John Felix Anthony Cena or better known as John Cena, the WWE superstar was born on April 23rd, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts. When he was in college, he played football. He then continued on to be a bodybuilder and a limousine driver. The 6-foot-1 tall star weighs exactly at 240 pounds and is a very successful superstar in the WWE.The Dr. of Thuganomics started training to be a wrestler at Ultimate Pro Wrestling where he also created the character, The Prototype. Cena fist 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 bodyguard. This resulted him to stay out of action for a month.In 2005 and 2006 respectively, Cena has made a few controversies. He had a feud with champion John Bradshaw Layfield, manager Eric Bischoff and fellow wrestler Chris Jericho. Cena also made 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 became a big year for Cena as he got 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. The Chain Gang Soldier also teamed up with Shaun Michaels defeating the RKO tag team, Randy Orton and Edge. The match ended up with Cena and Michaels winning.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. Eventhough he finished the match and completed the rest of the scripted event, check up the next day found out that John's pectoral major muscle was torn completely from the bone, requiring seven months to a year rehabilitation. Because of not being able to perform, WWE's CEO, Vince McMahon stripped him off the title and ended his reign.In the year 2008, Cena made an unannounced return to action on January 27 as the final participant of the Royal Rumble match. He won the match, and the traditional WrestleMania title shot. Cena also had a match against JBL, which he defeated at Judgment Day and then at One Night Stand in a First Blood match. However, JBL defeated him at the New York City Parking Lot Brawl. In the month of August, Cena had to replaced by Rey Mysterio after it was announced Cena had suffered a herniated disk in his neck which will require surgery and he will be out of action indefinitely. According to reports, Cena underwent successive surgery to repair the herniated disk in his neck with Doctor Joseph Maroon on August 25.Aside from wrestling, John has also made his own 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 mix reviews due to the poor storyline and discrimination to the US Marines. Even so, fans queued up to watch the movie as this was John's first big screen appearance.The WWE wrestler also adds recording artist to his resume as he released his debut rap album "You Can't See Me" which debuted at #15 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album was recorded with his cousin Tha Trademarc. The album features his entrance theme song, 'The Time Is Now' & a host of other singles performed by Cena & one the songs he performed with popular rap band Estoric & a number of other songs Cena performed with famous rapper Bumpy Knuckles. Cena is the only professional wrestler to ever perform on BBC Two's long running TV show Top of the Pops.While still being active with WWE, Cena made a couple of guest appearances Jimmy Kimmel Live! twice to promote his album. He has also appeared on popular shows like Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Fuse's Celebrity Playlist, Fox Sports Net's The Best Damn Sports Show Period, MADtv, G4's Training Camp and two appearances on MTV's Punk'd. He also served as a co-presenter, with Hulk Hogan, at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, as a guest judge during the third week of the 2006 season of Nashville Star, and appeared at the 2007 Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards 2007.In fashion, The Champ has also made a few trademarks. Cena is often seen with knee-high denim jeans and throwback jerseys when he first started on WWE. Lately, Cena has been wearing a lot of Chain Gang merchandise. When his movie, The Marine was released, John was seen to be adding more military-inspired clothing to his outfit to promote his movie.Cena graduated from Springfield College, Massachusetts with degrees in exercise physiology and human anatomy. He applied for 60 colleges and he got accepted by 58 of them but in the end, he chose Springfield College. He is the second eldest of five brothers and is said to be a family guy when he is not wrestling. His good friends are fellow wrestlers, John Hennigan, Batista, Randy Orton, Carlito, Jeff and Matt Hardy among whom he will have to fight with.John Cena is definitely going to be a big inspiration to all whether in wrestling, fashion, music or even movies as his participation in the industry is already more than regular celebrity. With all he has achieved, fans can definitely expect to see more of this WWE superstar in the coming future.Also recently he has completed his new movie 12 Rounds produced by WWE Films. This movie was said to be completed when John suffered from his injury in 2007.

Former Ohio Valley Wrestling Heavyweight Champion.Former Ohio Valley Wrestling Tag Team Champion with Rico Constantino.Usually wears knee-high denim shorts with a throwback and cap.2001 PWI Wrestling Rookie of the Year, 3rd runner-up.Writes his own rapsAttended Springfield College in Massachusetts.Is the second oldest of five brothers.His debut match in the WWE was against Kurt Angle on "WWF SmackDown!" (1999).He's of Italian descent.Defeated The Big Show (Paul Wight) for the U.S. Championship at WrestleMania XX (2004) (TV).His father's name is also John Cena.Is best friends with wrestlers Randy Orton and John Hennigan off-camera.Sported his own version of the WWE United States Championship Belt. The front plate had a sparkled red/blue background with "US" in big white letters. The center plate spun round like a turntable.Used to be known as Prototype before starting with the WWESometimes known as "The Marky Mark of Wrestling".Defeated John Layfield for the WWE Championship at "Wrestlemania XXI".Cousin of "Tha Trademarc" Marc Predka.Has four brothers - Matt, Sean, Boog, and Dan#2 on the PWI top 500 wrestlers list in 2005.Is a fan of classic rock.Led Zeppelin is his favorite band.Is a huge fan of cartoonsPlayed football his college year at his hometown of West Newbury, Massachusetts.Resides in West Newbury, Massachusetts.Has made a suggestion to WWE Films that they team up with Disney to do a film version of "Dave the Barbarian" (2004), with himself playing the title character.Has a degree in exercise physiology and movement studies.Favourite magazine is Auto Trader.Favourite cartoon is "Family Guy" (1999).Former World Tag Team Champion.Replaced Danny Cooksey as the voice of Dave in the Disney animated series "Dave the Barbarian" (2004), but the show was canceled before any new episodes aired.Before he became a professional wrestler full time, he was a struggling voice actor.His best female friend is Christy Carlson Romano.Stripped of The WWE Title after being injured in a match against Randy Orton. Orton then became the WWE Champion as a result of being the #1 Contender.Teamed up with Randy Orton to face the whole WWE roster since Triple H was General manager for the night.Beat Randy Orton on WWE Raw so he can face Triple H and Randy Orton at WWE Wrestlemania 24.Was booked to be the 2003 King of the Ring before WWE decided to cancel the tournament for that year.4th August 2008, along with Batista, won the World Tag Team Championhips on Monday Night Raw, defeating Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes after Batista pinned DiBiase- this is Cena's 2nd World Tag Team Championship, Batista's 3rd.November 23rd 2008 - won his first World Heavyweight Championship after defeating Chris Jericho at Survivor Series, his first match back from surgery for a herniated disc in his neck, an injury he picked up at Summerslam, in a match he lost to Batista.His wife Liz was his high school sweetheart. They became engaged in September 2007.