5 Interesting backstage stories about John Cena you need to know

The Face that runs the Place!
The Face that runs the Place!

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Super-Cena!
Super-Cena!

John Cena's first singles championship victory in WWE came against the Big Show at WrestleMania XX where the Leader of Cenation won the United States Championship for the first time. Five years down the line, Cena was already a main-event star and multi-time WWE Champion and was all set to challenge the then World Heavyweight Champion, Edge at WrestleMania XXV.

On an episode of Photo Shoot on the WWE Network, The Big Show revealed that in early 2009, he joked to Cena about facing him at WrestleMania, even after knowing that the build was towards an Edge-Cena rivalry and match.

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John Cena somehow liked the idea a lot and went ahead to pitch the idea to WWE's creative team to add Big Show in the match. The idea was accepted and hence the World's Largest Athlete got involved in the match, making it a triple-threat.

It was 'Big Match John' who came out victorious in the match and captured the World Heavyweight Championship. This match also saw an iconic WrestleMania moment when Cena lifted both Edge and the Big Show at the same time, shocking the fans with his incredible strength.

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Edited by Kaushik Das
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