10 WWE Superfans That Actually Made It

5. John Cena

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It's one thing to become the top star in the top wrestling promotion in the world, it's another become one of the biggest in the history of the industry, and it's all the more incredible when it's all you ever wanted to do.

As a rapping, wrestling and bodybuilding enthusiast in his younger days, it'd be safe to say John Cena found his ideal lifestyle as hip hop-themed professional wrestler in the early 2000s, and highlighted just why he accepted nothing less than ultimate success as he navigated his way to wrestling immortality.

Cena has made no secret of his lifelong love for WWE, discussing how his father would take him and his four brothers to every wrestling show at the fabled Boston Gardens, also revealing video footage of family fights for a home-made WWE Title that presumably resonated with thousands of fans the world over.

Even up to present day, WWE have cannily understood Cena's ability to impact younger fans in the same way the product hooked him, and have styled him to be emulated through his rotation of colourful merchandise and jean shorts.

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