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John Cena has been one of the greatest wrestlers of all time in WWE history. He is a former rapper, and his entrance music has been quite popular over the years among the WWE Universe. Let us know how the theme song has changed over the years.

John Cena is a very familiar name in the WWE Universe and has one of the most amazing entrances over the past decade. But, of course, the entrance music plays a massive part in making these entrances a blockbuster.

How has the theme song for John Cena changed over the years?

The Sixteen-time world champion John Cena made his television debut answering an open challenge by Kurt Angle on June 27, 2002. Cena and Billy Kidman took part in a tag-team tournament, but unfortunately, he lost the first round.

On a Halloween-themed episode of SmackDown, Cena dressed as Vanilla Ice performing a freestyle rap and in the following week received a new character. This rapper cuts promos while rapping.

His own theme song was Basic Thugonomics, and it was also featured on the WWE soundtrack album, WWE Originals. In addition, Cena has also recorded Untouchables’s song for WWE’s next soundtrack album WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol.6.

The Cenation collaborated on the song H-U-S-T-L-E remix along with Murs, E-40, and Chingo Bling. In addition, he recorded his debut album “You Can’t See Me.” with his cousin The Trademark.

The Time is Now the song was recorded in 2005 for Cena’s debut studio album. The song was released on April 9, 2005, as a lead single on Columbia and WWE Music Group. The song is widely known as a part of the Internet meme “Unexpected John Cena.”

On the March 17, 2005, episode of SmackDown, Cena teamed with Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero to compete against JBL, Doug, and Danny Basham. This match was the debut for The Time is Now theme song. And just after two weeks, Cena defeated JBL at Wrestlemania 22 to win his first WWE Championship title.

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John Cena after winning his first WWE Championship title (WWE)

John Cena made a second singles name Right Now that premiered on August 8, 2005, on the WWE Monday Night Raw. Cena and his cousin Tademarc were also featured on The Perceptionists called “Champion Scratch.” He also appeared on T-Boz’s album Still Cool.

In October 2014, Cena featured on two songs with rapper Wiz Khalifa for his two singles, “All Day” and “Breaks” for the soundtrack to the WWE 2K15 video game.

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WWE 2K15 soundtrack by John Cena and Wiz Khalifa (Youtube: Wiz Khalifa)

Some other songs of John Cena are Word Life, All Day, Bad, Bad Man, If it All Ended Tomorrow, Don’t F*** With Us, Just Another Day, Never Give Up, Hustle Loyalty Respect, John Cena Walkout Theme.

Cena is a 16-time world champion, including WWE Championship. He won thirteen times (a record), five-time United States Champion, four-time World tag-team Champion, two-time Royal Rumble winner, one-time Money in the Bank winner. Additionally, he has headlined several WWE pay-per-events.

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