John Cena is enthusiastic about each appearing {and professional} wrestling, however nothing beats love!
The Heads of State actor and reigning WWE Champion, 48, sweetly gushed over his spouse, Shay Shariatzadeh, when requested if appearing or wrestling was his “No. 1 ardour.”
“My No. 1 ardour is my spouse,” Cena instructed Extra Tuesday, June 24, on the New York Metropolis premiere of Heads of State. “Completely. That’s the first on the listing. I’d say proper behind that’s my well being so I could be the very best husband to my spouse.”
Cena and Shariatzadeh met in February 2019. He proposed to her throughout a low-key date evening at residence a yr afterward Valentine’s Day. The couple tied the knot in October 2020.
“It was lovely,” he stated of the proposal throughout a February 2024 look on The Howard Stern Present. “And I had the ring in my pocket as a result of I used to be afraid I’d lose it in my bag, by likelihood, and I [decided to] ask her proper now. So I blew all of the particular plans and simply stated ‘Hey, there’s no higher second,’ as a result of there wasn’t — it was so lovely, nonetheless, we have been each so open and it simply occurred proper there.”
“I’d have carried out it in three months,” he added. “It may need been a bit of bizarre, sure. I don’t need to communicate for her, however she didn’t say no after I requested.”
Cena beforehand spoke about his spouse in a July 2024 interview with WSJ. Journal.
When requested what his most prized possession was, the 17-time world champion replied, “The connection with my spouse.”
Cena additionally dished on the important thing to a cheerful marriage and relationship. “Honesty, communication, real love, gratitude and vulnerability have helped us tremendously,” he stated.
The Peacemaker actor is about to retire from WWE this yr after greater than 20 years of in-ring competitors. Nonetheless, he stated he’ll at all times stay a part of the WWE household.
“That is my ultimate yr within the WWE. I’m retiring this yr,” he instructed Additional on Tuesday. “We’re about midway via, so I sit up for formally closing the ebook on in-ring competitors. I’ll ceaselessly be an envoy of the WWE. I’ll be a part of that household until they ask me to go away.”