John Cena
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50 free John Cena trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
John Cena spent more than two decades as the face of WWE, then became a film and television star whose fame reaches people who have never watched a wrestling match. Few performers have been cheered and booed so loudly on the same night, and fewer still have turned an internet joke about being invisible into part of their legend. This quiz follows the whole story. It starts with his childhood and college years, moves through his early ring characters and the championship wins that made his name, and spends plenty of time on the opponents who defined his career, from his first televised match to his last. It also covers the signature moves, the custom title belt, the films and voice roles, the hosting jobs, the music and the record-setting charity work. The questions suit casual fans who know him from the movies as well as viewers who never missed a Monday night. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you will learn something even when you guess.
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Q 01At the 2024 Oscars, John Cena walked on stage nearly naked to present the award in which category?
Best Costume Design
Best Costume Design was the punchline: the bit recalled the streaker who interrupted the 1974 ceremony.
Q 02Which carmaker sued John Cena in 2017 for quickly reselling a supercar he had agreed to keep for two years?
Ford
Ford said Cena sold his 2017 GT for a profit soon after delivery. They settled in 2018, with Cena apologizing and the payout going to charity.
Q 03Which charity has seen John Cena grant a record 650-plus requests from seriously ill children since 2002?
Make-A-Wish
Make-A-Wish has no bigger granter: Guinness World Records confirmed in 2022 that the runner-up had fulfilled fewer than 200.
Q 04Whom did John Cena face in back-to-back WrestleMania main events in 2012 and 2013?
The Rock
The Rock won the first bout, a match announced a full year ahead, then lost the rematch and the WWE Championship to Cena.
Q 05Which DC vigilante has John Cena played since The Suicide Squad, later headlining an HBO Max series?
Peacemaker
Peacemaker was originally meant to die in the film, until director James Gunn wrote a spin-off series around Cena's performance.
Q 06Whose mark of 16 recognized world title reigns did John Cena tie in 2017 and finally pass at WrestleMania 41?
Ric Flair
Ric Flair's 16 was the number to beat; Cena matched it in January 2017, then waited more than eight years to claim his seventeenth.
Q 07Which language did John Cena begin learning in 2016 to help WWE expand, later using it at a press conference?
Mandarin
Mandarin became more than a publicity tool: Cena spent months of 2018 living in the Chinese city of Yinchuan while shooting a film there.
Q 08Which cereal put John Cena on its box in 2013 after a rival mocked his colorful gear by calling him its name?
Fruity Pebbles
Fruity Pebbles turned an insult into a sponsorship: the jab was aimed at Cena's brightly colored merchandise.
Q 09To which fellow wrestler did John Cena propose in the ring at WrestleMania 33 after their mixed tag win?
Nikki Bella
Nikki Bella said yes in front of the crowd, but the couple called off the engagement in April 2018, weeks before their planned wedding.
Q 10John Cena's finishing slam took which name in 2008, when WWE's move to PG programming retired its ruder original?
Attitude Adjustment
Attitude Adjustment replaced a ruder two-letter name to fit WWE's new PG policies, and his submission hold was retitled at the same time.
Q 11Whose open challenge did John Cena answer in his WWE television debut on SmackDown in June 2002?
Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle won, but the rookie was praised for his effort, and Angle later called Cena the greatest professional wrestler of all time.
Q 12Which champion did John Cena beat for his first WWE Championship at WrestleMania 21, then again in an I Quit match?
JBL
JBL gave up in the Judgment Day rematch, by which time Cena had swapped the title belt for his own customized version.
Q 13Who cashed in Money in the Bank on John Cena moments after an Elimination Chamber match in January 2006?
Edge
Edge held the title for only three weeks before Cena won it back, and The Baltimore Sun later named their rivalry its feud of the decade.
Q 21In which state was John Cena born, later captaining a college team in the city of Springfield?
Massachusetts
Massachusetts shaped his loyalties: born in West Newbury, Cena supports the Boston Celtics and the New England Patriots.
Q 22John Cena was a Division III All-American center and team captain at Springfield College in which sport?
Football
Football was his game at college: after graduating in 1999, Cena pursued a bodybuilding career before wrestling took over.
Q 23Which job did John Cena hold after college while he pursued a bodybuilding career, before turning to wrestling?
Limousine driver
Limousine driver was the day job; Cena also worked at a Gold's Gym and appeared in one of the chain's advertisements.
Q 14Which wrestler won a 16-man tournament to face John Cena in his final match, then beat him by submission?
Gunther
Gunther made Cena give up in December 2025, his first submission loss since 2004, closing a career of 26 years.
Q 15Which champion did John Cena beat in the main event of WrestleMania 41 to win a record seventeenth world title?
Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes fell after outside interference, then took the title back at SummerSlam 105 days later in a match rated five stars.
Q 16Who took the WWE World Heavyweight title from John Cena at SummerSlam 2014 after sixteen suplexes?
Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar added two F-5 slams to end the reign at 49 days, and in 2025 he also won the last match the two ever had.
Q 17Whose WWE contract was expiring on the night he beat John Cena for the title at Money in the Bank 2011?
CM Punk
CM Punk left the company with the title that night, in a match that became Cena's first to earn five stars from the Wrestling Observer.
Q 18Which rival traded the WWE Championship with John Cena in 2009 via an I Quit match and an iron man match?
Randy Orton
Randy Orton lost, regained and lost the title again inside six weeks that autumn, and was still challenging Cena for a championship in 2025.
Q 19Which veteran quickly beat John Cena at WrestleMania 34, fifteen years after their first feud on SmackDown?
The Undertaker
Only The Undertaker had more wins at WWE pay-per-view events when Cena reached his hundredth in 2025.
Q 20Which rival, whose four Elimination Chamber wins he later tied, lost John Cena's first WrestleMania main event?
Triple H
Triple H was back in a Cena title match in 2013, this time as the guest referee when Cena lost to Daniel Bryan at SummerSlam.
Q 24John Cena graduated from Springfield College in 1999 with a degree in which field, alongside kinesiology?
Exercise physiology
Exercise physiology fit his next moves: Cena began bodybuilding and professional wrestling the same year he graduated.
Q 25Under which ring name did John Cena wrestle in California from 1999, playing a semi-robotic character?
The Prototype
The Prototype held the Ultimate Pro Wrestling heavyweight title in 2000, and Cena kept the name for his first unofficial WWE match that October.
Q 26In which WWE developmental territory did John Cena hold the heavyweight title before his 2002 call-up?
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling also made him a tag team champion alongside Rico Constantino before SmackDown came calling in June 2002.
Q 27Which item did John Cena's Doctor of Thuganomics character wear on a neck chain and sometimes use as a weapon?
A padlock
A padlock hung from the chain until WrestleMania 21, when a diamond-studded medallion took its place.
Q 28Which feature of the custom WWE Championship belt John Cena introduced in 2005 reflected his hip hop character?
A spinning logo
A spinning logo, turning like a wheel rim or a turntable, defined a belt that stayed WWE's standard until 2013, though the logo was later fixed in place.
Q 29Which submission hold did John Cena add to his arsenal in 2005 ahead of a three-way submission match on Raw?
STF
The STF bookended his career: Cena added it in November 2005 and was still applying it in his final match twenty years later.
Q 30John Cena's face-waving hand taunt began in 2003 as a dare from which family member?
His brother
His brother dared him to do a dance move on television, and Cena reversed it into a hand wave so that his sibling would spot it.