Height: 6'1"
Weight: 240 lbs.
Date of birth: April 23, 1977
Hometown: West Newbury, MA
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.