JOHN CENA! Before he was the happy-go-lucky, wish-granting, fruit-flavored, comedically patriotic Internet meme who has a fetish for kicking out at 2, he was the Doctor of Thuganomics. He would insult his opponents by rapping about them, hit people in the face with a chain and padlock, name his finishers after swears, and get the crowd to swear by raising his microphone. This figure is a callback to when he was at his most over (read: POPULAR) back in late 2004 and early 2005. The Defining Moments John Cena figure is probably the best callback to that time.

I painted his shirt black and added the Ruck Fules logo to his shirt, I customized his cap to the black and white Ruck Fules hat, I painted his jorts metallic blue to give it that acid wash look, gave him the US Title spinner belt he wore back then (which came with the figure), and I painted his shoes to look like the OG Dee Brown Reebok Pumps he wore from late 2003 to early 2005.

With the new defining moments john cena rumored to come out later this year, I can only hope to add to this look, since he supposedly comes with his Word Life brass knuckles.