25 Things You Didn't Know About John Cena

11. “As I Was Puking, I Crapped My Pants”

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That 'Mania XXVIII experience wasn't, however, the most stress inducing poo that John Cena had ever done. Yes, yes that is a sentence yours truly hopes he never has to punch out again. Speaking of which, poor WWE staff who had to clean up John's mess years ago probably wanted to spark him out for what happened during a Canadian house show when he was wrestling Scott Steiner.

Or, at least, that's where Cena said it happened. The only record of him working Steiner was on the 14 December 2002 live event in Jacksonville, Florida. It's possible that John's memory is skewed. Either that or Cagematch just doesn't include details from the show he's talking about. That's possible too.

Regardless, John told WWE Magazine in 2008 that he wrestled Steiner whilst suffering from food poisoning. He figured things could get messy going in, but there was nowhere to hide. At one point during the bout, Cena took a DDT and rolled out of the ring. Immediately, he asked the timekeeper where the best place to puke was, and was told to go under the ring (which staffers wouldn't appreciate later on!).

So, he did, but the fledgling star also crapped his pants when he vomited. There you have it, people. It turns out that ‘Cena Is Poopy’, not JBL. The pic attached above isn't from that match. It's from one of John's bouts opposite Kurt Angle. However, he was almost definitely pulling a similar facial expression as he simultaneously puked and sharted under the ring.

Worst dirty finish in history, to be honest.

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