Steve and Sean.
Cena is known to be a fan of cartoons and has mentioned on "5 Questions" that his favorite animated movie is Fist of the North Star.
Trivia
The number 54, which appears on some of Cena's merchandise, was his number during his college football career.
Footnotes
References
- "College football career". shopping.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 27.
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