John Cena's Fact

  Facts

Real Name: John Felix Anthony Cena

Wrestling Name: John Cena

Date of Birth: April 23rd, 1977

Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight: 240 lbs (110 kg/17 st)

Resides: Tampa, Florida

Billed From: West Newbury, Massachusetts

Eye Colour: Blue

Hair Colour: Brown

College: Springfield College (Massachusetts)

Degree: Exercise Physiology

Trained By: UPW & OVW Staff

UPW Debut: 2000

OVW Debut: 2001

WWE (Television) Debut: 2002

Wrestling Status: Active Roster

Roster: Raw

Favourites

Wrestlers: Hulk Hogan, Iron Shiek, Roddy Piper

Baseball Team: Tampa Bay DevilRays

Football Team: New England Patriots

Basketball Team: Boston Celtics

Holidays: Thanksgiving & Christmas

TV Show: Family Guy

Favourite Actor: Harrison Ford

Favourite Food: Rocky Mountain Ice Cream, Burger King and Taco Bell

Hobby: Working Out/Bodybuilding

Facts

Finishers

Attitude Adjustment – (2009-present) / Throw Back – (2009) / F-U – (2003-2009) (Fireman’s carry takeover) – WWE

ProtoPlex/ProtoBomb (Spin-out powerbomb) – UPW/OVW/WWE

STF (2009-present) / STFU (2005-2009) (Stepover toehold sleeper) – WWE

Signature Moves

Diving leg drop bulldog

Dropkick, sometimes from the top rope – UPW/OVW

Fisherman suplex

Five Knuckle Shuffle (Fist drop with theatrics)

Lou Thesz press followed by multiple punches

Running flying shoulder block

Running one handed bulldog

Sitout hip toss

Spinebuster

Throwback (Running neck snap on a standing opponent)

Twisting belly to belly side slam

Signature foreign objects

Brass knuckles

Steel chain

Nicknames

The Perfect Man

The Doctor of Thuganomics

The Champ

The Chain Gang Commander

The Chain Gang Soldier

Signature taunts

Waving his hand in front of his face, horizontally, to symbolize that “You can’t see me!”. (2003-Present)

Pumping up his Reebok Pump sneakers. (2004-2006)

Putting his hands up while spreading them and putting his thumb sideways and his pinky up, meaning “Word Life”. (2002-2009)

“Freestyling” on his opponents before his matches. (2002-2005)

Military salute to the audience. (2006-Present)

“Hustle, Loyalty & Respect” – putting his hands up with the three outer fingers pointed upwards and a circle with index finger and thumb. (2009-Present)

Managers

Kenny Bolin

Previous Federations

Ultimate Pro Wrestling (2000-)

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2001-)

WWE (2002-Present)

Previous Gimmicks

The Prototype/Mr. P (2000-2001)

John Cena (2002-Present)

Stables

CTC (Cryme Tyme Cenation) (2008-)

Championships & Achivements

Ohio Valley Wrestling

OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rico Constantino

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Feud of the Year – vs. Edge (2006)[120]

Match of the Year – vs. Shawn Michaels – Raw, April 23 (2007)

Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2003)

Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007)

Wrestler of the Year (2006, 2007)

PWI ranked #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the the PWI 500 in 2006 and 2007

Ultimate Pro Wrestling

UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

World Wrestling Entertainment [Detailed Title History]

World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Shawn Michaels (1) and Batista (1)

WWE Championship (4 times)

World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

WWE United States Championship (3 times)

Royal Rumble Winner (2008)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards

Wrestler of the Year (2007)

Best Box Office Draw (2007)

Best on Interviews (2007)

Most Charismatic (2006, 2007)

Best Gimmick (2003)

Random Facts

• John was training to be a Bodybuilder. He almost took this path instead of pro-wrestler.
• John is Italian, however he was raised in America.
• John’s parents names are John Cena Sr. and Carol Cena.
• John has four brothers: Steve, Matt, Sean and Dan.
• John wanted to be a rockstar when he was a child.
• John always tried to remain active as a kid, he didn’t just sit around and play video games.
• John watched wrestling with his father and grandfather when he was a child.
• John was a fan of the following: Roddy Piper, The Iron Shiek and Hulk Hogan.
• John went to Springfield College.
• John moved out to California after College to Pursue his dreams in BodyBuilding.
• John started lifting weights because he was bullied in school.
• He got his first weight set at 12 years of age.
• He tries to never miss a training session.
• John worked out at Hard Nocks Gym.
• John always puts full effort into everything, or he doesn’t try at all.
• John always looks on the bright side of life, his philosophy is “It will all work itself out.”
• John likes to collect Muscle Cars and has a collection of over 20 of them.
• John has a degree in exercise physiology.
• John’s first Pay-Per-View appearance was at Vengeance 2002 when he defeated Chris Jericho.
• John’s first Rap was on a Halloween themed edition of SmackDown when he dressed as Vanilla Ice.
• John recorded a Rap/Hip-Hop CD called “You Can’t See Me.”
• John has two WWE Home Videos — WordLife (2004) and My Life (2008).
• John has starred in two WWE Films — The Marine (2006) and 12 Rounds (2009).
• John has over 500 Jersey’s.
• John gets free Reebok’s.
• John has had two custom WWE championship’s — WWE Championship and US Championship.
• John’s shoe size is 11.