John Cena Biography

Felix Anthony John Cena (* April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts) is an American Wrestler, Rapmusiker and actor, who since 2002 for the promotion Wrestling World Wrestling Entertainment compete.

Prior to his career as a Wrestler was John Cena bodybuilder and played American Football. Its active wrestling career began in January 2000 as The Prototype in the UPW (Ultimate Pro Wrestling) in California. His ring name, he headed "Prototype of the Perfect Man", an allusion to his physique. Not even half a year after its debut in the UPW won his first title. On April 27, 2000, he won the UPW Heavyweight Title, he held until the end of May boring.

2001 he signed a development contract with the WWE and came into the league structure Ohio Valley Wrestling. There he also as The Prototype, and formed the middle of the year one day team with Rico Constantino. On 15 August 2001 they had a tournament for the vacant OVW Southern Tag Team Titles win, the end of October, however, they returned to the Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Shelton Benjamin & Brock Lesnar) had abgeben.

In 2002, Cena then in the OVW particularly encouraged that he fehdete with "Leviathan" (Batista), of which he is on 20 February 2002 the OVW Heavyweight Title could fetch. The title he held until mid-May, when he at Nova (Simon Dean) had abgeben. After this defeat brought it to the main roster of WWE.

On 27 June 2002, he gave as John Cena in an open challenge by Kurt Angle his debut in WWE SmackDown!. The next half year, he played the role of a typical face and formed with Billy Kidman one day team. He was, however, after a defeat against Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit to Heel and made the team with Kidman was dissolved.

He got together with B-2 (Barry Buchanan) is a rapper gimmick. First, he joined as a Heel and received even at Backlash 2003, his first WWE Title Match, which he, however, the former title holder Brock Lesnar should lose. This was followed by a Fehdenprogramm against Kurt Angle, which is also a defeat for Cena ended.

Shortly before the Survivor Series 2003, Cena Face and again as the favorite white rapper of the audience. This rapper gimmick, which it made known and popular, he has to maintain the present.

At Wrestlemania XX Cena had his first WWE title win. He defeated The Big Show and won the WWE United States champion title. This title he defended almost a year. First against Booker T and then against Carlito Caribbean Cool. Although both the title could once secure, Cena went from two feuds as the winner. He lost the title in March 2005, then finally Orlando Jordan. After the event at No Way Out the No. 1 challenger final against Kurt Angle could win, he became a candidate for the WWE Title.

At WrestleMania XXI met Cena then on the current WWE Champion John Bradshaw Layfield and received on 3 April 2005 the title of this. There followed a relatively long reign as WWE Champion, during which he even made one for him received title belt.

In the course of a casting Exchange 2005 moved John Cena with the title on Monday broadcast RAW, where he denied some Fehdenprogramme, including against Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, Edge, Triple H, Rob Van Dam and Big Show. Only Edge (January 8, 2006 at New Year's Revolution) and Rob Van Dam (on June 11, 2006 at ECW One Nigtht Booth 2006) could win the title at short notice, but Cena got him both times after a short time back.

John Cena was from 17 September 2006 continuously WWE Champion. In addition, he received together with Shawn Michaels in early 2007, the WWE World Tag Team Title of Rated-RKO (Edge & Randy Orton). In early April she had the title to the Hardy Boyz again.

In the RAW output of 1 October 2007 withdrew Cena in a match against Mr. Kennedy a complete pectoral muscle tear, which it forced a break months. Due to this injury was the title on 2 October 2007 by Vince McMahon for vacant. The new WWE Champion Randy Orton was in pay-per-view WWE No Mercy on 7 October 2007.

On 27 Cena returned in January 2008 after an injury break (one spoke of a time-out between 8 months to one year) prematurely back into the ring and could win the Royal Rumble. He was subsequently returned to what is happening to the WWE Champion. Then he was in a feud with JBL. On 4 August 2008 was one Cena Batista with the WWE World Tag Team Titles against champion Ted DiBiase Jr. & Cody Rhodes. However, this had already been on 11 August at Rhodes and DiBiase Jr. again.

In wrestling

    * Finishing and signature moves
          o FU (Fireman's carry takeover) – WWE
          o Proto–Bomb – UPW / Killswitch – OVW (Spin–out powerbomb)
          o STFU (Stepover toehold sleeper) – WWE
          o Diving leg drop bulldog
          o Dropkick, sometimes from the top rope - UPW/OVW
          o Fisherman suplex
          o Five Knuckle Shuffle (Fist drop with theatrics)
          o Lou Thesz press followed by multiple punches
          o Running flying shoulder block
          o Running one–handed bulldog
          o Sitout hip toss
          o Spinebuster - UPW/OVW
          o Throwback (Running neck snap on a standing opponent)
          o Twisting belly to belly side slam

    * Signature foreign objects
          o Brass knuckles
          o Steel chain

    * Nicknames
          o The Doctor of Thuganomics
          o The Champ
          o The Chain Gang Commander
          o The Chain Gang Soldier

    * Signature taunts
          o Waving his hand in front of his face, horizontally, to symbolize that "You can't see me!". (2003–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. (2002–2005)
          o Military salute to the audience. (2006–Present)

    * Entrance themes
          o Cena performs his current theme song, "The Time is Now", as well as the song it replaced, "Basic Thuganomics". Both songs were released on WWE soundtrack CDs (You Can't See Me and WWE Originals respectively).

    * Managers
          o Kenny Bolin

Championships and accomplishments

    * Ohio Valley Wrestling
          o OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
          o OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rico Constantino

    * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
          o Feud of the Year – vs. Edge (2006)
          o Match of the Year – vs. Shawn Michaels - Raw, April 23 (2007)
          o Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2003)
          o Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007)
          o Wrestler of the Year (2006, 2007)
          o PWI ranked #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the the PWI 500 in 2006 and 2007

    * Ultimate Pro Wrestling
          o UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

    * World Wrestling Entertainment
          o World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Shawn Michaels (1) and Batista (1, current)
          o WWE Championship (3 times)
          o WWE United States Championship (3 times)

    * Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
          o Wrestler of the Year (2007)
          o Best Box Office Draw (2007)
          o Best on Interviews (2007)
          o Most Charismatic (2006, 2007)
          o Best Gimmick (2003)

Outside of wrestling

Film

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 $7 million at the United States box office. After ten weeks in theaters, the film grossed $18.7 million. Once the film was released on DVD, it fared better, making $30 million in rentals in the first twelve weeks.

His second film, also produced by WWE Films, is scheduled to be 12 Rounds,filming for began on February 25, 2008 in New Orleans.

Guest appearances

Before his WWE debut, Cena made a 2001 appearance on the Internet stream show Go Sick as Bruebaker, an angry, cursing wrestler.

During his WWE career, Cena has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! twice; on July 23, 2005 promoting his CD, the pending 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 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 2007.

In January 2007, Cena, Batista, and Ashley Massaro appeared representing WWE on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, giving the children of the family whose house was being renovated WWE merchandise and eight tickets to WrestleMania 23. 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. On April 9, 2008, he, along with fellow wrestlers Triple H and Chris Jericho, appeared on the Idol Gives Back fund-raising special.

Television

In 2001, between his training in Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling, 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.

He was also featured on the ABC reality series Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, which aired in June 2007. He made it to the final round before being eliminated on June 24, placing third in the competition overall.

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." 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." A text interview on the website with Cena later had him saying the news outlet should apologize for misrepresenting him, which CNN refused in a statement, saying they felt the true answer to the question began with the phrase "My answer to that question". They did, however, edit the documentary on subsequent airings to include the "Absolutely not".

Endorsements

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, appearing in commercials beginning in October 2003, and Subway, 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 endorses two "signature collections" of energy drinks and bars sold by American Body Builders. In 2008 he filmed a commercial as part of Gilette's "Young Guns" NASCAR campaign.

Fashion

For the extent of his WWE career Cena's attire has reflected the hip hop culture that his character represents. He started out wearing "throwback jerseys" until WWE produced specific Cena merchandise which he began wearing. 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 the network, but by WWE to sell more shirts under the premise that it was "too hot for TV." He also wore a chain with a large padlock, occasionally using it as a weapon,[ 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." 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.

Music

Cena is a hip hop musician in addition to his wrestling career. He 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.

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 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." Promotion for the album lead to Cena being the only professional wrestler to ever perform on BBC Two's long running Top of the Pops.

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