5 Things you should know about John Cena's wife, Shay Shariatzadeh

WWE veteran John Cena and his longtime girlfriend Shay Shariatzadeh have finally tied the knot. The 16-time World Champion got married to Shay Shariatzadeh in a private ceremony in Tampa, Florida. The duo had been dating for more than a year now. Various media outlets are reporting that Cena and Shariatzadeh got hitched on October 12.

John Cena has kept his private life away from the public eye for a while, and the pro wrestling world doesn't know much about his wife. Back in 2019, we saw Cena and Shay Shariatzadeh attending the 'Dolittle' premiere (in which Cena voiced the role of Yoshi) and posing for photos with WWE Superstars Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins. Here's what Rollins had to say about the couple:

[John and Shay] look incredible together. I have not seen him this happy in a long time. So that's really cool.

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In the following list, we will be taking a look at five things that you probably didn't know about Shay Shariatzadeh.

#5 Shay Shariatzadeh has an impressive educational background

Shay Shariatzadeh is an engineer, and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia, in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Here's what Shariatzadeh had to say about how she decided to study engineering.

"I have always enjoyed math and physics. My brother studied engineering in school, and I remember one day he came home with a project and it was an autonomous car—and that was it! I decided to study Engineering."

Shay Shariatzadeh's LinkedIn profile states that she is currently a Product Manager at Sonatype. Prior to her current stint in Sonatype, Shariatzadeh worked for Motorola Solutions as a Product Manager as well. Before that, Shay Shariatzadeh was an Applications Engineer for Alpha Technologies in 2014-15. With such an impressive resume, it goes without saying that Shariatzadeh isn't all about beauty, and is incredibly talented at what she does.

#4 Family means everything to Shay Shariatzadeh

When it comes to her family, Shay Shariatzadeh has had nothing but praise for her mom. Talking about her mom, Shariatzadeh once stated that she is the most hard-working person she has ever known. Shay Shariatzadeh also opened up on the biggest life lesson that her mother taught her.

The strongest and most hard-working woman I know is my mother. The biggest lesson she taught me was to be independent and fight for the things I want in life. She is the reason I fight to be the best version of myself, to be kind and to never give up—because, despite all the hardship, she always smiled. She is my hero.

Shay Shariatzadeh's mom has certainly had an incredibly positive influence on her daughter, judging by how far she has advanced in her career as an engineer. Her LinkedIn bio says that she loves technology and people, and excels at building rapport with her customers. Shariatzadeh's mom must be very proud of her daughter's accomplishments and it would be nothing short of intriguing to learn what she has to say about how far Shay Shariatzadeh has moved in her life at this point.

#3 The story of John Cena and Shay Shariatzadeh's first meeting

Shay Shariatzadeh and John Cena (source: Popsugar)

Back in late 2019, John Cena spilled the beans on when did he meet Shay Shariatzadeh for the first time. Shariatzadeh joined the WWE legend on the red carpet at the premiere of Playing with Fire. On the red carpet, Cena opened up on when the duo first met.

"It's a wonderful day for a movie premiere and I got a beautiful date,"

"What's truly special about this one is that, no matter what projects I'm involved in in the future, this one will always have a special meaning because I got to film a special project and meet someone special."

The shooting of Playing With Fire took place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Now it doesn't matter whether it was fate or pure chance, but the lovebirds met during the shoot and things only got better from that point on. Ever since then, Cena and Shariatzadeh have been publicly spotted on various occasions, but the duo has made it a point to keep things as private as they possibly can. This is in stark contrast to Cena's previous relationship with Nikki Bella, which was featured heavily on Total Divas and Total Bellas.

#2 When Nikki Bella jokingly threatened Shay Shariatzadeh with consequences if she hurt John Cena

Nikki Bella had some words for Shay Shariatzadeh

Nikki Bella and John Cena have tons of history together. The duo was once engaged to be married, but things only went downhill from that point on, and they soon separated. Nikki Bella opened up on Cena's relationship with Shay Shariatzadeh last year and had some interesting things to say about the lovebirds.

When I saw the photo, it was weird. Girls and guys, we can all talk about this. When you get a text or a photo, you know how you get those knots in your stomach. You want to s—t [your] pants immediately or you have the craziest tummy ache. So neither of those happened to me.

As long as John is happy, I’m happy. But let me tell you, she breaks his heart? Wow. I will rack attack her in a heartbeat. I’m still protective of that man.

Although Nikki's threat was in jest, it goes without saying that she has tons of respect and admiration for John Cena, and seems happy to see him move on and start anew with Shay Shariatzadeh.

#1 Shay Shariatzadeh began working while still studying, and has worked incredibly hard to achieve her goals, much like Cena

Shay Shariatzadeh and Cena (source: SEScoops)

Shay Shariatzadeh wasn't one to keep on waiting for an opportunity to knock on her door and began working even before she graduated. Back in 2007, Shariatzadeh started working for La Vie En Rose, where she was employed as a third key and sales associate. It isn't a secret that it's incredibly tough to keep up with studies while working a job to support your life, but Shay Shariatzadeh managed to do the same and came out with flying colors in the end.

Shariatzadeh's path to success is somewhat similar to John Cena's, even though their fields of expertise are on the opposite ends of a stick. Cena, just like Shay Shariatzadeh, worked hard for years on end before making it big in WWE. After winning the WWE title in 2005, he became WWE's face and his life got busier than it had ever been. He didn't disappoint though and is one of the biggest Superstars in WWE history today.

Shay Shariatzadeh and John Cena are finally hitched, and we couldn't be happier. The Sportskeeda community wishes the very best to the happy couple.

Edited by Kaushik Das