Home

WWE

The Unknown Career Path of John Cena, That Turned Him Into a Bodybuilding Machine

Published 12/10/2022, 2:30 PM EST

Follow Us

There have been several popular wrestlers associated with WWE. However, not everyone has lived a legendary life filled with multiple unique works. But we have one personality in the wrestling industry that also pursued something different that many of us don’t know about.

Apart from being a Hollywood actor, John Cena has also tried his hand at bodybuilding.
The young Cena was determined to build a career as a bodybuilder. But fate has some other great plans for him. 

As fans, we must know about every aspect of our icon’s life. And this is one important phase of Cena’s career in his early days.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Cena was quite passionate about his bodybuilding career, and that is why he even found success in it. However, he ended up becoming our beloved wrestler and his fans must be thankful for it. 

Cena’s determined career in bodybuilding

The face of the WWE started off his career as a bodybuilder. He even has a college degree in exercise physiology. From this, one can imagine his hard-core dedication to fitness. 

Baby Cena was actually born in West Newbury, Massachusetts. But being a 21-year-old, he decided to move to California to pursue bodybuilding. 

Trending

Get instantly notified of the hottest WWE stories via Google! Click on Follow Us and Tap the Blue Star.

Follow Us

On his tough days, he has done various different works to support himself financially. However, he was dedicated and thus moved to the “Mecca of bodybuilding.”

He even joined the best gym out there to build himself as the best bodybuilder. Due to a cash crunch, he had to do odd jobs like toilet cleaning and whatnot. But Cena has always been a fighter, be it inside the ring or outside it. 

After Almost 180 Days Break, John Cena Hints on Fight With a Former Six-Time WWE Champion in His Recent Post

He stood by his ‘working hard’ philosophy, but the limited fund restricted him to use steroids like the other wrestlers. Therefore, he participated in natural bodybuilding competitions. 

His career took a good leap when he was featured in a commercial for Gold’s Gym. The idea behind it was getting known in the bodybuilding world. However, as life had some other plans, he got his offer in the wrestling industry. 

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Our beloved wrestler, John Cena

Since his arrival in the wrestling industry, Cena has been the known face. Despite that, many did not know about his struggles in his early life. However, in the past, there has been some leaked footage that proves the bodybuilding career of the wrestler. In those pictures, he looks like a machine.  

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

The tanned-up bodybuilder is no one else but our beloved WWE wrestler. However, a 16-time world champion won’t regret switching his career. But we know, our determined champion would have accomplished significant heights if he was even a bodybuilder. 

Watch this Story:- Conquering Brock Lesnar and More: Drew McIntyres Greatest WWE Moments

SHARE THIS ARTICLE :

Written by:

Aditi Malhotra

478Articles

One take at a time

Aditi is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Being a Journalism graduate, she has sound experience in news writing and digital marketing. She is an enthusiastic writer and an aspirational director as well.
Show More>

Edited by:

Debmallya Chakraborty