John Cena: 5 Curious Facts About WWE's Poster Boy

1. He Was Laying People out Way Before He Came to the WWE.

John Cena has made a living of dropping the five moves of death on his opponents. This lethal combination of moves would never happen if it weren't for his flying shoulder tackle. 

Cena's shoulder tackle isn't like the normal shoulder tackle you see in professional wrestling. No, his shoulder tackle looks a little different. 

There's a good reason for that. 

Cena was practicing his big hits on the gridiron at Springfield College in Massachusetts. John played center on the D-III football team and was an All-American. 

When he wasn't smashing heads on the field, Cena was in the classroom earning a degree in Exercise Physiology. 

2. He's Had Some Strange Tag Team Partners

John Cena has always been a decorated singles wrestler. But every once in a while, Cena is thrown into a tag team match on Raw. 

While his one-time tag matches usually end in shenanigans, Cena was a successful tag team wrestler earlier in his career. 

During his time in OVW, Cena won the OVW Tag Team Championship with Rico Constantino.

Who's that? See the image on the left. Rico was the flamboyant ringleader of WWE's 3-Minute Warning and the stylist of Chuck and Billy, everyone's favorite homosexual tag team. 

Cena has also held the WWE and World Tag Team Championships. He won the WWE belts once with The Miz and once with David Otunga. He also won the world title with Batista and HBK.

3. He Wasn't Always SuperCena

WWE fans are familiar with John Cena's current gimmick, and most fans even remember his "Doctor of Thuganomics" phase. 

One gimmick most fans aren't aware of is Cena's Prototype persona in UPW and OVW. 

Cena portrayed a half-man, half-robot who was the prototype for every other professional wrestler. 

Prototype, or Mr. P, was a monster in the ring and even played up hisrobot half occasionally. 

4. He Was Once Defeated by Kevin Federline

Cena has beat everyone. At WrestleMania's alone, he's defeated Big Show, JBL, Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Batista, among others.

WWE's babyface has beat a ton of other Superstars whose names will go down in history as some of the best professional wrestlers.

One person Cena didn't beat?

Kevin Federline. K-Fed.

Remember K-Fed? He was married to Brittany Spears for 12 minutes. Vince McMahon grabbed hold of K-Fed's fame and put him into a storyline that roughly involved Cena.

Cena was put into a match with K-Fed, and, to put it simply, he lost. Maybe it wasn't clean, but it'll go down in the history books as a loss.  

5. He Once Won a Match with a Torn Pectoral Muscle

WWE Superstars are some of the toughest athletes in the world.

There are numerous stories of real-life injuries happening to Superstars in the middle of matches.

Whether it's Triple H's throat or thigh, Stone Cold's neck or Shawn Michael's numerous in-match injuries, WWE stars have to get creative and find ways to make it through the rest of the match. 

In a match against Mr. Kennedy in 2007, Cena tore his pectoral muscle completely away from the bone.

Yet Cena didn't just make it through the rest of the match. He got to the end of the match—noticeably favoring his injury—and even won.