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Jonathan Felix Anthony Cena, Jr. (born April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts), better known to wrestling fans simply as John Cena, is an Italian-American professional wrestler, rap music artist, and currently performs for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the RAW brand, where he is the current WWE Champion. Cena brought the once SmackDown!-exclusive WWE Championship belt to RAW on June 6, 2005 when he was drafted to RAW during the 2005 Draft. Cena has released a music CD, You Can't See Me, with Tha Trademarc, and has performed live concerts with Tha Trademarc and Bumpy Knuckles.
Before his professional wrestling career, John Cena was a bodybuilder, college football star, a team captain and All-American center for Division III at Springfield College. While at Springfield, he earned a degree in exercise physiology.[ Real name: John Cena (Jonathan Felix Anthony Cena, Jr.) Height: 6'1" Weight: 240 lbs. Date of birth: April 23, 1977 Hometown: West Newbury, MA Current TV Role: John Cena On WWE RAW Pro debut: 2001 Trained by: UPW Finishing move: FU Biography - Cena made his ring debut for Rick Bassman's UPW (Universal Pro Wrestling) group, a former WWF developmental territory. - In UPW, Cena became Prototype. - On April 27, 2000, Prototype defeated Smelly to capture the UPW title in San Diego, CA. - Impressing WWF talent scouts, Cena signed a developmental deal with the company. - In the spring of 2001, the WWF assigned the Prototype to Ohio Valley Wrestling for further training and development. - In OVW, Cena teamed up with Rico Costantino. - On August 1, 2001, Cena and Costantino captured the vacant OVW Tag Team titles by winning a tournament. - On February 20, 2002, Prototype defeated Leviathan (Bastista) in Jeffersonville, IN for the OVW title. - Cena made his WWE television debut on the June 27, 2002 edition of "Smackdown," answering Kurt Angle's challenge. - On the July 11, 2002 episode of "Smackdown," Cena teamed with the Undertaker to defeat Angle and Chris Jericho. - The next night in Louisville, Cena, with Kenny "The King" Bolin in his corner, returned to OVW and defeated Chris Kanyon. - In his WWE PPV debut at Vengeance in Detroit, MI, Cena defeated the first ever Undisputed champion, Chris Jericho. - On the July 25, 2002 edition of "Smackdown," Cena defeated Test. - Two weeks later on "Smackdown," Cena teamed with Edge and Rey Mysterio Jr. to defeat Angle, Chris Benoit, and Eddy Guerrero. - On October 27, 2002, Cena defeated Val Venis in Sheffield, England. - On the January 16, 2003 edition of "Smackdown," Cena turned against tag team partner B squared (Bull Buchanan). - Cena defeated Benoit on the April 17, 2003 episode of "Smackdown" to earn a WWE title shot at Backlash. - At Judgment Day '03, Cena, Chuck Palumbo, and Johnny Stamboli defeated Brian "Spanky" Kendrick, Chris Benoit, and Rhyno. - On July 17, 2003, Cena defeated Billy Gunn in Yokohama, Japan. - At the 2003 Survivor Series, Team Angle (Angle, Benoit, Cena, Bradshaw and Hardcore Holly) defeated Team Lesnar (Lesnar, Matt Morgan, Nathan Jones, Big Show, and A-Train). - At Wrestlemania XX in New York, NY, Cena defeated the Big Show to capture the U.S. title. - Cena successfully defended the U.S title against Rene Dupree at the 2004 Judgment Day PPV. - At the 2004 Great American Bash, Cena defeated Dupree, Booker T, and Rob Van Dam in a four way elimination match to retain the U.S. title. - On the July 8, 2004 edition of "Smackdown," General Manager Kurt Angle stripped Cena of the U.S. title. - At Summerslam '04, Cena defeated Booker T in the first match in a best of five series for the U.S. title. - Cena defeated Booker T at No Mercy 2004 in E. Rutherford, NJ in match 5 of a best of five series to regain the U.S. title. - At Survivor Series '04, Team Guerrero (Cena, Rob Van Dam, Eddy Guerero, and the Big Show) defeated Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Mark Jindrak, Luther Reigns, and Carlito Caribbean Cool). - At the November 16, 2004 "Smackdown" taping in Dayton, OH, Cena defeated Carlito Caribbean Cool to regain the U.S. title. - At Armageddon '04, Cena successfully defended the U.S. title against Jesus in a "street fight" match. - Cena defeated Kurt Angle at No Way Out '05 to earn a WWE title shot against JBL at Wrestlemania XXI. - At Wrestlemania 21 in Los Angeles, CA, Cena defeated JBL to win the WWE title. - At Judgment Day '05, Cena defeated JBL in an "I Quit" match to retain the WWE title. - On the June 6, 2005 edition of "Raw," Cena was the first pick in the 2005 draft lottery by Eric Bischoff. - At Vengeance '05, Cena defeated Christian and Chris Jericho to retain the WWE title. - Cena defeated Y2J at Summerslam '05 to successfully defend the WWE title. - At Taboo Tuesday '05, Cena defeated Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle to retain the spinning WWE title. - Despite Daiviri been assigned as the special guest referee, Cena defeated Angle at the 2005 Survivor Series to successfully defend the WWE title. - At New Year's Revolution '06, Cena won the elimination chamber match which also included Kurt Angle, Chris Masters, Shawn Michaels, Carlito, and Kane. - Three weeks after losing the WWE title, Cena regained the gold at the 2006 Royal Rumble in Miami, FL by beating Edge. - At Wrestlemania 22, Cena defeated Triple H to retain the WWE title. Fuled by ruthless aggression, John Cena burst onto the WWE scene on the June 27, 2002, episode of UPN's Smackdown! when he challenged Kurt Angle to an impromptu match. After coming within inches of defeating the Olympic Champion, Cena was congratulated by several superstars on Smackdown!, most notably the Undertaker. A lot has changed since then. Very rarely has an athlete entered the ring who can walk the walk and talk the talk immediately. John Cena is one of those athletes. Using an uncanny ability to perform in the ring and at the microphone in his own unique way, Cena spent his rookie year in the WWE challenging the best in the business for in-ring supremacy. A former football star at Springfield College, Cena spent his college career developing two activities that would prove to define him-training and rapping. Now he is doing both in front of millions on a weekly basis and is one of the most popular young Superstars on Smackdown! Cena claims to already be a legend. While that issue may be in doubt, there is no denying that he has the talent to be a legend one day. He has faced some of the very best to ever compete in the WWE and has held his own. And like most legends, Cena used the biggest possible stage to have one of the greatest moments of his career when he defeated the Big Show at WrestleMania XX to earn his first Championship--the United States Championship! And then at WrestleMania 21 John Cena defeated JBL to become the WWE Champion! In 2005 in the June Draft Lottery, WWE Champ, John Cena was the first pickand left WWE Smackdown! and moved over to WWE Raw. And he is the WWE champion on Raw right now. Edit biographical information for John Cena Trivia & Notes 1. Cena was the first wrestler to go to Raw from Smackdown in the draft lottery earlier this year. He still holds the WWE Championship going into Summerslam where he will defend against Chris Jericho. 2. Featured music video, "Bad, Bad Man" on WWE Smackdown! in 2005. 3. Defeated Booker T for the United States Championship in 2003. 4. Defended his championship against JBL at WrestleMania 21. 5. His finisher the FU was made in response to Brock Lesnar F5ing Cena into a ring post and 'injuring' his knee. Cena's response: "Your finisher is the F5... well mine's the FU!" 6. John Cena is currently working on his second music video called "Right Now." 7. As well as his spinning US title, Cena's WWE title was made over, by covering it in gold, and diamonds, with a spinner in the middle, containing the WWE logo. 8. During his third US title reign, Cena modified the Championship belt. It was supposed to have "bling" by being shiny, colourful, and had a spinner part in the middle. He lost the title to Orlando Jordan on March 3, 2005. 9. Has won the WWE United States Championship more than anyone else. 10. Cena's new rap album comes out on the 10th May 2005. 11. His favourite baseball team is the Boston Red Sox. He also likes the New England Patriots. 12. Title's Won: WWE Championship(2), U.S. Championship(3) 13. Was the OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling) Heavyweight Champion from 2-20-02 to 5-15-02 and as the OVW Southern Tag-Team Champion from 8-15-01 to 10-30-01. (with Rico Constantino) 14. At Wrestlemania 21 Cena beat JBL to become the WWE Champion 15. Uses the "F-U", a Fireman's Carry, as a finisher. 16. Has a song on the "WWE Originals" CD, called "basic thugonamics." also has his own cd called "you can see me" 
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