Popular WWE Superstars and their unseen childhood pictures: Roman Reigns, John Cena and more

We have often seen our favourite WWE Superstars giving their best performances in the ring and wondered about how they must have looked as a child! Most of these WWE Superstars have undergone massive changes and look unrecognisable now as compared to their childhood photographs. But that only shows how hard these dedicated wrestlers have trained to reach where they are today. Here we will list a few of these WWE Superstars and their rare and unseen childhood photographs.

John Cena

A record 16 times world champion as recognized by WWE, John Cena was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts on April 23,1977 to Carol Cena and John Joseph Cena, who was a former ring announcer for Chaotic Wrestling. He was the second among his 4 siblings, John Cena was a big fan of wrestling even as a child and would even carve out Championship belts out of cardboards for his siblings and himself. Little did we know back then that he would grow up to live his childhood dreams and to win these Championship belts for real multiple times!

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Roman Reigns

Although he belongs to the Anoa'i family famous for having produced many successful wrestlers over the years, Roman Reigns wasn't exactly keen on joining professional wrestling initially. Born to Samoan father and Sicilian mother, Roman pursued football and played it professionally in college. It was only after he retired from professional football that he decided to pursue wrestling professionally.

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The Bella Twins

Born to Nicole and Brianna Garcia just sixteen minutes apart from each other on November 21, 1983, the Bella Twins have come a long way since. They were raised in a farm on the outskirts of Scottsdale, Arizona and spent their youth playing soccer. As teens, the twins even pursued acting and modeling for a while and even worked as cocktail waitresses at the Mondrian Hotel, before they finally made their WWE debut on October 31, 2008. Both Nikki and Brie Bella have been WWE Divas Champion respectively and since then, there's been no looking back for the twins.

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Charlotte Flair

Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr was born on April 5, 1986, to Hall of Famer Ric Flair and Elizabeth Harrell. When in school, she played volleyball where she was the team captain and player of the year 2004-2005. As a young girl, Charlotte Flair looked like someone with big dreams and ambitions. And we certainly did see this diva make her dreams come true with her WWE success, when she went on to win SmackDown Women's Championship a record seven- times!

The Miz

Born in Parma, Ohio, on October 8, 1980, Michael Gregory Mizanin was raised by his mother and step-father. When in high school, he explored different sports and activities, including basketball, cross country marathon and swimming. He was also a member of the student government body. Mizanin explored his creative prospects too when he worked as an editor of his school yearbook. He is currently signed to WWE and performs under the Raw brand.





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