John Cena

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Real Name: Jonathan Felix Anthony Cena
Birthday: 04/23/1977
Birthplace: West Newbury, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation: Sport
Sign: Taurus

Height 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Nickname

Prototype
Dr. of Thuganomics
The Franchise
The Marine
The Champ
Chain Gang
Super Cena

Biography

John Cena broke in on the ground floor of professional wrestling, and before he was through, he took it to the mat. The West Newbury, MA, native and college football star (he was an All-American center at Division III Springfield College) made his WWE debut in 2002, and eventually made his bones with moves like the F.U. and Five-Knuckle Shuffle and raucous catch phrases like "You Can't See Me!" and "If You Want Some, Come Get Some!" He also built a reputation with his firebrand freestyle raps, and that led to a second career as an MC. In April 2005 Cena seized the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 21, beating out JBL. The SmackDown! wrestler was more popular than ever and capitalized by dropping his full-length rap debut the following May. It also featured a lot of rapping about being muscular and was emblazoned with the blinging image of Cena's WWE championship belt.

When John signed on with the WWE in 2002 he was a good wrestler, but didn’t have any characteristics that made him stand out. The WWE wanted him to have a special and exciting feature so they turned him into a rapper. The fans didn’t like this initially, especially since he did his first rap performance while wearing a Vanilla Ice costume. But the fans eventually came around because they were so entertained by the clever raps John created about other wrestlers.
In 2004 John won the WWE United States Championship. It was during this time that he created his very own championship belt with a front plate that had a sparkling red and blue background with the letters U.S. in big white letters in the spinning center plate. At the 2005 WrestleMania, John beat reigning champion John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) and won the WWE title.

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