Ĭena first starred in The Marine (2006), and gained praise for his performances in Trainwreck (2015), Ferdinand (2017), Blockers, and Bumblebee (both 2018). His professional wrestling career has been met with mixed critical and audience reception, with praise for his character work and promotional skills, but criticism for his perceived over-representation and on-screen dominance relative to other wrestlers. He has also headlined multiple major WWE pay-per-view events, including its flagship event, WrestleMania, five times. He is also a five-time WWE United States Champion, a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion, a two-time World Tag Team Champion, a two-time Royal Rumble winner, and a one-time Money in the Bank winner. Ī joint-record 16-time world champion, Cena is a record 13-time WWE Champion and three-time World Heavyweight Champion. ![]() He led the company as its franchise player and public face for the next decade. ![]() ![]() After winning the WWE Championship in 2005, Cena transitioned into a clean-cut, heroic character which he described as a " goody-two shoes Superman". After moving to SmackDown in 2002, Cena gained fame and success after adopting the character of a trash-talking rapper. He signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2001 and was assigned to its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship and OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. Ĭena moved to California in 1998 to pursue a career as a bodybuilder and switched to professional wrestling in 1999, and made his debut for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW). With the most world championship reigns in WWE history, Cena is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. The film arrives in theaters June 25.John Felix Anthony Cena ( / ˈ s iː n ə/ SEE-nə born April 23, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, actor, and former rapper currently signed to WWE. Referring to his meeting with Cena, Diesel, who named his daughter Pauline after Walker, revealed, "If you go back to that day and you read that post, I said, 'Thanks, Pablo,' because, like always, he had a way of removing my anxiety."ĭirected by Justin Lin, F9 stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron. "I didn't really think about it that much, because I don't know if anyone will ever believe me, but I literally just, for some reason, felt like Paul had sent him." Walker was killed in a tragic car crash in 2013 before production of Furious 7 was completed, necessitating multiple rewrites of the script and the casting of stand-ins to complete his scenes. "I didn't ask to read anything, I didn't need to look at anything," Diesel remembered. Related: Vin Diesel Finally Comments on the Fast & Furious Franchise Heading to Space "Because of that, once it came time to cast Jakob Toretto, all the men came rushing in from every race, every nationality." However, despite the abundance of choices for the role of the master thief and assassin whose name is never mentioned in the previous Fast movies, Cena was the only actor who received significant attention by the production. "You could literally have cast anybody to be my brother - there's no stretch too far," Diesel stated, alluding to his multicultural heritage. Nevertheless, the unseen influence of Diesel's friendship with Walker seemed to make all the difference for Cena, who by his own admission has been part of "a lot of bad movies." Speaking of his introduction to Diesel and his love for the Dom character, Cena recalled, "I literally remember seeing the for the first time, and I'm like, 'what the f- is going on?'" The 16-time world champion and WWE regular was blindsided by Diesel's on-the-spot endorsement, having feared that his early wrestling films had doomed any potential career in Hollywood. ![]() Related: F9 Welcomes Cardi B to the Cast With BTS Promo Footage
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