How the legendary wrestler became an actor and meme star: the main moments of John Cena’s life

John Cena is a wrestling legend of the world. It will be 22 years since his debut in the famous WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) promotion in the summer. However, on a global level, he is, of course, known more for his memes. John has not been active in the ring for more than five years, focusing on his career as an actor. Hollywood is the next stage of development for the stars of world wrestling. Hulk Hogan and Dwayne Johnson won’t let you lie.

Wrestling Career

Sina started getting into wrestling back in 1999. A season later, he signed a contract with WWE. On the screens of the promotion John appeared only in 2002, debuting in the image of Ruthless Aggression. A few months later, the scriptwriters repackaged Sina’s image, making him Dr. Tuganomics – a character playing the role of a real rapper. This image and in real life was close to the athlete in those years.

John later admitted that this decision was a key decision in his career, because WWE planned to fire him for not the most impressive gimmick (so in wrestling are called images of athletes. – Note “Championship”).

A few years later, Sina was made into the main gentler and the favorite of all children. This image stuck with John for life and brought him worldwide fame in the industry. He not only became one of the highest paid wrestlers in the world, but also won a huge number of belts.

John has had numerous fights in his long wrestling career, but the most mediocre one was against The Rock Johnson in 2012 and 2013. Both matches took place on the main show of the year, Wrestlemania. The former was won by Dwayne, who recently appeared in the company for the first time since the mid-noughties, and a year later Sina defeated Johnson in a battle for the WWE Title, which he had won a few months earlier.

Dwayne Johnson and John Cena after an in-person match at Wrestlemania in 2013

Sina’s active wrestling career is over, and the one-off fights he has each year in the promotion only prove once again that wrestling is an energy-consuming sport that requires preparation to perform in.

Sina has a hard time executing holds, and the speed of his matches has decreased every year. But something John is almost never equal at is performing on the microphone.

Wrestling is a show where at times the fight itself can matter less than what was said to fuel it. Sina still has a knack for finding pain points in his opponents’ images, and knows what to say to get the audience’s approval. In short, he does everything that is characteristic of a popular actor in Hollywood – he has incredible charisma and the ability to make a show out of any appearance.

Hogan and Johnson are the most prominent wrestling outliers in the movie industry, although the practice of wrestlers appearing in movies is common. Sina the actor is approaching Hulk and Dwayne’s stats. Many probably perceive John as second on the list of wrestler-actors, as Hogan’s active era ended near the turn of the 20th century. The Rock Johnson is not only the most popular wrestler, but also one of the highest paid actors in the world. John has everything to come close to him on that metric.

Sina and Johnson in 2011

Sina actor

John first appeared in a movie in 2000, playing a cameo in the movie Ready for Battle. By 2015, he participated in nine films and cartoons, after which he actively developed himself in a new profession. He had to take part in wrestling matches less and less often, switching to the role of part timer – an athlete who performs in the promotion not on a permanent basis.

Sina managed to get roles in two parts of “Fast and Furious”, played in “Suicide Squad 2”, “Bumblebee” and the sensational movie “Barbie”, where he played the role of Ken the mermaid. In the TV series “Peacemaker” John played the lead role.

Sina’s career in Hollywood a little slowed down because of last year’s strike, but John continues to be actively invited to shoot, and there is no doubt that he will succeed in this field.

John Cena in the movie “The Peacemaker”

Sina in memes

John is an entertainer who not only knows how to entertain people, but also how to get people talking about themselves. His self-produced song, to which he has been entering the ring for almost 20 years, has been used in numerous memes. This also applies to his crowning phrase “You can’t see me”, which can still be found in such photos.

Sina’s meme popularity peaked in 2015 when he took part in a prank on his fans. Fans of the wrestler needed to introduce John supposedly to try out for a job at his store. However, as soon as they called him by name, Sina would jump out from behind a banner, eliciting unspeakable reactions from them.

In early March, he once again got the world talking about him when he came to the 96th Academy Awards almost completely nude. Such a reference to the stricker who disrupted one of the ceremonies in the mid-’70s sparked a lot of positive imagery in the public. Sina knows how to pitch himself, and such antics are an integral part of his image.

And John also starred in an advertisement for the American tour of soccer “Manchester City”, trying on in the video familiar to him from “Barbie” wig.