John Cena Biography

Fast Facts

• Played lineman for the Cushing Academy football team
• Growing up, he idolized such wrestling superstars as Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels and the Ultimate Warrior
• Played center for the Springfield College football team
• In 2000, went to California to begin a career as a body builder, just because his father (who was a wrestling announcer) told him he'd never make it there
• Released his debut album, You Can't See Me, in 2005
• WWE Studios produced his film debut, The Marine, in 2006
• On May 1, 2011, he announced the death of Osama bin Laden to a WWE crowd after winning a three-way cage match and left the ring to "Stars and Stripes Forever" and chants of "USA, USA, USA
• " Proposed to Nikki Bella in the ring after the pair won WrestleMania 33