5 career turning moments for John Cena

#4 The Doctor of Thuganomics

The Doctor is in the house

As the name John Cena quickly established itself as a regular on WWE programming, the man needed a gimmick to set him apart from the rest of the young, characterless babyfaces on the roster. Enter John Cena, The Doctor of Thuganomics.

Adopting the gimmick of a rapper, Cena quickly got himself over with audiences around the world with his crass language, sick rhymes, and devil may care attitude. It became such a massive hit with the WWE Universe that he was quickly pushed up the cards and given feuds with established names.

It was also during this time that he accomplished what will become our third point...