NEW YORK-(MaraviPost)-John Felix Anthony Cena, better known as WWE superstar John Cena, was born on April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts, to Carol (Lupien) and John Cena.
He is of Italian (father) and French-Canadian and English (mother) descent, and is the grandson of baseball player Tony Lupien.
When he was in college, he played football. He then continued on to be a bodybuilder and a limousine driver
Thuganomics started training to be a wrestler at Ultimate Pro Wrestling where he also created the character, The Prototype.
Cena first appeared on WWE in a match against Kurt Angle on the 27th of June, 2002 which ended up with him losing.
In 2004, John Cena’s status as a celebrity began to develop. Cena won the United States Championship from Big Show.
Not too long later, Cena lost the title but he gained it back soon. Cena then lost the title again to fellow WWE superstar, Carlito.
During that time, Cena apparently got stabbed in the kidney by one of Carlito’s bodyguards. This resulted in staying out of action for a month.
In 2005 and 2006 respectively, Cena was involved in controversies.
He had a feud with champion John Bradshaw Layfield, manager Eric Bischoff and fellow wrestler Chris Jericho. Cena also had feuds with Edge and Umaga at that time.
But even so, some friendships were formed. Cena is said to be friends with Carlito after they won a match with Jeff Hardy against Edge, Randy Orton and Johnny Nitro.
The year 2007 was a big year for Cena as he was involved in a wrestling match with Britney Spears’ ex and rap star, Kevin Federline.
John ended up losing that match thanks to some assistance from Umaga to Kevin Federline.
Later that night, Cena took revenge by body slamming Kevin Federline backstage.
The year 2007 also started pretty well for John Cena as he became the first person to defeat the Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga that year.
As of October 2007, Cena lost his WWE Championship title because of an injury. While wrestling against Mr. Kennedy, Cena tore his pectoral muscle while executing a hip toss.
Although he finished the match and completed the rest of the scripted event, a check-up the next day showed that John’s pectoral major muscle was torn completely from the bone, requiring seven months to a year rehabilitation.
Not able to perform, WWE’s CEO, Vince McMahon stripped him off the title and ended his reign.
Aside from wrestling, John has also made a name in the movie business. In 2006, a WWE franchise movie titled The Marine was released with John playing the lead character, John Triton.
The movie received mixed reviews due to the poor story-line and discrimination to the US Marines.
Even so, fans queued up to watch the movie as this was John’s first big screen appearance.
If you are a love of sport like wrestling then you must know how prolific Cena is and how good he is in his game.
He has really put a smile on our faces and its good to pay tribute to him once in a while because his memory indeed will never fade in our hearts.
