by Jacky Lee

A multiple time US champion, Tag Team Champion, World Heavyweight Champion, and Royal Rumble winner, John Cena, real name John Fleix Anthony Cena, also sometimes credited as a hip hope star and movie actor, is currently the hottest professional wrestling in America working under the Raw Brand of the World Wrestling Entertainment.

Born on April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts, Cena attended Springfield College where he was a Division III All-American center on the football team. Upon graduating in 1998 with a exercise physiology degree, he became a bodybuilder while also working as a chauffeur for a limousine company.

Prior to his WWE days, “The Chain Gang Soldier” wrestled at Ultimate University under the persona of The Prototype, a semi-robotic gimmick. Before being recruited by WWE in 2001 for his strength and alluring charisma, he wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE’s developmental curriculum circle.

John Cena surprised many fans and well established wrestling superstar Kurt Angle when he nearly pinned the Olympic Champion by kicking out of the dreadful Angel Slam and outlasting the angle lock submission in his first WWE event. This event promoted him to become the new fan favorite in WWE and he was soon facing proven heels such as Chris Jericho. However, after little achievement, Cena decided to turn into a heel character who was rapping and cutting promos and interviews, while calling himself the “Doctor of Thuganomics”. This character was soon rewarded with a destiny with then WWE champion, Brock Lesnar. Though Cena lost to Lesnar, he gained a lot of respect and earned the characteristics of being resilience and tough.

John Cena largest payday at last arrived on the night of Wrestlemania 21 when he overwhelmed loudmouth John “Bradshaw” Layfield and became the WWE World Champion. His ongoing feud with JBL ended when Eric Bischoff drafted him to his Monday Night Raw. Upon his arrival at WWE’s flagship TV show, he rapidly made an impact by temporally retiring Y2J Chris Jericho. “The Champ” once again feuded with Olympic Champion Kurt Angle in the following months. In a submission match with Angle, fans witnessed Cena’s new wrestling submission move called STF, or STFU. After an injury, Cena took a few months to film “The Marine”. Before the injury and upon retuning to WWE, Cena started hearing boos toward him from many wrestling fans. Many were worn-out of seeing Cena billed as the top attraction week in and week out. Furthermore, other fans were booing him because of his limited wrestling repertoire performed in the ring.

John Cena put up one of his best years in 2006 when he started a long and heated rivalry with Edge and then headlined Wrestlemania with Triple H. He would later defend the title against the widely popular Rob Van Damn. Despite all these, the negative reactions from fans only got worse. “you suck” and “F U Cena” chants and be heard in arenas around the country directing at Cena.

However, WWE heads have much faith in Cena’s drawing power and wrestling ability. He headlined Wrestlemania in 2007 by going toe to toe with “Mr. Wrestlemania” Shawn Michaels in a gruesome and physical match. One week later on Raw, Cena once again proved his wrestling skills and repertoire by going one hour Iron Man with Shawn Michaels in an instant classic and quite possibly the best match in Raw history in the last few years.

Outside of professional wrestling, Cena is also billed as a hip hop artist and a movie star. He recorded his own entrance theme in his album “You Can’t See Me”, while starring in two action films, “The Marine” and “12 Rounds”. Wrestling fans, whether you are cheering him on or booing him the next time he cites “Hustle, Loyalty, Respect”, there is no denying Cena, indeed, is the biggest drawing star in wrestling today.

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