John Cena Net worth 2016

John Cena has Won the WWE Championship a record 15 times.

John Cena’s legacy speaks for itself. The man is a 15-time World Champion, 5-time United States Champion, 2-time Royal Rumble winner and has won Money in the Bank once too. The ‘Marky Mark’ of pro wrestling has basically done it all when it comes to wrestling. What gets more overshadowed by his in-ring accolades, is that he is a record-setting Make A Wish granter. Like him or not, Cena has represented the franchise for over a decade. Given the moniker of “The Face that Runs the Place”, Cena has left his mark in the industry and has built a legacy for himself. Hence, John Cena’s net worth will be a mind-boggling figure! 

According to Forbes 2016, John Cena is earning $3,500,020 per year and a winning bonus of $1,166,673. Also, add to that his royalty checks from merchandise and related appearances, and John Cena is a rich man. He has a market value of $17,500,100.

Hailing from West Newbury, Massachusetts, Cena was drawn to bodybuilding in his early years, and subsequently wrestling. It wasn’t a rosy path for John as he had to start from the very bottom. He had wrestled numerous dark matches before he got is debut against Kurt Angle in an episode of SmackDown on June 27, 2002, where he came out uttering the most famous catchphrase that defined his early career, ‘’Ruthless Aggression’’.

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Armed with this ruthless attitude and hunger to succeed, Cena may have lost the match, but he surely made an instant impact. He then garnered a personality of a rapper raining a flurry of insults on anyone that dared to step into the ring with him. 

He upstaged JBL at WrestleMania 21 to win his first WWE Championship, and there has been no looking back since. Fast forward a few years and Cena was the face of the company spearheading its public campaigns such as Be A Star, Tribute to the Troops, Make A Wish and Susan G. Komen.

Apart from this he has been in the main event of numerous pay per views and headlined WrestleMania two times with the Rock. He also won the Royal Rumble matches in 2008 and 2013.

Cena’s net worth is currently pegged at a whopping $35,000,000. Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Cena is earning almost $10 million per year from WWE alone. This number appears to be reliable as other superstars such as Randy Orton and Brock Lesnar are said to be minting cash at figures that are only slightly shy of Cena’s alleged annual salary.

John Cena net worth – $35 million

Cena has ruled the market too with off the charts merchandise sales for the better part of a decade. As recently as November 2015, Cena was reported to be at the top of the merchandise charts with Roman Reigns following at second.

Cena has ruled the charts when it comes to merchandise sales

Cena has also ventured into Hollywood. He has dipped his feet in a number of Hollywood action flicks such as The Marine and 12 Rounds. He also showcased his brilliant comic timing besides Amy Schumer in Trainwreck. 

John Cena has also ventured into the music world and is a rapper and a hip hop musician. He created his WWE theme song, "Basic Thuganomics," and it was featured on the WWE soundtrack album WWE Originals.He has also recorded songs such as "Untouchables and a remix for "H-U-S-T-L-E", in which he collaborated with Murs, E-40 and Chingo Bling.

In 2014. Cena was featured in two songs along with the rapper Wiz Khalifa, for his two singles "All Day" and "Breaks."

He is also the front runner for bagging the lead role in Mark Millar’s critically acclaimed comic book movie Superior. Cena was handpicked by Fox to host and executive produce the first season of American Grit. He will soon be out of the WWE for some time again, later this year, to start shooting for the second season of the reality show.

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John Cena’s Cars

John Cena showing off his 1970 Plymouth Superbird

Apart from his love for Wrestling, John Cena holds a special spot in his heart for his cars. As an automobile enthusiast, Cena has a love for a particular type of cars. He loves American Muscle Cars and has a humungous collection of these kinds of vehicles which spans to different eras ad styles.  He uses 1971 AMC Hornet SC/360 as his go-to vehicle as it is more practical to drive it around daily, than some of his other cars.

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His fetish for cars has seen him accumulate 20 of these vintage babies; Here is a list of his cars ( Courtesy: carbuzz.com)

966 Dodge Hemi Charger, 1969 AMC AMX, 1969 COPO Chevrolet Camaro, 1969 Dodge Daytona, 1970 AMC Rebel Machine, 1970 Buick GSX, 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator, 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Rallye 350, 1970 Plymouth Superbird, 1970 Pontiac GT Judge, 1971 Plymouth Road Runner, 2006 Dodge Viper, 2006 Ford GT, 2007 Dodge Charger SRT-8, 2007 Ford Mustang Saleen Parnelli Jones Limited Edition, 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and InCENArator.

That my friend is a true testament to his riches!

John Cena’s House

John Cena’s adobe

John Cena is known to enjoy finer things in life and looking at his house one can say no different. Cena currently has a privately owned land in the community of Nature’s Reserve in Land O’ Lakes, Florida, where he lives with his current girlfriend and fellow WWE Superstar, Nikki Bella. His waterfront home is valued at roughly $750,000 when he bought it and includes numerous luxuries such as a boat dock and swimming pool. The grand entry of his house has also been used as a promotional poster for the show Total Bellas.

Apart from that, John Cena’s house has a cigar room which is exclusive to men and also consists of Nikki’s gigantic closet. He also has a huge guest house in his mansion. So that's what 35 million USD gets you. eh?

Here is how John Cena’s net worth compares to some of his peers: 

Triple H net worth	$25 million
The Rock net worth	$185 million
Nikki Bella net worth	$4 million
Daniel Bryan net worth	$2 million
Undertaker net worth	$16 million
Randy Orton net worth	$15.5 million

 

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