The Marine is a 2006 American action film directed by John Bonito from a story written by Alan B. McElroy and Michelle Gallagher. It stars professional wrestler John Cena , in his acting debut and was executively produced by Vince McMahon through the film production division of WWE called WWE Films and distributed in the United States by 20th Century Fox . In the film, a recently discharged U.S. Marine goes after some diamond thieves after they kidnapped his wife.
112-513: The Marine was released theatrically on October 13, 2006 to negative reviews and grossed $ 22 million against a production budget of $ 15 million. It is the first entry in The Marine film series , spawning five direct-to-video sequels. In Iraq , John Triton, a U.S. Marine , arrives at an al-Qaeda hideout, where a group of terrorists are preparing to behead several hostages. Disregarding direct orders to wait for reinforcements, Triton attacks
224-402: A Halloween -themed episode of SmackDown! , Cena dressed as Vanilla Ice , performing a freestyle rap . The following week on SmackDown! , Cena received a new character: a rapper who cut promos while rhyming. He used the nickname "The Doctor of Thuganomics" and expanded his gimmick to include rapping before his matches, wearing hats and sports jerseys as part of his ring gear. While on
336-578: A Last Man Standing match at Backlash on April 26 after interference from Big Show, who chokeslammed Cena through a spotlight. Cena defeated Big Show at Judgment Day on May 17 and Extreme Rules on June 7 in a submission match by applying the STF . During Cena's feud with Big Show, The Miz challenged him to a match on the April 27 episode of Raw , but as Cena was out due to injury, The Miz claimed an unofficial win via forfeit and continued to do this over
448-441: A Rock Bottom in the ending. Cena then began a feud with Kane, who cited his disgust for Cena's "Rise Above Hate" slogan and claimed that Cena would need to embrace the hate to defeat The Rock at WrestleMania. Cena fought Kane to a double countout at Royal Rumble on January 29, 2012, and then defeated him in an Ambulance match on February 19 at Elimination Chamber . At WrestleMania XXVIII on April 1, Cena faced The Rock in
560-470: A best of five series that started on August 15 at SummerSlam and culminated on October 3 at No Mercy , only to drop it to the débuting Carlito Caribbean Cool the following week on SmackDown! . The duo began a feud which resulted in Cena allegedly being stabbed in the kidney while at a Boston-area nightclub by Carlito's bodyguard, Jesús ; this worked "injury" was used to keep Cena out of action for
672-468: A championship unification match, after special guest referee Triple H missed Cena's foot on the rope. After Alberto Del Rio became WWE Champion by cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase to defeat Punk, Cena became the #1 contender and beat Del Rio at Night of Champions on September 18 for his tenth WWE Championship. He lost it back to Del Rio at Hell in a Cell on October 2 in a triple threat Hell in
784-475: A pinning combination, but put on a good showing. After the match, he was congratulated by Billy Kidman , Faarooq , Rikishi , and The Undertaker , becoming a fan favorite . He began feuding with Chris Jericho , whom Cena defeated on July 21 at Vengeance . In October, Cena and Billy Kidman failed to win a tag team tournament to crown the first WWE Tag Team Champions of the SmackDown! brand in
896-513: A steel cage match after repeated interference from the rest of the Wyatt Family members and a demonic child. At Payback on June 1, Cena defeated Wyatt in a well received Last Man Standing match to end their feud; Cena buried Wyatt under multiple equipment cases to win the match. On the June 16 episode of Raw , Cena defeated Kane in a stretcher match to qualify for the ladder match for
1008-613: A stepover toehold facelock )—when he was put into a triple threat submissions only match on the November 28 episode of Raw . At New Year's Revolution on January 8, 2006, Cena retained the WWE Championship in the Elimination Chamber match after last eliminating Carlito, but immediately afterwards, Mr. McMahon announced Edge was cashing in his Money in the Bank contract—a "guaranteed title match against
1120-403: A "monster". At WrestleMania on April 6, Cena defeated Wyatt despite interference from Luke Harper and Erick Rowan . The feud continued after WrestleMania based on the story that Wyatt was capturing Cena's fanbase, exemplified by Wyatt leading a children's choir to the ring on the April 28 episode of Raw , where they later donned sheep masks. At Extreme Rules on May 4, Wyatt defeated Cena in
1232-445: A Cell match also involving Punk. Cena lost his rematch to Del Rio at Vengeance on October 23 in a Last Man Standing match due to interference by The Miz and R-Truth. After weeks of The Miz and R-Truth attacking Cena and employees, Cena was allowed to choose his partner to challenge The Miz and R-Truth at Survivor Series on November 20; Cena chose The Rock as his partner, and they defeated The Miz and R-Truth, though The Rock gave Cena
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#17327905984041344-420: A Falls Count Anywhere match. Cena retained the WWE Championship in a five-pack challenge on June 24 at Vengeance: Night of Champions , and against Bobby Lashley on July 22 at The Great American Bash . Later that summer, Randy Orton was named the #1 contender for Cena's championship. Leading up to SummerSlam on August 26, Orton delivered a number of sneak-attacks, performing three RKOs to Cena, who in
1456-595: A You're Fired match on the August 22 episode of Raw . Cena held on to the WWE Championship through his feud with Angle, losing to him by disqualification on September 18 at Unforgiven , pinning Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match involving Angle at Taboo Tuesday on November 1, and pinning Angle on November 27 at Survivor Series . The feud with Angle saw Cena add a secondary, submission based, finishing maneuver —the STFU (a stepover toehold sleeper , though named for
1568-409: A bus journey with other WWE superstars, Cena was involved in a freestyle rap session with Rikishi and Rey Mysterio , impressing Stephanie McMahon , leading to the gimmick's adoption. As the character evolved, Cena began adopting a variant of the 1980s WWF logo—dropping the "F"—as his "signature symbol", along with the slogan " Word Life". Moreover, he was joined by an enforcer , Bull Buchanan , who
1680-507: A clean-cut heroic character, which he described as a " goody-two shoes Superman ". He led the company as its franchise player and public face from the mid-2000s to the late 2010s. Cena has held the WWE Championship a record 13 times and the World Heavyweight Championship three times. He is also a five-time WWE United States Champion , a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion , a two-time World Tag Team Champion ,
1792-413: A degree in exercise physiology and body movement, after which he pursued a bodybuilding career and worked as a limousine driver. He also worked in the store area of Gold's Gym . Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Cena idolized Hulk Hogan growing up, moving to California in 1998 to begin training for a professional wrestling career
1904-642: A developmental contract with the WWF and was assigned to its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). During his time there, he continued to wrestle as The Prototype and held the OVW Heavyweight Championship for three months and the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (with Rico Constantino ) for two months. Throughout the early months of 2002, Cena found himself competing on house shows for
2016-406: A disqualification. Despite this, he became the first wrestler to defeat Lesnar in two WWE pay-per-view events. Cena then began feuding with Dean Ambrose for the right to face Rollins at Hell in a Cell on October 26, but Ambrose won the right by defeating Cena in a No Holds Barred Contract on a Pole match . Cena faced Randy Orton instead in a Hell in a Cell match to determine the #1 contender for
2128-545: A feud with Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff , after refusing to participate in the "war" against the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) roster at the 2005 ECW One Night Stand . At Vengeance on June 26, Cena retained the title against Christian and Chris Jericho in a triple threat match. With Bischoff vowing to make Cena's stint on Raw difficult, he hand-picked Jericho to take Cena's championship from him. During their feud, even though Cena
2240-417: A jewelry store with his gang: girlfriend Angela, Morgan, Vescera, and Bennett. Rome is in collusion with an anonymous partner, with whom he is planning on sharing the profits from the diamonds. On the run, the gang stops at a gas station where Triton and Kate have stopped. When two policemen arrive to buy gas, Morgan shoots and kills one of the officers, causing Rome to shoot the other officer while Angela kills
2352-470: A match for the WWE Championship between Barrett and Orton. Per stipulation, if Barrett didn't win the championship, Cena would be "fired" from the WWE ; Orton defeated Barrett to retain the title, and Cena was fired ( kayfabe ). The following night on Raw , Cena gave a farewell speech before costing Barrett the WWE Championship by interfering in his rematch with Orton. A week later, Cena invaded Raw , first as
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#17327905984042464-455: A mixed tag team match which ended in a disqualification after Cena was attacked by the debuting Big E Langston . Cena defeated Ziggler on the January 7 episode of Raw , and again in a steel cage match the following week, despite interference from AJ and Langston in both matches, ending the feud. On January 27, 2013, Cena won his second Royal Rumble match, announcing that he would pursue
2576-553: A month while he was filming The Marine . After returning on November 14 at Survivor Series , Cena won the United States Championship back from Carlito on the November 18 episode of SmackDown! . He retained the title against Jesús at Armageddon on December 12 in a street fight . On January 30, 2005, Cena took part in the Royal Rumble match , making it to the final two. He and Batista went over
2688-409: A police tracking device. Angela seduces and kills a truck driver for his truck. Triton is arrested by a marine patrol officer, but steals the officer's vessel after handcuffing him. He races to the marina that is Rome's destination and jumps on Rome's truck, throwing Angela into the windshield of an oncoming bus, killing her and spilling the diamonds. Rome scrapes Triton off the truck by careening through
2800-468: A rematch, which was declined, and Stephanie McMahon decreed that Cena would not compete at WrestleMania 31 unless Rusev agreed to a rematch. On the March 9 episode of Raw , Cena attacked Rusev, refusing to release the STF submission hold, causing Lana to grant Cena the match. Cena defeated Rusev at WrestleMania on March 29 to win his fourth United States Championship, marking Rusev's first pinfall loss in
2912-416: A rivalry with Ryback, during which he suffered a legitimate achilles tendon injury. Cena retained his championship against Ryback in a Last Man Standing match at Extreme Rules on May 19; the match ended in a no contest after both men were down for a 10 count. Cena then defeated Ryback in a Three Stages of Hell match on June 16 at Payback . He defeated Mark Henry via submission on July 14 at Money in
3024-530: A spectator, but then attacked members of The Nexus, explaining he would still take down The Nexus one by one despite not being employed. On the December 13 episode of Raw , Cena was rehired by Barrett in exchange that he would face him on December 19 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in a chairs match , which Cena won. On the January 17, 2011, episode of Raw , Cena returned and faced CM Punk (who had assumed leadership of The Nexus and subsequently renamed
3136-401: A triple threat match, during which he was pinned by Orton. On April 27 at Backlash , Cena failed to regain the title in a fatal four-way elimination match , in which he was eliminated by Orton. During the match, Cena eliminated JBL, renewing their feud from 2005. Cena defeated JBL on May 18 at Judgment Day and at One Night Stand on June 1 in a First Blood match . Cena failed to regain
3248-459: A triple threat steel cage match to become WWE Champion. Cena then successfully defended the title against The Miz on May 22 at Over the Limit in an "I Quit" match, and R-Truth on June 19 at Capitol Punishment . Cena began a feud with CM Punk, who was leaving the company due to his contract expiring after Money in the Bank . Punk defeated Cena to win the WWE Championship on July 17 at Money in
3360-483: A two-time Royal Rumble winner, and a one-time Money in the Bank winner. He has headlined multiple major WWE pay-per-views, including its flagship event WrestleMania five times ( 22 , 23 , 27 , 28 and 29 ). His career has been met with mixed critical and audience reception, with praise for his character work and promotional skills but criticism for his perceived over-representation and on-screen dominance relative to other wrestlers. Cena's first starring film role
3472-405: A warehouse, then leaps out just before the truck crashes into a lake. Triton engages Rome in hand-to-hand combat and knocks him out before he leaves Rome in the burning warehouse to rescue Kate, who is drowning in the truck. A badly-burned Rome returns and tries to choke Triton with a chain, but Triton kills Rome by breaking his neck with the chain. The final scene depicts Triton and Kate kissing as
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3584-592: A weightlifting bench at the age of 12. Cena was educated at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts , before transferring to the private prep boarding school Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Massachusetts . He then attended Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts , where he was an NCAA Division III All-American center and football team captain. He graduated in 1999 with
3696-483: A winning effort against Lance Cade , Trevor Murdoch , and Sean O'Haire . Cena's call-up to the main roster meant that he was part of OVW's Class of 2002 alongside Brock Lesnar , Randy Orton , and Dave Bautista , which would eventually become known as the "OVW 4". Under his real name, Cena made his WWE television debut on the June 27 episode of SmackDown! by answering an open challenge by Kurt Angle . After declaring he possessed "ruthless aggression", he lost by
3808-485: Is a running theme in WWE booking. [Kevin] Owens is... worse off than he would have been if he had never had the second and third matches with Cena. — Pro Wrestling Dot Net analyst Will Pruett in July 2015 After Elimination Chamber, Bray Wyatt accepted Cena's challenge for a WrestleMania XXX match. Wyatt wanted to prove that Cena's heroic act was a façade characteristic of "this era of lies" and to turn Cena into
3920-591: Is an American action film starring Mike "The Miz" Mizanin reprising his role from the previous film. It was the first WWE Studios film to include a Diva in Summer Rae . The film was released direct-to-DVD and Blu-ray on April 21, 2015. The Marine 5: Battleground is an American action film starring Mike "The Miz" Mizanin reprising his role from the previous two films. It also starred Mizanin's wife Maryse Ouellet , Heath Slater , Curtis Axel , Bo Dallas and Naomi . The Marine 6: Close Quarters
4032-554: Is an American action film starring Mike "The Miz" Mizanin reprising his role from the previous three films. The sixth and final installment of the series, it also starred Shawn Michaels and Becky Lynch . The Marine The Marine 2 The Marine 3: Homefront The Marine 4: Moving Target The Marine 5: Battleground The Marine 6: Close Quarters Ratings collected from film review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes . John Cena John Felix Anthony Cena ( / ˈ s iː n ə / SEE -nə ; born April 23, 1977)
4144-523: Is an American actor and professional wrestler . As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since 2001 , but has performed part-time since 2018. A record 16-time world champion as recognized by WWE alongside Ric Flair , he is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Cena moved to California in 1998 to pursue a bodybuilding career and switched to professional wrestling in 1999, making his debut for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW). In 2001, he signed with WWE (then WWF) and
4256-418: Is kidnapped by two fugitives who believe he is a police officer looking for them. He subdues them and tracks the gang to the lodge. He kills Morgan and Bennett then drags the bodies under the lodge, where he again meets Detective Van Buren. Kate rushes out of the lodge, but Angela attacks and recaptures her. Meanwhile, Triton enters the lodge and finds himself face-to-face with Rome and his gun. Van Buren enters
4368-635: Is known for his involvement in charitable causes, most notably granting the most wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation at over 650. John Felix Anthony Cena was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts , on April 23, 1977, to Carol (née Lupien) and former Chaotic Wrestling ring announcer John Joseph Cena. His mother is of English and French-Canadian descent, while his father has Italian ancestry. He has one older brother named Dan and three younger brothers named Matt, Steve, and Sean. He
4480-405: Is pursuing the gang. Van Buren denies Triton permission to pursue the gang, but Triton heads into the swamp anyway. After an altercation between Morgan and Vescera, Rome decides to kill Vescera. Rome gets a call from his anonymous partner, and Rome tells him that he intends to cut the partner out of the deal. The gang arrives at a lodge and decide to rest there for the time being. Meanwhile, Triton
4592-571: The Attitude Adjustment . At WrestleMania on April 3, Cena and The Miz fought to a double countout , but The Rock restarted the match and performed a Rock Bottom on Cena, allowing The Miz to retain the title. The next night on Raw , Cena, in response to The Rock "screwing" him out of the title, agreed to face him in the main event of WrestleMania XXVIII , the first WrestleMania match to be set up one year in advance. At Extreme Rules on May 1, Cena defeated The Miz and John Morrison in
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4704-579: The Royal Rumble for the now unified WWE World Heavyweight Championship on January 26, where Cena lost after being distracted by The Wyatt Family . At Elimination Chamber on February 23, their interference caused Cena's elimination in the Elimination Chamber match. I know how John Cena feuds tend to work. He loses one match, then wins the next two or three. Look at Rusev and Bray Wyatt as examples. These feuds don't really help talent. They're established... as definitively below Cena. This
4816-494: The World Tag Team Championship , making Cena a double champion. At WrestleMania 23 on April 1, Cena retained the WWE Championship against Michaels. The next night on Raw , Michaels turned on Cena, costing them the tag titles in the second of two 10-team battle royals, by throwing Cena over the top rope and eliminating the team. The Hardys ( Matt and Jeff ) won the match and the titles. Cena retained
4928-435: The Bank . At SummerSlam on August 18, Cena lost the WWE Championship to Daniel Bryan, with Triple H as the special guest referee ending his reign at 133 days. The following night on Raw , Cena announced he would undergo surgery for a triceps tear and would be out for four to six months. Cena returned at Hell in a Cell on October 27, defeating Alberto Del Rio to win his third World Heavyweight Championship. He retained
5040-586: The Bank and left the company with the title. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awarded the match five stars , Cena's first and only five star match. On the July 25 episode of Raw , after Rey Mysterio won the WWE Championship in a tournament, Cena challenged and defeated Mysterio later that night to become WWE Champion for a record-breaking 11th time, only to be interrupted by Punk, who also claimed to be champion . Punk again defeated Cena at SummerSlam on August 14 in
5152-460: The December 29 episode of Raw , Rollins and Big Show held guest host Edge hostage, forcing Cena to reinstate The Authority. On the January 5 episode of Raw , The Authority added Rollins to the title match at Royal Rumble involving Cena and Lesnar. Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan were "fired" for joining Team Cena at Survivor Series. On the January 19 episode of Raw , Cena won a handicap match against Rollins, Big Show and Kane to retain his title shot at
5264-611: The Howard Stern Show; however, his promotion and rally for people to go and see this film failed. The film was released on DVD on January 30, 2007, which featured the "rated" version and the "unrated" version. The Blu-ray version was released on February 13, 2007, with a DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 track and a 1080p HD transfer. The DVD grossed $ 27.3 million in domestic video sales. The film has spawned five direct-to-video sequels : The last four sequels have starred professional wrestler Mike " The Miz " Mizanin in
5376-515: The January 1 episode of Raw , Cena was pinned by Federline with an assist from Umaga. At New Year's Revolution on January 7, 2007, Cena defeated Umaga to end his undefeated streak and retain the WWE Championship. At Royal Rumble on January 28, Cena retained the title against Umaga in a Last Man Standing match . One night after the Royal Rumble, an impromptu team of Cena and Shawn Michaels defeated Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton ) for
5488-509: The Royal Rumble and win back the jobs of Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan. At the Royal Rumble on January 25, Cena was unsuccessful in capturing the title. Cena then began feuding with United States Champion Rusev , and at Fastlane on February 22, Cena failed to win the title from Rusev after passing out from his submission, the Accolade . Rusev had hit Cena with a low blow following a distraction by his manager Lana . Cena challenged Rusev to
5600-429: The Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble on January 25, 2004, but was eliminated by Big Show . At No Way Out on February 15, Cena faced Big Show and Kurt Angle in a triple threat match for a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XX , which Cena lost by submission to Angle. At WrestleMania on March 14, Cena defeated Big Show to win the United States Championship, his first singles championship in WWE. He retained
5712-468: The UPW until March 2001. On October 10, 2000, Cena made his unofficial debut for WWE (then WWF) on a SmackDown! taping in a dark match against Mikey Henderson, which he lost while performing as The Prototype. He received another tryout at a SmackDown! taping on January 9, 2001, defeating Aaron Aguilera before wrestling again in a dark match at a SmackDown! taping on March 13. In 2001, Cena signed
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#17327905984045824-530: The United States by 20th Century Fox . The Marine 2 is a 2009 American thriller film directed by Roel Reiné , written by Christopher Borrelli and John Chapin Morgan, and produced by Michael Lake. The film stars Ted DiBiase Jr. , Temuera Morrison , Lara Cox , Robert Coleby and Michael Rooker . It is the sequel to The Marine , starring John Cena . This was Ted DiBiase's film debut. The film
5936-546: The WWE Champion at a time and place of the owner's choosing". Two quick spears allowed Edge to pin Cena and win the championship. Cena won the title back on January 29 at Royal Rumble . After that, Cena began feuding with Triple H . The crowd, which had mostly cheered Cena over the previous few months, started booing him again and cheering the villain Triple H. Cena beat Triple H at WrestleMania 22 on April 2 to retain
6048-449: The WWE Championship against Michaels, Orton, and Edge in a fatal four-way match on April 29 at Backlash . The Great Khali then declared his intentions to challenge for Cena's championship, attacking and "laying out" all three of the top contenders before assaulting Cena and stealing the title belt. On May 20 at Judgment Day , Cena became the first person to defeat Khali by submission and then by pinfall on June 3 at One Night Stand in
6160-426: The WWE Championship at SummerSlam on August 23, where Orton used underhanded tactics to retain. At Breaking Point on September 13, Cena defeated Orton in an "I Quit" match to win his fourth WWE Championship. He lost the title back to Orton in a Hell in a Cell match on October 4 at Hell in a Cell , but regained it at Bragging Rights on October 25 in a sixty-minute Anything Goes Iron Man match . Cena retained
6272-578: The WWE Championship at WrestleMania 29 . Cena, along with Ryback and Sheamus, began feuding with The Shield, culminating in a six-man tag team match on February 17 at Elimination Chamber , which The Shield won. On the February 25 episode of Raw , Cena defeated CM Punk to reaffirm his status as the #1 contender for the Rock's WWE Championship. At WrestleMania on April 7, Cena defeated Rock in their rematch to win his eleventh WWE Championship. Cena then began
6384-476: The WWE Championship from Triple H on June 29 at Night of Champions . JBL defeated Cena in a New York City Parking Lot Brawl at The Great American Bash on July 20 to end their feud. On the August 4 episode of Raw , Cena won his second World Tag Team Championship with Batista, defeating Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase but failed to retain the championship the following week against the former champions. At SummerSlam on August 17, Batista defeated Cena. Cena
6496-488: The WWE Championship, his first world championship . Now with a spinner WWE Championship belt, JBL took the original title belt and claimed he was still the WWE Champion, until Cena defeated him in an "I Quit" match at Judgment Day on May 22 to retain the title. Cena was drafted to the Raw brand on the June 6 episode of Raw , becoming the first wrestler selected in the annual draft lottery . Cena immediately entered into
6608-589: The WWE Tag Team Championship on October 24 at Bragging Rights . Later that night, he was forced to help Barrett defeat Orton in a WWE Championship match, giving Barrett the disqualification win, but not the title. The following night on Raw , Cena and Otunga lost the titles to fellow Nexus members Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel , when Barrett ordered Otunga to lie down and lose the titles. At Survivor Series on November 21, Cena officiated
6720-597: The WWE World Heavyweight Championship, which Cena won. On the October 27 episode of Raw , Cena rejected The Authority's offer to join forces, resulting in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination tag match between Team Cena and Team Authority at Survivor Series . His team consisted of Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan and Ryback. At Survivor Series on November 23, Big Show turned on Cena, causing his elimination, but Ziggler eventually won
6832-411: The WWE and for Lesnar to become its "new face". At Extreme Rules on April 29, Cena defeated Lesnar in an Extreme Rules match . He lost to Laurinaitis at Over the Limit on May 20 after interference from Big Show, but at No Way Out on June 17, Laurinaitis was fired after Cena defeated Big Show in a steel cage match with both their jobs on the line. The following night on Raw SuperShow , Laurinatis
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#17327905984046944-471: The WWF, where he wrestled against the likes of Shelton Benjamin and Tommy Dreamer . After his main roster call-up in June 2002, he continued to appear on OVW programming until September 25, when he lost to Kenny Brolin in a Loser Leaves OVW match . He would later appear in a one-off appearance for the developmental farm in November under the ring name Mr. P in a six-man tag team match , where he teamed with Hall of Famer Big Boss Man and Charlie Haas in
7056-411: The actual match at SummerSlam, retained the championship. A rematch took place at Unforgiven on September 16, which Orton won by disqualification after Cena ignored the referee's instructions and continued to beat on him in the corner. During a match with Mr. Kennedy on the October 1 episode of Raw , Cena suffered a legitimate torn pectoral muscle while executing a hip toss . Though finishing
7168-466: The extremists and rescues the hostages. The next morning, his colonel informs Triton that he is being honorably discharged for disobeying direct orders. Now retired, Triton finds it hard to settle back into normal life. He is fired from his job as a security guard for using excessive force on an employee's ex-boyfriend and his bodyguards. Triton's wife Kate decides the two need a vacation to help Triton adjust to his new life. Meanwhile, criminal Rome robs
7280-550: The fans started chanting "You still suck". Cena lost the WWE Championship to Van Dam after interference from Edge. On the July 3 episode of Raw , Edge won the championship from Van Dam in a triple threat match that also involved Cena, re-igniting their feud. After Edge went about retaining the title by dubious means—getting himself disqualified (for which championships do not change hands)—and using brass knuckles on August 20 at SummerSlam he introduced his own version of Cena's "custom" title belt, this one with his logo placed on
7392-488: The film grossed $ 18.8 million domestically. The film received mostly negative reviews, holding a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 46 reviews (with an average rating of 4 out of 10), with the site's general consensus stating "Overblown in every possible way, The Marine is either so bad it's good or just really, really bad." Eric the Actor was a fan of the film and wanted to promote the film due his fondness for Cena on
7504-409: The first person to cash in a Money in the Bank contract and not win a title. Cena's feud with Punk continued into SummerSlam on August 19, where Punk retained the title against Cena and Big Show in a triple threat match, and at Night of Champions on September 16, where they fought to a draw. After being sidelined with a legitimate arm injury, Cena returned at Survivor Series on November 18, but
7616-419: The first round. The next week on SmackDown! , Cena turned on and attacked Kidman, blaming him for their loss and turning heel for the first and only time in his WWE career. On the October 17 episode of SmackDown! , Cena defeated Kidman, but lost in a rematch the next week. At Rebellion on October 26, Cena and Dawn Marie lost to Kidman and Torrie Wilson in a mixed tag team match . Shortly after, on
7728-435: The following weeks, until Cena defeated The Miz at The Bash on June 28. At Night of Champions on July 26, Cena challenged for the WWE Championship in a triple threat match against Triple H and defending champion Randy Orton (a rematch from WrestleMania XXIV ), but was pinned by Orton after interference from Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. The next night on Raw , Cena won a beat the clock challenge to earn another shot at
7840-619: The following year at Ultimate Pro Wrestling 's (UPW) Ultimate University, operated by Rick Bassman . He started wrestling in local flea markets, and once he was placed into an in-ring role, Cena began using a semi- robotic character known as The Prototype . Some of this period of his career was documented in the Discovery Channel program Inside Pro Wrestling School . He held the UPW Heavyweight Championship for 27 days in April 2000, and wrestled for
7952-436: The gas station attendant. When Triton reacts to Kate being kidnapped , Bennett knocks him out. Triton regains consciousness and gives chase in the policemen's car. The chase leads to a lake, where Triton falls out of the patrol car and into the lake, seemingly to his death. Rome and his gang walk through a swamp to avoid the police. Kate tries to escape several times. Triton emerges from the lake to find Detective Van Buren, who
8064-576: The main event; the match ended when Cena attempted the People's Elbow on The Rock, and he countered with a Rock Bottom for the pinfall. The following night on Raw SuperShow , Cena accepted his loss and invited The Rock to the ring so that he could congratulate him. However, his call was answered instead by the returning Brock Lesnar, who attacked Cena with an F-5 . This led to Cena feuding with Raw and SmackDown General Manager John Laurinaitis , who revealed that he signed Lesnar to bring "legitimacy" to
8176-482: The main roster. Cena issued an open challenge each week on the program with his United States Championship on the line, successfully defending the title against the likes of Dean Ambrose, Stardust, Bad News Barrett, Kane, Sami Zayn , Neville , Zack Ryder and Cesaro . Cena retained his title against Rusev in a Russian Chain match on April 26 at Extreme Rules and an "I Quit" match on May 17 at Payback , ending their feud. The following night on Raw , Cena
8288-441: The match and taking part in the scripted attack by Orton after the match, surgery the following day found that his pectoralis major muscle was torn completely from the bone. At the time, it was estimated this would require six months to a year of rehabilitation. As a result, Cena was stripped of the title by Mr. McMahon on the next night's episode of ECW , ending the longest WWE Championship reign in over 19 years. Cena's surgery
8400-420: The match for Team Cena with the interfering Sting 's help. Per the match stipulation, The Authority were stripped from power and only Cena could bring them back. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 14, Cena defeated Rollins in a tables match to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship #1 contender status. It was then announced that Cena would face Lesnar for the title at the Royal Rumble . On
8512-461: The match. Cena won the titular match at Elimination Chamber on February 20 to face The Miz at WrestleMania XXVII for the WWE Championship. On the February 21 episode of Raw , Cena replied in rap form to comments made by The Rock the previous week, as he returned as the announced guest host of WrestleMania. That night, Cena was placed into a WWE Tag Team Championship match, teaming with The Miz to defeat Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater to become
8624-416: The new WWE Tag Team Champions. However, their rematch clause was immediately invoked, and Gabriel and Slater won the titles back after The Miz attacked Cena, making their reign the shortest in the title's history. After weeks of insults, Cena and The Rock finally met on the March 28 episode of Raw , where, after a verbal confrontation, and a brief attack by The Miz and Alex Riley , Cena attacked The Rock with
8736-454: The police arrive. The Marine was originally written with Al Pacino in mind for the part of criminal Rome, with Stone Cold Steve Austin as hero Triton. After Austin and WWE parted ways in 2004, Randy Orton was set to be the main character. Orton turned down the role because of his bad conduct discharge from the Marines in the late 1990s, and was replaced by John Cena. Pacino turned down
8848-466: The returning Daniel Bryan , a former member of The Nexus, who replaced Khali. Cena faced Barrett at Hell in a Cell on October 3 with the stipulations that if he were to lose, he would join The Nexus, and if he were to win, The Nexus would disband. After Barrett defeated Cena, he reluctantly joined The Nexus. Cena and fellow Nexus member David Otunga defeated Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre to win
8960-419: The role of Jake Carter. The Marine (film series) The Marine is a series of action films produced by WWE Studios starring various WWE wrestlers in the lead roles. The Marine is a 2006 American action film directed by John Bonito. The film stars John Cena , Robert Patrick and Kelly Carlson . It was produced by the films division of WWE , called WWE Studios , and distributed in
9072-501: The role of Rome due to the low salary offered. After Pacino turned it down, Ray Liotta was considered for the role of Rome, but Robert Patrick got the part instead. Principal photography for the film was actually shot and completed in 2004. In order to cover for John Cena 's absence from WWE events, a storyline was written after Carlito beat Cena for the WWE United States Championship , saying that he
9184-457: The room but points his gun at Triton, revealing himself to be the anonymous partner. Rome opens fire on Triton, who uses Van Buren as a human shield, killing him. Rome makes his escape and joins up with Angela and Kate before firing at a gasoline tank and blowing up the lodge. Triton makes a narrow escape, having been blown into the swamp. Rome escapes in Van Buren's car, but abandons it due to
9296-408: The spinner title belt on the next night's Raw . On the heels of his feud with Edge, Cena was placed in an inter-brand angle to determine the "Champion of Champions"—or which was the most dominant champion in WWE's three brands. Cena, World Heavyweight Champion King Booker, and ECW World Champion Big Show were booked in a triple threat match at Cyber Sunday , with the viewers voting on which of
9408-658: The spinner. Cena eventually regained the championship in a match and an arena of Edge's choice: a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match on September 17 at Unforgiven at the Air Canada Centre in Edge's hometown of Toronto , Ontario, Canada, after performing the FU on Edge through two tables off a ladder; the match had a stipulation that had Cena lost, he would have joined the SmackDown! brand. Cena returned with his version of
9520-409: The stable as The New Nexus) in a match which ended in a no contest after Cena was attacked by the debuting Mason Ryan , who later joined The New Nexus. Cena competed in the Royal Rumble match on January 30, which saw Cena eliminate most of the members of The New Nexus, ending his feud with the stable . He made it to the final five before being eliminated by WWE Champion The Miz, who was not part of
9632-577: The three championships would be placed on the line. At the same time, Cena was involved in a storyline with non-wrestler Kevin Federline , who appeared on Raw with Johnny Nitro and Melina . After getting into a worked physical altercation with Federline on Raw , Federline appeared on November 5 at Cyber Sunday to hit Cena with the World Heavyweight Championship during the match, helping King Booker retain his title. On
9744-431: The title against Damien Sandow on the October 28 episode of Raw , and Alberto Del Rio in a rematch on November 24 at Survivor Series . Cena next challenged then- WWE Champion Randy Orton to unify their respective championships, with The Authority agreeing and arranging for a Tables, Ladders and Chairs title unification match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 15, which Cena lost. A rematch occurred at
9856-402: The title against Rene Dupree on May 16 at Judgment Day , and in a fatal four-way match involving Dupree, Rob Van Dam and Booker T at The Great American Bash on June 27, until he was stripped of the title on the July 8 episode of SmackDown! by Kurt Angle (the SmackDown! General Manager) after accidentally attacking him in his wheelchair. Cena won the title back by defeating Booker T in
9968-426: The title against Jericho at Armageddon on December 14. After defeating JBL at the Royal Rumble on January 25, 2009, Cena lost the championship at No Way Out on February 15 to Edge, who attacked Kofi Kingston and took his place in the Elimination Chamber match. Cena won his rematch for the title at WrestleMania 25 on April 5 in a triple threat match involving Big Show. He lost the championship back to Edge in
10080-433: The title against Sheamus on the December 28 episode of Raw , where he won by disqualification, but did not win the championship. At Royal Rumble on January 31, 2010, Cena competed in the titular match, making it to the final two where he was eliminated by the returning Edge. Cena regained the title at Elimination Chamber on February 21 in the eponymous match, but his reign was cut short after Mr. McMahon made him defend
10192-488: The title against both Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match at Survivor Series on November 22 but lost it to Sheamus on December 13 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in a tables match . The next night on Raw , Cena competed in a tournament to crown the 2009 Superstar of the Year , defeating CM Punk in the first round and Orton in the finals later that night to win the honor. He would get his rematch for
10304-402: The title from Lesnar. On May 18 at Judgment Day , Cena and The F.B.I. ( Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli ) defeated Benoit, Rhyno and Spanky . At Vengeance on July 27, Cena lost to The Undertaker. After losing to Kurt Angle at No Mercy on October 19, Cena became a fan-favorite when he joined Angle as a member of his team on November 16 at Survivor Series . Cena participated in
10416-422: The title immediately against Batista, who emerged victorious. Cena defeated Batista at WrestleMania XXVI on March 28 for the title, and successfully defended it in a rematch at Extreme Rules on April 25 in a Last Man Standing match. Cena defeated Batista for a third time in an "I Quit" match at Over the Limit on May 23, ending their feud. On the June 7 episode of Raw , during a match against CM Punk, Cena
10528-471: The title. The negative reaction towards him intensified when he faced Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand on June 11 which took place in front of a boisterous crowd of mostly original ECW fans at the Hammerstein Ballroom . Cena was met with raucous jeering and chants of "Fuck you, Cena", "You can't wrestle", and "Same old shit". When he began performing different moves as the match progressed,
10640-459: The title. On the July 27 episode of Raw , The Authority forced Cena to defend the title against Rollins, which he did successfully despite suffering a legitimate broken nose during the match. Cena then faced Rollins in a "Winner Takes All" match at SummerSlam on August 23, for both the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and the United States Championship, which Cena lost after guest host Jon Stewart , appearing to side with Cena, attacked him with
10752-516: The top rope at the same time, at first ending the match but the match was restarted and won by Batista. At No Way Out on February 20, Cena defeated Kurt Angle to earn a spot in the SmackDown! brand's WrestleMania 21 main event match , beginning a feud with then WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) and his Cabinet in the process. In the early stages of the feud, Cena lost the United States Championship to Cabinet member Orlando Jordan . At WrestleMania 21 on April 3, Cena defeated JBL to win
10864-465: The traditional WrestleMania XXIV title shot, last eliminating Triple H. Instead of waiting until WrestleMania, the shot was cashed in against WWE Champion Randy Orton at No Way Out on February 17, winning by disqualification, therefore not being awarded the title. The following night on Raw , Cena was placed back into WrestleMania's WWE Championship match on March 30, defeating Orton in a non-title match with Triple H as special guest referee, making it
10976-594: The vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Money in the Bank on June 29, where he won his 15th world championship. He retained the title at Battleground on July 20 in a fatal four-way match against Roman Reigns , Randy Orton and Kane. At SummerSlam on August 17, Cena lost the championship to Brock Lesnar in a squash match , during which Lesnar hit Cena with sixteen suplexes and two F-5s , ending his reign at 49 days. Cena invoked his title rematch clause against Lesnar for Night of Champions on September 21, nearly winning before Seth Rollins attacked him to cause
11088-413: Was assigned to its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he won the OVW Heavyweight Championship and OVW Southern Tag Team Championship . After moving up to WWE's main roster on SmackDown in 2002, he became a breakout success after adopting the character of a villainous trash-talking rapper. After winning his first WWE Championship in 2005, he underwent a face turn into
11200-542: Was attacked by all eight former contestants of the first season of NXT , with Wade Barrett as their leader. This group later referred to itself as The Nexus . The stable's interferences made him lose the WWE Championship at Fatal 4-Way on June 20 to Sheamus and a steel cage match against Sheamus on July 18 at Money in the Bank . In response to The Nexus, Cena formed an alliance with Edge, Chris Jericho, John Morrison, R-Truth , The Great Khali and Bret Hart , defeating The Nexus at SummerSlam on August 15 with help from
11312-653: Was attacked by then- NXT Champion Kevin Owens , setting up a Champion vs. Champion match at Elimination Chamber on May 31, which Owens won. Cena defeated Owens in a rematch at Money in the Bank on June 14. On July 4 at The Beast in the East , Cena and Dolph Ziggler defeated Kane and King Barrett. After defeating Owens again at Battleground on July 19 to retain the United States Championship and end their feud, Cena resumed his feud with then WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, with Rollins refusing Cena's challenges for
11424-464: Was filmed in Calgary , Alberta , Canada. Cena was approached by Vince McMahon to do the movie which he accepted for outside fame. On making the movie he said "I enjoyed the business plan, I didn't enjoy the experience". In its first weekend, the film made approximately $ 7.1 million at the United States box office. In its first weekend, it placed #6 domestically. After a total of ten weeks in theaters,
11536-553: Was given one final opportunity to challenge Cena. However that night Cena defeated Laurinaitis and David Otunga in a handicap match to end his feud with Laurinaitis. Cena won the WWE Championship Money in the Bank ladder match on July 15 at Money in the Bank , earning a contract for a shot at the WWE Championship anytime within a year. On July 23, on Raw 1000 , Cena cashed in his contract on CM Punk, and won by disqualification after Big Show interfered, becoming
11648-635: Was in The Marine (2006) and he subsequently gained praise for his performances in Trainwreck (2015), Ferdinand (2017), Blockers (2018), and Bumblebee (2018). He starred as Jakob Toretto in F9 (2021) and Fast X (2023) and portrayed Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad (2021) and the eponymous television series (2022–present). He released his only studio album, You Can't See Me , in 2005. Outside of his work in entertainment, he
11760-557: Was named one of four contenders for CM Punk 's World Heavyweight Championship in the Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven on September 7, but was replaced by Rey Mysterio after suffering a herniated disc in his neck in his SummerSlam match, which required surgery. Cena underwent successful surgery to repair the injury. Cena made his in-ring return at Survivor Series on November 23, defeating Chris Jericho for his first World Heavyweight Championship. He retained
11872-492: Was performed by orthopedic surgeon James Andrews at St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham , Alabama. Two weeks later in a video update on WWE.com, Dr. Andrews and Cena's physical trainer both said that he was several weeks ahead of where he was expected to be in his rehabilitation at that time. On January 27, 2008, at Royal Rumble , Cena made a surprise return as the final participant of the eponymous match, winning it and
11984-438: Was pinned by Punk in a triple threat match also involving Ryback . Cena then feuded with Dolph Ziggler over an alleged relationship with AJ Lee and at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 16, he lost to Ziggler in a ladder match for Ziggler's World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank contract, after AJ turned on Cena. The following night on Raw , Cena teamed with Vickie Guerrero to face Ziggler and AJ in
12096-418: Was portrayed as the "face" (hero) and Jericho as the "heel" (villain), a vocal section of the live crowds, nonetheless, were cheering Jericho and booing Cena during their matches, most notably on August 21 at SummerSlam , when Cena defeated Jericho to retain the title. Crowds booed Cena again during his next feud with Kurt Angle, who took over as Bischoff's hand-picked #1 contender after Cena defeated Jericho in
12208-427: Was raised Roman Catholic . His maternal grandfather was baseball player Tony Lupien , while his maternal great-grandfather was businessman Ulysses J. Lupien . He is also a cousin of computer scientist Natalie Enright Jerger . A childhood fan of wrestling, he would create championship belts out of cardboard for himself and his brothers. He was teased and beaten up while in school, prompting him to ask his parents for
12320-479: Was rechristened to B-2 (also written B² and pronounced "B-Squared"). Buchanan was replaced with Red Dogg until he was sent to the Raw brand in February. Cena then sought the WWE Championship , held by Brock Lesnar . He entered a number one contender's tournament for the title, gaining upset wins over Eddie Guerrero , The Undertaker and Chris Benoit . At Backlash on April 27, Cena failed to win
12432-559: Was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on December 29, 2009. The film was inspired by the Dos Palmas kidnappings . The Marine 3: Homefront is a 2013 American action film starring Mike "The Miz" Mizanin and directed by Scott Wiper . The film was released on direct-to-DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on March 5, 2013. It is a stand-alone sequel to The Marine starring John Cena and The Marine 2 , starring Ted DiBiase, Jr. The Marine 4: Moving Target
12544-461: Was stabbed by Carlito's bodyguard Jesús and was taking time off to recover. Filming was done at Movie World Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia . The Marine Base was filmed at Bond University . The part in which skyscrapers are shown is the downtown area of Brisbane , Australia. Other footage was shot in bush land surrounding Brisbane. The opening segment of the downtown scenes
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