John Cena
Titles Won:
- WWE World Heavyweight Championship (13 times)
- World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- WWE United States Championship (5 times)
- World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Batista (1) and Shawn Michaels (1)
- WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with The Miz (1) and David Otunga (1)
- Money in the Bank (2012 – WWE Championship contract)
- Royal Rumble Winner (2008, 2013).
Considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time, Cena was born and raised in West Newbury, Massachusetts, but moved to California in 1998, where he pursued a career as a bodybuilder, before transitioning into professional wrestling after debuting for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) in 1999. Cena soon signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2000.
In WWE, Cena gained industry fame after adopting a persona of a villainous trash-talking rapper, and won his first singles title, the United States Championship, in 2004. After winning the WWE Championship a year later, Cena’s character transitioned into a heroic “goody-two shoes Superman”, and subsequently led the company as its franchise player and public face for the next decade, gaining mainstream fame in the process.
Cena has headlined several major WWE pay-per-view events, closing the company’s flagship annual event, WrestleMania, five times. He has also won several championships in his career, being a five-time U.S. champion, a four-time world tag team champion, and a sixteen-time world champion, a WWE record. He is also a two-time Royal Rumble match winner, and a Money in the Bank ladder match winner. Despite his success, Cena is regularly met with mixed critical reception, with perceived criticisms against his in-ring move set and character limitations, thus making him one of the most polarizing professional wrestlers ever.
Outside of wrestling, Cena has attained success as a musician, actor, and philanthropist. He released the rap album You Can’t See Me in 2005, which gained platinum certification in the United States. He has had leading film roles in The Marine (2006), 12 Rounds (2009), Trainwreck (2015), Ferdinand (2017), Blockers (2018), and Bumblebee (2018). He is also known for his involvement in numerous charitable causes, namely the Make-A-Wish Foundation, where he has granted more than 500 wishes, the most in company history.
Notable Matches
vs. Shawn Michaels on Raw, April 23, 2007
vs. The Rock at Wrestlemania 29
vs. CM Punk at Money in the Bank 2011
vs. JBL at Wrestlemania 21
vs. Big Show at Wrestlemania 20
vs. Umaga at Royal Rumble 2007
Notable Feuds
vs. Randy Orton
vs. Big Show
vs. Batista
vs. JBL
vs. The Rock
vs. CM Punk
vs Umaga
vs. Edge
vs. The Nexus
vs. Brock Lesnar
Other Notable Achievments
500+ wishes for Make-A-Wish Foundation. (Record)
UPW Heavyweight Championship
OVW Heavyweight Championship
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship – with Rico Constantino
