American professional wrestler, rapper and actor signed to WWE. Cena is the public face of WWE, and has served as its franchise player since 2005. He is a polarizing figure among pro wrestling fans, despite playing a heroic character for the majority of his career.
Cena started his pro wrestling career in 1999 with Ultimate Pro Wrestling, where he held the UPW Heavyweight Championship. Cena signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later renamed to WWE) in 2001, debuting on the main roster in 2002. As of March 2015, Cena has won 22 championships, with a record 12 reigns as WWE (World Heavyweight) Champion, three reigns as World Heavyweight Champion, three reigns as WWE United States Champion, and a four-time world tag team champion (two World Tag Team and two WWE Tag Team). He also is a 2012 Money in the Bank ladder match winner, a two-time Royal Rumble winner (2008, 2013), and a three-time Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner (2009, 2010, 2012).
He has the fourth-highest number of combined days as WWE World Heavyweight Champion, behind Bruno Sammartino, Bob Backlund, and Hulk Hogan. He has also headlined WWE’s flagship event, WrestleMania, on five occasions (WrestleManias 22, 23, XXVII, XXVIII, and 29) over the course of his career.
Outside of wrestling, Cena has released the rap album You Can’t See Me, which debuted at No.15 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and starred in the feature films The Marine (2006), 12 Rounds (2009), and Legendary (2010). Cena has also made appearances on television shows including Manhunt, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, Saturday Night Live, Punk’d and Parks and Recreation. Cena was also a contestant on Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, where he made it to the final round before being eliminated, placing third in the overall competition.
Outside his work in entertainment, Cena is known for his involvement in numerous charitable causes, namely with theÿMake-A-Wish Foundation, where he has granted the most wishes at over 650.
He married Elizabeth Huberdeau on 11 July 2009. On 1 May 2012, Cena filed for divorce, which was finalized on 18 July. In November 2012, he began dating fellow wrestler Nikki Bella. They became engaged on 2 April 2017, when Cena proposed to her at WrestleMania 33. They ended their relationship in April 2018. On 12 October 2020, Cena married girlfriend Shay Shariatzadeh, whom he had been dating since early 2019, in a private ceremony inÿTampa, Florida.ÿ
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