John Cena during a recent interview with the US Weekly opened up about his private life, giving his fans a glimpse into his relationship with fellow wrestler Nikki Bella. The 39-year-old WWE star admitted to not being "perfect" as he went on to reveal how he and his 32-year-old girlfriend make their relationship work.
Gushing about his romance, the professional wrestler told the magazine that he has something "extremely special" with Bella.
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"She"s truly the love of my life, and she deserves to be treated as such," the Legendary actor said during the interview.
"Because we"re in the same industry, she truly understands that there will be fans that are looking for a different sort of admiration, but it takes two to be disrespectful, and I would like to think that in most every encounter, I try to treat her with as much respect as I can," he added speaking about how his Total Divas partner handles the female attention that Cena receives.
Cena has donned different caps in his professional life as an actor, wrestler, rapper, and even reality television show host with finesse, however, he admits to not being perfect in his personal life all the time.
"And I"m not perfect," he said adding, "I eff up a lot, but that always goes through my head, to try to treat her with respect."
Meanwhile, the WWE superstar is "full-blast in preparation mode" to host the 2016 ESPY Awards on Wednesday, 13 July. As he gets ready to host the ESPYs for the first time, the Trainwreck star promises a "spectacular show" that is "inspirational and motivational."
Apart from the ESPYs, Cena will also be seen hosting the 2016 Teen Choice Awards on Fox on 31 July.
John Cena is a hero in the ring, but he"s human in real life. The WWE superstar, who will host the 2016 ESPY Awards on Wednesday, July 13, tells Us Weekly exclusively how he and girlfriend Nikki Bella make their relationship work despite their lives in the limelight.
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Cena, 39, says that he has something "extremely special" in the Total Divas star, 32, and points out that she doesn"t let his myriad female fans bother her. The pair have been dating since 2012.
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"Shes truly the love of my life, and she deserves to be treated as such," the Trainwreck actor tells Us. "Because were in the same industry, she truly understands that there will be fans that are looking for a different sort of admiration, but it takes two to be disrespectful, and I would like to think that in most every encounter, I try to treat her with as much respect as I can."
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"And Im not perfect," he continues. "I eff up a lot, but that always goes through my head, to try to treat her with respect."
Cena reveals that he is currently "full-blast in preparation mode" to get ready for his first time hosting the ESPYs, which honors the year"s athletic accomplishments. He hopes to give fans a "spectacular show" that is "inspirational and motivational."
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The hunky American Grit star, who is also set to host Fox"s Teen Choice Awards on July 31, says that he shed tears recently while watching a clip from the 2012 ESPYs of University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summitt accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Summitt died at age 64 on June 28, 2016, after battling Alzheimer"s.
"I was just watching some pieces today on that obviously because of the recent news the Pat Summitt piece as an Arthur Ashe recipient, and I just started crying my eyes out," he says. "Its a wonderful show that can get you to laugh and cry at the same time."
The ESPYs ceremony airs on ABC Wednesday, July 13, at 8 p.m. ET.
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It was a good night for John Cena, who might finally have the crowd in his corner after A.J. Styles p****d all over his comeback, right in the midst of a fiery speech about Dylan Thomas.
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It was a great night for folks who think WWE motors best when there"s a murderers" row of malevolent heels manning the card. Styles, Gallows and Anderson, Seth Rollins, Charlotte, Kevin Owenshell, even Rusev"s looking fierce again holding down the midcard as U.S. Champ. In retrospect, good thing they hit the gas on New Day as fan favorites.
But before I lose my train of thought and derail this introduction like it were Golden Truth"s momentum, here are the five key insights (in addition to the usual accompaniment of Twitter-friendly sidebar fodder) I took away from the May 30, 2016 edition of Raw.
5. Hybrid TheoryThat"s right, a Linkin Park reference. I"m OK with it. My gripe here has to do with tag-team-nickname fatigue. I love a good pun or play on words more than any reputable journalist should, but even I"ve grown weary of slapdash duos born of oddball circumstance Human Centiped-ing halves of their names until something seamless sticks. The practice may have hit its peak with Jeri-Show, so suffice to say that seven years on, Breezango feels fairly insipid. Not to mention it"s a tacit acknowledgment of a duo"s temporariness. Thing is, Fandango and Tyler Breeze make sense together, so why not christen them with a more permanent moniker befitting their evident chemistry, as if their pairing were considered with care rather than thrown together? I doubt Lex Luger would mind if this one was revived and pluralized.
4. Karl and Luke WarmerAfter 30 minutes of monologues and commercial breaks, the night"s first brush with consequence arrived when Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (or whatever order they prefer) b*m-rushed New Day during their match with the Vaudevillains. Now, a curious nuance in all this was Aiden English and Simon Gotch who were theoretically aiming to reassert themselves as title contenders happily offering up a prone Big E to Gallows and Anderson. You"d think they"d take umbrage with suffering a DQ loss and get in Gallows and Anderson"s faces. But alas, the real headline here is that A.J. Styles" former running mates made their inevitable push for New Day"s belts. And in a vacuum, I"d have made a gentleman"s bet that Kofi and crew retain at Money in the Bank, but with the Bullet Club (or Club, or whatever) back in sync (more on that in a bit), looks like we"re headed toward a full-scale invasion, not unlike the faction"s gold-plated dominance overseas.
3. I Could Flair LessDoes anyone really care that Charlotte kicked her meddlesome, increasingly doddering dad to the curb in a puddle of tears? He was playing a bad guy, and he was making for bad TV. The idea that we"re more inclined to boo his daughter now that she"s humiliated him would suggest he"d been acquitting himself with self-respect during his recent run. It"s not much less abrupt than Charlotte"s initial main-roster heel turn, all of which is worth a head scratch when much credit due to Ric"s genetic and legacy of influence the prodigal Flair flexes more than enough muscle and strength of character to have skipped the sisterhood drama and bloodline saga to begin with. If the idea is to let Charlotte"s heat simmer until Sasha Banks returns as an alpha heroine and their beef boils over, I"m fine with it, even if the recipe"s been a bit overcooked.
2. How to Lose "The Guy" in 10 DaysFor starters, cede the spotlight to his adversary, i.e. Rollins. Compound that by keeping he and his foe at a physical distance, likely on account of the challenger"s ongoing recovery. Stack the deck by bringing back Cena as part of a massive storyline involving three A-list antagonists. While you"re at it, continue to encourage debate about the New Era vs. old guard, neither of which the current Heavyweight Champ fits cleanly into. Roman Reigns is getting lost in the mix, not to mention his "The Guy" catchphrase is doing him a disservice by trying to neatly encode the nebulous space that he occupies. The looming, live SmackDown airings and subsequent roster splits may help clarify Reigns" role, whether he still carries the strap by then or not. But it"s too bad that after busting his a*s to claim the number-one spot on the call sheet, his mystique into Money in the Bank has been dialed way down.
1. That Is The A.J. Styles We LoveAfter Seth Rollins nailed his heel performance last week, A.J. Styles made his most indelible impression on WWE yet with a virtuoso villainous turn, realigning with Gallows and Anderson and beating the h**l out of John Cena. (Also, Styles repeatedly storming back to the ring and delivering added punishment was a clever complement to Rollins" stuttering retreats earlier in the evening.) The crowd hated it, because they want to love Styles, because they want to root against Cena and apparently just because. But Styles only evolved into a must-sign free agent after establishing himself of late as a leader of bad men. So for those of us who"ve cringed through his aw-shucks routine since debuting at Royal Rumble, man did his about-face feel good.
Below the Belt:
Yeah, you lost me at Ronald Reagan.
Simon Gotch"s attire might be a tad too cheeky.
Gallows really overdoes it on the glistening oil.
Ah, so Big Show"s been in his bus watching Ride Along all this time.
At least Zack Ryder"s hung on to his spiffy WrestleMania gear.
Man, Titus O"Neil gets really pumped about Memorial Day.
Enzo and Cass just got way too on the nose about their cheesiness.
Also, who decided to hit un-pause on their Dudleys feud?
Stop saying, "New Era."
Boy, the camera managed to find the least excited person in Green Bay when Cena"s music hit.
There sure were a lot of people speaking very matter-of-factly last night.
I"m just not feelin" Dana Brooke. (Or that botched Michinoku Driver.)
I was enjoying Dolph Ziggler"s Rick Steiner look.
Never too late to reconsider this whole Shining Stars thing.
Is there anything to say about that main event?
Move of the Night: Gotta admit, I enjoyed Ziggler"s loony low blow.
Line of the Night: KO"s got some comic timing. See: His dry "What are you, eight?" to Jericho.
Sign of the Night: Did that say, "Please Don"t Mute Us Mr. Dunn"? (Seriously. It was, ironically, hard to discern.)
In Case You Fast-Forwarded Through Commercials: I wonder where Jane Krakowski"s sympathies laid in the Verizon strike? Goldberg"s in the new WWE video game, where he"ll probably fare better than at batting practice. Hey, do the Rock and Kevin Hart have a new movie out?
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