John Cena

Hometown: West Newbury, MA

Height: 6 feet 1 inches

Weight: 250 lb

John Cena is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for KJWWE on the Smackdown brand. He is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion in his first reign.

## Debut and inaugural WWE Champion (2018-19)

John Cena made his KJWWE debut at Wrestlemania 1, where he was a part of the seven man elimination match to crown the inaugural WWE Champion. At Wrestlemania, Cena defeated Seth Rollins, AJ Styles, Shawn Michaels, Austin Aries, Daniel Bryan, and CM Punk to become the inaugural WWE Champion. The next night on Raw, Cena defeated WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens in a champion vs. champion match, winning the right to be in the main event of Extreme Rules. Cena made his first defense at Extreme Rules, where he defeated number one contender CM Punk in an 30-minute Anything Goes Iron Man Match to retain the championship. After Austin Aries and CM Punk both pinned each other in a number-one contender's match, Cena defended the championship against both men at Slammiversary, where he won, pinning Punk. Cena and Aries continued to feud after Aries argued that he had not been defeated. Cena defended the WWE Championship against Aries in a ladder match at Money in the Bank, where Cena retained. Cena would then move on to a feud with Seth Rollins after Rollins won a number one contenders match. Cena defended the championship against Rollins at One Night Stand, where he retained. After the match, Money in the Bank Contract holder Shawn Michaels attempted to cash in, but was attacked by Cena. After Rollins defeated Cena on the next episode of Raw, Rollins challenged Cena to another championship match, which Cena accepted. At The Great American Bash, Cena defeated Rollins in a Last Man Standing match to retain the WWE Championship. At King of the Ring, Cena defended the championship against Rollins and AJ Styles, where he retained after pinning Rollins. Cena would then begin a feud with Cody Rhodes, who claimed Cena had been avoiding defending the championship against him. At Bash at the Beach, Cena successfully defended the WWE Championship against Rhodes. Following Bash at the Beach, Cena was challenged to a championship match by AJ Styles, which Cena accepted. Before the event, Cena was drafted to Smackdown with the first overall pick in the 2018 WWE Draft. At Summerslam, Cena defeated Styles to retain the WWE Championship. Following the match, the two showed respect for each other, shaking hands. For the first Smackdown exclusive pay-per-view, Double or Nothing, Cena announced that he wanted to give a championship opportunity to someone who had never challenged for the WWE Championship, ultimately choosing Cesaro. At Double or Nothing, Cena defeated Cesaro to retain the WWE Championship. Following the match, both men were attacked by a returning Kane. On Night One of Bound for Glory, Cena defeated Kane to retain the WWE Championship. On Night Two, Cesaro won the Bound for Glory Series, and announced that he would challenge Cena for the WWE Championship at Royal Rumble in January. On the November 13 episode of Smackdown, Cena again defeated Kane to retain the WWE Championship. In doing so, Cena confirmed that he would face Raw's WWE Universal Champion Daniel Bryan at Survivor Series. At the event, Cena defeated Bryan, and Smackdown went on to win the Battle for Brand Supremacy. On the November 27 episode of Smackdown, Cena's promo was interrupted by both AJ Styles and Austin Aries, both of whom wanted a shot at Cena's championship. Cena agreed to defend against both men at Starrcade, where Cena pinned Aries to retain the WWE Championship. WWE announced via their Twitter account that Cena would defend the WWE Championship in a Fatal 4-Way match against one wrestler from Smackdown, and two wrestlers from Raw. Three qualifying matches took place, and the winners were Austin Aries, Seth Rollins, and CM Punk. At Final Battle, Cena successfully defended the championship, pinning Punk. At Royal Rumble, Cena defeated Cesaro to retain the WWE Championship in a match rated five stars Pro Wrestling Newsletter. However, following the match, Cena was attacked by Money in the Bank Contract holder Shawn Michaels, who cashed in his contract on Cena. Michaels defeated Cena to win the WWE Championship, ending Cena's reign at 295 days. Cena and Michaels brawled throughout the arena to open the January 29 episode of Smackdown. As a result, the two were put into a match against International Tag Team Champions The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder), where Cena and Michaels won the championships, when Cena pinned Wilder. That Sunday, at Halftime Heat, Cena and Michaels lost the championships back to The Revival, ending their reign at six days.

## Feud with Bray Wyatt and championship pursuits (2019)

At Victory Road, Cena and Cesaro challenged Michaels for the WWE Championship. During the match, Cena was attacked by Bray Wyatt, who made his WWE debut in the Royal Rumble match. Michaels would go on to retain the championship, pinning Cesaro. Cena would go on to enter the 2019 Battle of Los Angeles, defeating Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase in his first round match on Night One. On Night Two, Cena defeated Kurt Angle in the quarterfinals and Rusev in the semifinals, securing a spot in the triple threat elimination match for a WWE Universal Championship match at Wrestlemania. Cena faced Randy Orton and Seth Rollins in the match, where he was the first man eliminated after an attack by Bray Wyatt. On the March 12 episode of Smackdown, Cena challenged Wyatt to a match at Wrestlemania 2, which Wyatt accepted. At All Star Weekend, Cena was on the winning side of the 16-Man Spring Fever Elimination Tag Team Match. However, at Wrestlemania 2, Cena was defeated by Wyatt. On the April 30 episode of Smackdown, Cena challenged Wyatt to an ambulance match at Slammiversary, which Wyatt accepted. At the event, Wyatt again defeated Cena, ending their feud. Cena was announced as one of the participants in the Smackdown Money in the Bank Ladder Match at Money in the Bank, where he was unsuccessful in winning as Austin Aries retrieved the briefcase. At One Night Stand, Cena took part in a Six-Pack Challenge for the WWE Championship, facing champion AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, and Stone Cold Steve Austin, where Styles retained the championship, pinning Miz. On the July 2 episode of Smackdown, Cena challenged Styles to a championship match at King of the Ring, which Styles accepted. At the event, Styles defeated Cena in a match rated five stars by Pro Wrestling Newsletter, Cena's second match to achieve this rating. Cena again challenged for the championship at Bash at the Beach in a Fatal 4-Way also involving Dean Ambrose and The Miz, where Styles retained, pinning Ambrose. During the match, Cena was attacked by Shawn Michaels, reigniting their feud from earlier in the year. At Summerslam, Cena defeated Michaels. In the weeks following Summerslam, both Cena and Stone Cold Steve Austin were attacked by The APA (Faarooq and Bradshaw), both demanding respect from Smackdown. Cena and Austin teamed up at Double or Nothing to defeat The APA. In November, Cena entered the 2019 Bound for Glory Series, winning his qualifier block with a 3-0 record. On Night One, Cena defeated Cody Rhodes in a first round match in the Bound for Glory Series. However, on Night Two, Cena was defeated in the quarterfinals by Daniel Bryan. Due to his loss, Cena was mocked by the Raw team of Kevin Owens and EC3. Cena attacked both men, but was quickly overwhelmed. On the November 12 episode of Smackdown, Cena took part in a Six-Pack Challenge to determine the number one contender to the WWE Championship. During the match, Cena was attacked by Owens and EC3. However, AJ Styles came to his aid, and Cena and Styles fought off both men. Neither Cena nor Styles became the number one contender, as Dean Ambrose would pin Shawn Michaels to win. However, it was announced that night via WWE's Twitter account that Cena and Styles would face Owens and EC3 at Survivor Series in an Interbrand Showcase Tag Team Match. At Survivor Series, Cena and Styles were defeated by Owens and EC3. Following Survivor Series, Cena and Elias began feuding, leading to a match at Starrcade, where Cena defeated Elias. On the December 10 episode of Smackdown, it was announced that WWE Champion Austin Aries would defend his championship at Final Battle against the three other men who had held the championship during 2019: Cena, Shawn Michaels, and AJ Styles. At Final Battle, Aries retained the championship, pinning Styles.

## Feud with Samoa Joe and Mr. Money in the Bank (2020)

At Royal Rumble, Cena entered the titular match, entering at number 36 and eliminating EC3 and Seth Rollins. However, Cena was eliminated by the debuting Samoa Joe. This sparked a feud between the two men, and they agreed to face off at Victory Road. At Halftime Heat, Cena and Joe were on opposite sides of a tag team match, where Cena and his partners AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose emerged victorious over Joe, Shawn Michaels, and Elias. At Victory Road, Joe defeated Cena. Both men would enter the 2020 Battle of Los Angeles Tournament. On Night One, Cena defeated Shawn Michaels in his first round match. On Night Two, Cena defeated Elias in the quarterfinals and Joe in the semifinals to secure a spot in the triple threat elimination match final for the second year in a row, facing off with Drew McIntyre and Bray Wyatt for a WWE Universal Championship match at Wrestlemania 3. However, also for the second year in a row, Cena was the first eliminated after Joe attacked him and Wyatt hit him with a Sister Abigail. At All Star Weekend, Cena was on the winning side of the 16-Man Spring Fever Elimination Tag Team Match. At Wrestlemania 3, Joe and Cena ended their feud when Joe defeated Cena. After Wrestlemania, Cena began a feud with The Miz, who noted that Cena hadn't won anything in quite some time. At Slammiversary, Cena defeated The Miz. After defeating The Miz, Cena was recruited by old ally Stone Cold Steve Austin to face off with WWE Champion Finn Balor and his bodyguard Roman Reigns at Worlds Collide, where Cena and Austin won. Cena was announced as a participant in the Smackdown Money in the Bank Ladder match at Money in the Bank, where he was victorious in retrieving the briefcase, granting him a world championship match at any time within the next year. After Money in the Bank, Cena began an interbrand feud with EC3, who won Raw's Money in the Bank Contract. EC3 cost Cena a match with Samoa Joe on the June 9 episode of Smackdown. After the match, Cena was beaten down by both men. Cena returned the favor on the June 15 episode of Raw, where he cost EC3 a match with Sami Zayn. The next night on Smackdown, it was announced that Cena and Zayn would face EC3 and Samoa Joe in an Interbrand Showcase Tag Team Match at One Night Stand. At the event, Cena and Zayn defeated EC3 and Joe. On the July 21 episode of Smackdown, Cena annouced that he would be cashing in his Money in the Bank Contract for the WWE Championship at Summerslam against the winner of Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura at Wrestle Kingdom. On the July 28 episode of Smackdown, Cena and Nakamura defeated Balor and Reigns. At Wrestle Kingdom, Cena defeated Reigns. Additionally, in the main event, Balor defeated Nakamura, setting up Cena vs. Balor for the WWE Championship at Summerslam. At Bash at the Beach, Cena recruited Cesaro to team with him to defeat Balor and Reigns. Cena officially cashed in his Money in the Bank Contract at Summerslam, where he was defeated by Balor, making him the first person to fail a Money in the Bank cash-in.

## Championship pursuits and feud with Shinsuke Nakamura

Following Summerslam (2020), it was announced that WWE Champion Finn Balor would defend his WWE Championship inside the Elimination Chamber at Super Showdown (2020). Cena defeated Elias to qualify for the match. At Super Showdown (2020), Cena eliminated both Austin Aries and Shawn Michaels, but was the final person eliminated from the match by champion Finn Balor. Following this, Cena began a feud with Austin Aries. At Double or Nothing (2020), Cena defeated Aries. On the following episode of Smackdown, Cena interrupted a promo by WWE King of the Mountain Champion The Miz, who claimed that he was the greatest champion in Smackdown history. Cena defeated The Miz, earning the right to challenge him for the WWE King of the Mountain Championship on Night Two of the 2020 Bound for Glory Series. At the event, The Miz retained the championship against Cena, Shawn Michaels, The Hurricane, and The Brian Kendrick. For Survivor Series (2020), Cena recruited every former WWE Champion - Shawn Michaels, AJ Styles, Austin Aries, and Stone Cold Steve Austin - to Team Smackdown for the 5-on-5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match at Survivor Series (2020). At the event, Cena eliminated Randy Orton, but was immediately eliminated by Drew McIntyre. Team Smackdown would go on to lose to Team NXT. Cena continued his feud with Aries, with the two facing off at Starrcade (2020), where Aries defeated Cena. At Final Battle (2020), Cena teamed with former WWE Champions AJ Styles and Shawn Michaels in an Interbrand Showcase Tag Team Match, where they were defeated by former WWE Universal Champions Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, and Chris Jericho, when Bryan made Michaels submit to the Yes! Lock. On the first episode of Smackdown of 2021, Cena declared for the 2021 Royal Rumble Match. In the match, Cena eliminated both MVP and Samoa Joe, but was the penultimate elimination by Shawn Michaels. At Halftime Heat (2021), Cena took part in a battle royal to become the number one contender to the WWE Championship. Cena eliminated Elias and Shawn Michaels before being eliminated by The Miz and John Morrison. On the following episode of Smackdown, Cena defeated Elias, granting him a spot in the King of the Mountain Match for Elias' WWE King of the Mountain Championship at Victory Road (2021). During the match, Cena looked to have the championship won until WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura interfered, pushing Cena off a ladder. During Cena's first round match on Night One of the 2021 Battle for Los Angeles Tournament, Nakamura again interfered, distracting Cena and allowing Austin Aries to pick up the win with a roll-up. On Night Two of the 2021 Battle for Los Angeles Tournament, Cena attacked Nakamura backstage, giving him an Attitude Adjustment through a table. On the following episode of Smackdown, Cena mentioned that while he was not proud of what he had done, he did not regret it, and officially challenged Nakamura to a match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Wrestlemania 4, which Nakamura accepted. At Wrestlemania 4, Cena defeated Nakamura to win the Intercontinental Championship for the first time.

## Moveset

Finishers

* Attitude Adjustment (Fireman's carry takeover)
* STF (Stepover toehold facelock)

Signatures

* Diving leg drop bulldog
* Dropkick
* Emerald Flowsion
* Fisherman's suplex
* Five Knuckle Shuffle (Fist drop, with theatrics)
* Lightning Fist (Backfist, with theatrics)
* Running leaping shoulder block
* Running one-handed bulldog
* Spin out powerbomb
* Springboard stunner
* Sunset flip powerbomb
* Throwback (Running neck snap to bent over opponent)
* Tornado DDT

## Championships and Accomplishments

* Smackdown Money in the Bank Contract (2020)
* Wrestlemania Main Event (1 time, 2018)
* WWE Champion (1 time)
* WWE Intercontinental Champion (1 time, current)
* WWE International Tag Team Champion (1 time, with Shawn Michaels)