John Cena
John Cena
Cena started his professional wrestling career in 1999 with Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), and won the UPW Heavyweight Championship the following year.[9] Cena signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment, or simply WWE) in 2001, debuting on the WWE main roster in 2002. From a generic character in 2002, Cena morphed into an arrogant and edgy rapper for the time period of 2002–2004, which earned him a huge stardom within the audience on SmackDown!.[10][11] Cena later transitioned to his current character, which he describes as a "goody-two shoes Superman".[12] However, Cena has been labeled as the "most polarizing professional wrestler ever" as his character has many supporters and many detractors.[13] In 2012, IGN described Cena as WWE's franchise player since 2005[14] and in 2015, WWE credited Cena as being the "face of WWE".[15] John Layfield and veteran industry personality and executive Paul Heyman referred to Cena as the best wrestler ever. Heyman said about Cena “no one has been able to keep that schedule, no one has matched his box-office appeal, no one has sold more merchandise, no one has had the longevity, the box-office attraction as the main, top level, box-office attraction than John Cena.”[16]
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