John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena known as John Cena (/ˈsiːnə/ SEE-nə; born April 23, 1977) is an American actor and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since 2001, but has performed part-time since 2018.
A record 16-time world champion as recognized by WWE alongside Ric Flair, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
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John Cena moved to California in 1998 to pursue a bodybuilding career and switched to professional wrestling in 1999, making his debut for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW).
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John Felix Anthony Cena
April 23, 1977 West Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Springfield College |
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| Years active | 1999–2025 (wrestler) 2002–2005, 2014 (rapper) 2006–present (actor) |
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(m. 2009; div. 2012) Shay Shariatzadeh
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| Ring name(s) | John Cena The Prototype Juan Cena Mr. P |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Billed weight | 251 lb (114 kg) |
| Billed from | “Classified” West Newbury, Massachusetts Los Angeles, California |
| Trained by | Christopher Daniels Mike Bell Tom Howard Fit Finlay |
| Debut | November 5, 1999 |
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In 2001, he signed with WWE (then WWF) and was assigned to its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he won the OVW Heavyweight Championship and OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.
After moving up to WWE’s main roster on SmackDown in 2002, he became a breakout success after adopting the character of a villainous trash-talking rapper.
After winning his first WWE Championship in 2005, he transitioned into a clean-cut heroic character, which he described as a “goody-two shoes Superman”.
He led the company as its franchise player and public face from the mid-2000s to the late 2010s.
Cena has held the WWE Championship a record 13 times and the World Heavyweight Championship three times.
He is also a five-time WWE United States Champion, a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion, a two-time World Tag Team Champion, a two-time Royal Rumble winner, and a one-time Money in the Bank winner.
He has headlined multiple major WWE pay-per-views, including five times headlining its flagship event WrestleMania.
His career has been met with mixed critical and audience reception, with praise for his character work and promotional skills but criticism for his perceived over-representation and on-screen dominance relative to other wrestlers.
Cena’s first starring film role was in The Marine (2006) and he subsequently gained praise for his performances in Trainwreck (2015), Ferdinand (2017), Blockers (2018), and Bumblebee (2018).
He starred as Jakob Toretto in F9 (2021) and Fast X (2023) and portrayed Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad (2021) and the eponymous television series (2022–present). He released his only studio album, You Can’t See Me, in 2005.
Outside of his work in entertainment, he is known for his involvement in charitable causes, most notably granting the most wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation at over 650.
Early life
John Cena was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts, on April 23, 1977, to Carol (née Lupien) and former Chaotic Wrestling ring announcer John Joseph Cena.
His mother is of English and French-Canadian descent, while his father has Italian ancestry. He has one older brother named Dan and three younger brothers named Matt, Steve, and Sean. He was raised Roman Catholic.
His maternal grandfather was baseball player Tony Lupien, while his maternal great-grandfather was businessman Ulysses J. Lupien.
He is also a cousin of computer scientist Natalie Enright Jerger. A childhood fan of wrestling, he would create championship belts out of cardboard for himself and his brothers.
He was teased and beaten up while in school, prompting him to ask his parents for a weightlifting bench at the age of 12.
John Cena at WWE Tribute to the Troops in 2010
Cena was educated at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts, before transferring to the private prep boarding school Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
He then attended Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was an NCAA Division III All-American center and football team captain.
He graduated in 1999 with a degree in exercise physiology and body movement, after which he pursued a bodybuilding career and worked as a limousine driver. He also worked in the store area of Gold’s Gym.
Personal Life
John Cena resides in Land o’ Lakes, Florida. He has said numerous times that he does not want to have children because he does not want to be an absentee parent while he is focused on his career.
While promoting his 2009 film 12 Rounds, Cena announced his engagement to Elizabeth Huberdeau. They were married on July 11, 2009.
John Cena with then-fiancée Nikki Bella in March 2018
On May 1, 2012, Cena filed for divorce, which was finalized on July 18. Later that year, he began dating fellow wrestler Nikki Bella.
They became engaged when Cena proposed to her at WrestleMania 33 on April 2, 2017, but ended their relationship in April 2018; they had been scheduled to marry on May 5.
On October 12, 2020, Cena married girlfriend Shay Shariatzadeh, whom he had been dating since early 2019, in a private ceremony in Tampa, Florida.
The two met during the production of Cena’s 2019 film Playing with Fire, which was filmed in Vancouver, where Shariatzadeh works.
Cena started learning Mandarin Chinese in 2016 to help the WWE expand its reach, and he spoke in Mandarin at a press conference in China. He also revealed in April 2018 that he learned to play the piano.
In December 2017, the Ford Motor Company filed a lawsuit against Cena for selling his 2017 Ford GT, therefore violating his purchase agreement.
According to Ford, he signed a contract to keep the car for at least two years but breached the agreement by selling it to make a net profit shortly after receiving it.
On June 19, 2018, the two sides reached an undisclosed settlement, with Cena apologizing to Ford and Ford promising to donate the settlement to charity.
In July 2018, Cena briefly moved to China, where he settled in Yinchuan. He went on to create a YouTube show on WWE’s channel, highlighting his trips to local stores and markets.
He explained that he would be living there for five months while working on a film, Hidden Strike, with Jackie Chan. The shoot concluded in November 2018.
WWE
John Cena’s rise to the top tiers of wrestling was quick. In the same year as his debut, he won the Ultimate Pro Wrestling heavyweight championship and gained the attention of the WWE.
He subsequently signed with the Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) organization, which was then a training academy for the WWE.
John Cena in March 2018
After capturing the OVW heavyweight championship in 2002, Cena started to participate in WWE events. At first he performed in the SmackDown division.
After winning the WWE championship in 2005, he joined the Raw division, which not only profiles the more popular wrestlers but also develops more detailed story lines.
During his wrestling career, Cena won more than 15 WWE world championships and became one of the organization’s most popular wrestlers.
He obtained many nicknames, including the “Perfect Man,” “the Doctor of Thuganomics,” and “the Chain Gang Soldier.”
His signature moves included the “spinebuster,” in which he would pick up his opponent, spin him around, and drop him. In the “attitude adjustment,” Cena would pick up his opponent and flip him head first onto his back.
Acting career
Action movies
Simultaneously with his wrestling career, John Cena began acting, and he first gained attention for such action movies as The Marine (2006), 12 Rounds (2009), and The Reunion (2011).
In 2018 he played a military officer in Bumblebee, a prequel in the Transformers series.
Three years later he joined another popular franchise, the Fast and Furious. Cena appeared in F9: The Fast Saga (2021) and was also cast in the sequel Fast X (2023).
John Cena filming on the set of 12 Rounds
His other action films from this time include The Suicide Squad, which centers on a group of DC Comics superheroes.
In 2024 he joined an all-star cast—which included Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, and Catherine O’Hara—for Argylle, about a novelist whose current spy novel comes to life.
Comedies
Cena also proved adept at comedy. In 2015 he had a memorable supporting role in Trainwreck, which was directed by Judd Apatow and starred Amy Schumer. He later appeared inBlockers (2018) and Playing with Fire (2019).
In 2021 he starred in Vacation Friends, about two couples who begin an unlikely friendship while on a trip to Mexico; he reprised his role in the 2023 sequel.
Cena also appeared in the blockbuster Barbie (2023), a coming-of-age tale of the famed doll that was directed by Greta Gerwig.
Cena later starred with Awkwafina in Jackpot! (2024), directed by Paul Feig. The action-comedy centers on a Grand Lottery, in which winners must survive until sundown as others attempt to kill them and claim the money.
Animated films and TV
Cena lent his voice to characters in such movies as Ferdinand (2017), Dolittle (2020), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023).
He also starred as the title character in the TV series Peacemaker (2022– ), a spin-off of The Suicide Squad. In 2024 Cena had a cameo in the popular show The Bear.
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Other activities
In 2018 John Cena released his first children’s book, Elbow Grease, about a monster truck. He followed that up with several more books in the series, including Elbow Grease vs. Motozilla (2019) and Fast Friends (2020).
John Cena signing merchandise for a young fan
In 2021 he published the self-help books Be a Work in Progress: And Other Things I’d Like to Tell My Younger Self and Do Your Best Every Day to Do Your Best Every Day: Encouraging Words from John Cena, the latter of which was for younger readers.
In addition, Cena and his cousin Tha Trademarc released a rap album, You Can’t See Me, in 2005. It debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number 15.
