Thirty-sixseven years ago today, the star of Fred: The Movie, Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred and Fred 3: Camp Fred was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts.
Before reinventing himself as a star of live action children's shows, John Felix Anthony Cena was a successful hip-hop artist, spending 17 weeks on the Billboard chart with his album, You Can't See Me.
You may know him as the 11 time WWE Champion, 3 time World Heavyweight Champion, 3 time United States Champion, 2 time WWE Tag Team Champion, 2 Time World Tag Team Champion, winner of the 2008 and 2013 Royal Rumble, the 2012 Money in the Bank briefcase for the WWE Championship, Slammys for Superstar of the Year (2009, 2010 and 2012), Holy $#!+ Move of the Year (2010), Game Changer of the Year (2011), Insult of the Year (2012), Kiss of the Year (2012) and Match of the Year (2013), Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Feud of the Year (2006 and 2011), Match of the Year (2007, 2011 and 2013), Most Popular Wrestler (2004, 2005, 2007 and 2012), Wrestler of the Year (2006 and 2007) and #1 in the PWI Top 500 (2006, 2007 and 2013) and The Wrestling Observer's Wrestler of the Year (2007 and 2010), 2011 Feud and Match of the Year, 2012 Worst Feud and Worst Match of the Year, a Five Star Match rating and admittance into their Hall of Fame.
Happy Birthday, John!
I'm sure all of my fellow Cagesiders are anxious to share their favorite memories of your illustrious career.