John Cena’s Unprecedented accolades in WWE are overshadowed only by the Champs near superhuman desire to achieve more one of the most in-demand professional athletes in the world Cena continues to build on a 14-year long career that includes 16 World Championships 5 United States championships over 500 wishes granted for the make a wish foundation and earned paralleled if polarizing popularity.
Before becoming a worldwide megastar senior excelled as an all-American offensive lineman at Springfield College, where he also earned a degree in Exercise Physiology. Following graduation, Cena worked at a Gold’s Gym before choosing to pursue a career in sports entertainment. The chiseled, charismatic youngster soon became the prototype in WWE’s then developmental system, OVW.
Ruthless Aggression
Cena graduated to the main WWE roster under his own name in June 2002. From the start, his brazen slapped Kurt angle showed that he possessed the “ruthless aggression”
To succeed in WWE. He also had a way with words. As the “doctor of thuganomics” Xena wore a thick steel chain around his neck and baggy jean shorts, While he dissed other superstar’s style rapping skills. First seen as cocky, his St tough persona became popular and eventually earned him a United States championship match against big show at WrestleMania XX. Cena chopped does giant down to seize for the first of his career’s many victorious WrestleMania moments.
By 2005, there was no denying that the scene’s time to shine was now. At WrestleMania 21, a sold-out staple center witnessed Cena etch his name in the annals of sports-entertainment history when he dropped JBL with an attitude adjustment to claim his first WWE championship. To prove his reign was no fluke, the new champ followed up his WrestleMania weekly with another win over JBL in a gruesome I quit match at judgment day.
As WWE Champion, Cena’s star shot higher and faster than any other superstar in recent memory. When not competing in the ring, he was fulfilling countless personal appearances on top of training and exhausting travel. Somehow, he found time to record his debut rap album, you can’t see me, which hit #15 on the Billboard charts. Cena also redesigned the WWE championship, giving the title a flashy, spinning WWE logo. Many traditionalists gasped at the transformation of the elite championship but Sena simply shrugged off the naysayers, astutely pointing to the evolutionary nature of WWE.
During his amazing 9-month maiden voyage with the price, a growing sentiment developed among many fans who saw it as a unique style. To this day, Cena draws a mixed, if equally passionate, the reaction of both cheers and boos, a fascinating dynamic that he has long embraced.
At New Year’s revolution 2006, Cena survived a grueling half-hour elimination chamber match only to find himself forced to defend his title yet again when Edge emerged to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase. The exhausted champ was no match for the well-rested Rated R Superstar and his lethal spear. While the loss marked the end of his first reign atop WWE, Cena only had to wait three weeks before gaining the revenge on Edge, reclaiming his title at Royal Rumble. This was only the beginning of a yearlong grudge between Cena and his bitter rival, Edge.
Recent Past
In 2015, Cena turned his attention to the championship that first put him on the map, the United states championship. After he freed the patriotic prize from rusev’s clutches at WrestleMania 31, he hosted a weekly U.S. Open challenge in which several young, hungry challenges emerged. As promised, scenery stood pride in the US championship. Along the way he had the newly debuted NXT champion Kevin Owens stole the show in an epic trilogy of matches. Cena also nearly served Seth Rollins at summer slam to tie flairs record and become a dual champion until, of all people, TV personality Jon Stewart intervened to spoil his opportunity.
John Cena has recently appeared in the blockbuster comedy film trainwreck and in 2016, became the host of the TV series American grid his home, however, will always be in the ring. For over a dozen years, Cena has built an unmatched legacy in WWE. No matter what lies ahead for the champ, he has cemented a permanent place among the most elite superstars in WWE history. Siena won the record 16-time world championship at Royal Rumble 2017 after defeating AJ styles. Cena holds the world record of 16 world title wins equal with Ric Flair. Cena was last seen in a battle with Roman Reigns for the WWE championship at SummerSlam 2021.