History Heartwarming / JohnCena

* When him and Wrestling/{{Ryback}} were in the running of who'd face Wrestling/CMPunk at ''Hell In A Cell '12'', Cena gave his reasons why he should be in the match, but then backing out, giving the title shot to Ryback, who had been a wrestling fan since he was little and had gone through various obstacles to get where he was, who visbly almost ''broke out in tears'', Cena even lead the crowd into a [[CatchPhrase "Feed Me More!"]] chant in support, which can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxB3tDs_bu4 here]]. Say what you will about Cena, but that was just frickin' humble and kind of him.

* On the Christmas of RAW 2017, John Cena introduces himself...but before he starts his promo, he gives the shirt off his back to a kid in the crowd. The crowd (take note that this is taking place in Chicago), immediately love this act of good cheer and chant "Merry Christmas!" to him.

** He also got a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and a SugarWiki/FunnyMoment for leading the crowd into one last round of chants: all the women and children chanting "Let's go, Cena!" and all the men going "Cena sucks!", which just proved - despite anyone's feelings on his wrestling skills - how classy, self-aware, and utterly humble the man is.

* [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Owens]], the night after his big upset over Cena at ''Elimination Chamber 2015'', cuts a scathing promo on ''Raw'' calling out Cena for being a shallow caricature with cheap catch phrases. Cena eventually shows up with a ''stunning'' IAmWhatIAm rebuttal, and this would normally be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. But it takes a sharp turn into Heartwarming, when he gives a shout out to a kid wearing a Cena shirt in the audience, holding up a sign that says "I'm Beating Cancer." Huge pop for that kid, and just one more reminder that "Super Cena" really means it, man.

* Kevin Owens [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM1IGkaMk1M told a story]] of his son Owen (a massive Cena fan) getting to meet John Cena for the first time, and Cena giving Owen a handwritten, two page letter. As it turned out, a few years ago, Kevin and Owen came to a WWE show and sat in the second row, and Owen tried to get a handshake from his idol after a match, but Cena didn't shake hands with anyone and went to the back. When Kevin told Cena this, Cena felt rotten and wrote the letter as an apology to Owen.

* Crosses over with Awesome. According to Wrestling/BrodusClay, they were gonna cut his dance sequence at WrestleMania, Wrestling/JohnCena who was nearby heard, and said if Brodus would not be going out for his bit, neither would he. And thus Brodus got to dance.

-->'''Thank you, Cena! Thank you, Cena! Thank you, Cena!'''

* After their mixed tag match against Wrestling/TheMiz and Maryse, Cena ''finally'' popping the question to Nikki Bella and asking her to marry him.

-->''That kid got enough of Cena winning, we needed our moment''. - internet

* After their mixed tag match against Wrestling/TheMiz and Maryse, Cena ''finally'' popping the question to Nikki Bella and asking her to marry him.

* Cricket Wireless got John Cena to embrace the "And his name is JOHN CENA!" meme through a setup where John Cena would pop through a wall with his picture on it, accompanied by a group of trumpet players and yell his name. Cue a montage of a bunch of fans, including a fair amount of little kids, thinking they're doing an ad for Cena, only to be surprised by their favorite wrestler! The best part, at the end, Cena remarked "It was a good day. Everyone smiled today!"

* During an appearance on The Tonight Show, Cena gave Jimmy Fallon a Southpaw Regional Wrestling t-shirt to honor Jimmy's classic "Cupid's Arrow" 80's parody dating show bit. It's the only one in existence, made just for Jimmy.

* A meta one for the man himself. Cena, an avid car collector, bought the first low rider that Los Guerreros used from the person who lent it to WWE in 2002. When Wrestling/EddieGuerrero died in 2005, Cena gave the car to Chavo out of the goodness of his heart.

** You know what makes this better? Laurinaitis was a dick and puts in LoopholeAbuse by putting Ryder into a No Disqualifications match against Wrestling/MarkHenry just so the little guy could finally become a champion. Now, we all know that Ryder can't compete with the World's Strongest Man, so Cena, being as GenreSavvy as he is, lays a beating on Henry and then lays Ryder on top of Henry, thus giving Ryder a chance to become US Champion.

* The 11-15-10 "Retro" ''Raw'' provided one during the segment between Wrestling/JohnCena and [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]]. A fan shouts "Never give up!", which got caught on the ringside mics. [[ThrowItIn Cena pauses his promo]] to point at said fan and tell them "You're damn right!" Class move.

* Wrestling/JohnCena has filled more requests for the Make-a-Wish Foundation than any other celebrity to date, having granted 400 wishes throughout a span of ''eight years''. In June 19th, 2013, he was given an award for being the first to ever reach the 300 milestone. On February 12, 2014, he hit the 400 wish milestone. He reached 500 on August 21, 2015.

** You know what makes this better? Laurnitis was a dick and puts in LoopholeAbuse by putting Ryder into a No Disqualifications match against Wrestling/MarkHenry just so the little guy could finally become a champion. Now, we all know that Ryder can't compete with the World's Strongest Man, so Cena, being as GenreSavvy as he is, lays a beating on Henry and then lays Ryder on top of Henry, thus giving Ryder a chance to become US Champion.

* A [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] not by Cena, but for Cena. During the buildup to Wrestlemania 28, RAW landed in Cena's hometown of Boston, who have [[Wrestling/CMPunk booed]] [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} him]] [[Wrestling/RobVanDam before]]. Wrestling/TheRock visits several historical sites and cuts several classic promos ( [[UnfortunateImplications comparing Cena to the invading British at several points]] ). Finally, Cena and Rock confront each other with [[BrokenBase the usual mixed reaction]]. Then, as The Rock is running Cena down again... the [[CrowdSong chants]] suddenly go from ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY! to [[YouAreNotAlone CENA! CENA! CENA!]] Then, the crowd took it further by chanting [[KidAppealCharacter TOOTH FAIRY!]] [[{{NotSoDifferent}} TOOTH FAIRY!]] [[HypocriticalHumor TOOTH FAIRY!]], this after The Rock had repeatedly ridiculed Cena for his fanbase over the build-up. The action in the ring stopped as both men were [[DidntSeeThatComing very surprised by the reaction]] . Soon, when The Rock finishes his piece, Cena gives a very [[TakeThat well-planned]] [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech appropriate]] [[LetsGetDangerous rebuttal]] ... and the crowd [[SoProudOfYou uniformly cheers]] for Cena [[HomeSweetHome as he celebrates with them including several military people and his extended family including his parents, his brothers, and his wife]].

-->'''Cena:''' "I know we're real close to Tewksbury, Mass., but y'all are chanting "Tooth-Fairy", [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufaow7kHdKg right?" ]]

* A meta one for the man himself. Cena, an avid car collector, bought the first low rider that Los Guerreros used from the person who lent it to WWE in 2002. When Wrestling/EddieGuerrero died in 2005, Cena gave the car to Chavo out of the goodness of his heart

* A meta one for the man himself. Cena, an avid car collector, bought the first low rider that Los Guerreros used from the person who lent it to WWE in 2002. When Wrestling/EddieGuererro died in 2005, Cena gave the car to Chavo out of the goodness of his heart

* [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Owens]], the night after his big upset over Cena at ''Elimination Chamber 2015'', cuts a scathing promo on ''Raw'' calling out Cena for being a shallow caricature with cheap catch phrases. Cena eventually shows up with a ''stunning'' IAmWhatIAm rebuttal, and this would normally be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. But it takes a sharp turn into Heartwarming, when he gives a shout out to a kid wearing a Cena shirt in the audience, holding up a sign that says "I'm Beating Cancer." Huge pop for that kid, and just one more reminder that "Super Cena" really means it, man.

* Wrestling/JohnCena has filled more requests for the Make-a-Wish Foundation than any other celebrity to date, having granted 400 wishes throughout a span of ''eight years''. In June 19th, 2013, he was given an award for being the first to ever reach the 300 milestone. On February 12, 2014, he hit the 400 wish milestone.

-->'''Micheal Cole:''' That is the making of a true champion right there.

* [[https://twitter.com/WWE/status/566728301100937216 This tweet.]] What's sweet about it? [[https://twitter.com/WWE/status/566728314656940032 How Nikki responded]].

* When him and Wrestling/{{Ryback}} were in the running of who'd face Wrestling/CMPunk at ''Hell In A Cell '12'', Cena gave his reasons why he should be in the match, but then backing out, giving the title shot to Ryback, who had been a wrestling fan since he was little and had gone through various obstacles to get where he was, who visbly almost ''broke out in tears'', Cena even lead the crowd into a [[CatchPhrase "Feed Me More!"]] chant in support, which can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxB3tDs_bu4 here]]. Say what you will about Cena, but that was just frickin' humble and kind of him.

* The 11-15-10 "Retro" ''Raw'' provided one during the segment between Wrestling/JohnCena and [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]]. A fan shouts "Never give up!", which got caught on the ringside mics. Cena pauses his promo to point at said fan and tell them "You're damn right!" Class move.

** In fact, it's something of a rule among Cena detractors to NEVER criticize him for his charity work.

* Wrestling/JohnCena has filled more requests for the Make-a-Wish Foundation than any other celebrity to date, having granted 400 wishes throughout a span of ''eight years''. On October 19th, 2012, he was given an award for being the first to ever reach the 300 milestone.

-->'''Cena:''' "I know we're real close to Tewksbury, Mass., but y'all are chanting "Tooth-Fariy", [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufaow7kHdKg right?" ]]

* Wrestling/JohnCena has filled more requests for the Make-a-Wish Foundation than any other celebrity to date, having granted 300 wishes throughout a span of ''eight years''. As of 10/19/12, he has been given an award for being the first to ever reach this milestone.

*** "I know we're real close to Tewksbury, Mass., but y'all are chanting "Tooth-Fariy", [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufaow7kHdKg right?" ]]

*** "I know we're real close to Tewksbury, Mass. but y'all are chanting 'Tooth-Fariy,' right?" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufaow7kHdKg(Crowd roars in aproval.)]]