4He wanted to be a cop
Source:denofgeek.com
Cena graduated with a bachelor’s in exercise physiology, and he went to Santa Monica when he was just 21, partly because he wanted to be around Venice Beach bodybuilders and partly to prove his father wrong since he said that he wouldn’t be able to make it for two weeks.
“I wish I had four hands to hold up four middle fingers to my dad [at the time],” Cena said. “‘You don’t know nothing, old man.’ So, I left with 500 bucks and an Army duffle bag, and hit ground in Santa Monica and just started working. No career, just working a job to make money to stay out there to spite my father and the jobs were taking me nowhere. I took the California Highway Patrol exam and didn’t pass, so I tried to be a cop and failed.”
