What KCAs Host John Cena Wants For His Birthday

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It's that time of year again for the Kids' Choice Awards, and John Cena is back to pull hosting duties! Young Hollywood catches up with the WWE legend before the show to help him get pumped, plus he reveals what he wants for his birthday, who his own favorite wrestlers are, and how he came up with his signature move, the Attitude Adjustment!
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What's up, guys? Leslie Robbins here for Young Hollywood, joined by one of the most decorated wrestlers ever.
Me? Oh, here, too. I'm Young Hollywood. I'm also here.
Yeah, but you have another title. I'm going to introduce you. Okay, what? Repeat host of the Kids Choice Awards. Can you believe it?
I can't. I can't. I honestly can't believe they asked me back. But we're here to do it again.
You had so much fun last year. You had to come back.
Anyone who's ever been to this show knows that it's fun. And I had an awesome time hosting. It really is built for the audience. That's what I admire most about this show. Nickelodeon builds this show for the kids.
And then April 23rd, your birthday.
Yeah, I turn 18. Amazing. Fantastic. I don't know what I'm going to do. I can vote. That's I know I'm going to do that.
What do you get the man who pretty much has everything?
Time. Please. Give me time. There's not enough time. I mean, I can say that right away. Uh, could we add a few hours to the day without telling everyone else? Just if I could have some. If you're out there and you're thinking of a gift, I don't know, a fancy hourglass, that's magical and freezes time, so I can do some. I forget. What I want? That's fine.
You know what? It's funny you mentioned time. Steph Curry has a birthday coming up too, and he just said the same exact answer, time. to be with his family.
Oh, I thought it was to work on his outside jump shot.
Uh, he can drain from half court. He's fine. He's fine. But yes, I can, I can agree with you there. Steph Curry. Basketball legend. I understand your philosophy.
Well, you're a wrestling legend.
Oh, thank you. Of course. It depends on who you ask. Come on, you've watched the show. Listen, I'm asked, I actually, I asked my seven-year-old nephew, who has, has to be your biggest fan. Okay. And I have some questions from him, because he's a kid.
I have answers.
So Kids Choice Awards, kid, seven-year-old. That means these will be awesome questions. But you're ready?
Yes, I am.
The first one is, who is your favorite wrestler of all time other than yourself or your fiance, Nicole?
Oh, those are great questions. My favorite wrestler all time as a young person was Hulk Hogan, because Hulk was popular in, I can't believe I'm saying this, the 80s. That's kind of where they based Stranger Things off of. That's why I actually grew up in. I had a Trapper Keeper, and I kind of liked Hulk Hogan. As I got older, I liked different wrestlers. I think another one that I could say is Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock also falls in that category, fan of the Undertaker, although not so much now, but that's okay. So there's a good group of you.
How did you come up with your signature move, the Attitude Adjustment?
Well, so many people when they challenge me to matches, they're very trash talky, and they're very sarcastic, and quite frankly, they're very angry with me. And I was like, "Man, you got a bad attitude. You need an adjustment." Wait. I discovered the perfect finishing maneuver, the Attitude Adjustment. So although it looks like I thwart my opponents and defeat them, it actually makes them go from angry to happy.
Happy?
I mean, it's an attitude adjustment. I like to think that's what it does.
Wow. And at what age did you know you wanted to be a wrestler? At what age was I like, hey, I would like to be a WWE superstar?
Hmm. Right after I graduated college, probably around 22. Now, I loved WWE growing up, maybe as early as five or six years old, but I always thought like, man, this seems impossible. And then when I was a young man around 21, 22, I was like, you know what? Impossible's just a word. I'm going for it.
So last year we talked about how you prep for hosting duties. We're talking about getting pumped and getting our blood going.
Yeah.
You remember we did a little sprint up and down the stairs.
Oh yeah. And that was before I was 40.
Now you're things have changed. You're stronger now.
No. No.
Have you seen yourself? Look at these muscles coming out of your shirt.
No, this is padded. Why do you think I wear suits everywhere? This is padded.
You look good.
No, underneath this, it's feeble.
You look good. Okay, fair enough. I got a 15-inch waist. Okay, we're going to just do We're just going to get our blood pumping just a hair, a little bit. I'm going to tell you what we're going to do. It works. Her heart rate just went up. Pick a number from one to 10.
Six.
We have to do six pushups.
Ah, son of a gun. Yeah. Son of a gun for me. So wait a second. Do we have to do three and three?
Would you like to do three and three? Yeah, let's do it for the team. One, two, three. All right. My teamwork is done. Okay. You want to hold that for me?
Yes, I will. Okay. One. Amazingly enough. So I have some questions for my seven-year-old nephew. Who is your favorite WWE
You've already done three. Five. You've already done three. Six. You did the work for both of us.
I did. You should take these back before I think this ship.
I did it in stilettos.
You did. I did. So I, I will concede. You've won this round. I think I won the last one though. So it's tied. We're having fun and exercising.
Fun, Kids Choice Awards.
Yeah, you're darn right.
And this is the point like where we have to formally end the interview. This is always worked for me. You know what's coming. We're out of here. You can't see us. We were never here in the first place.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- John Cena
Featured talent and KCA host
- Leslie Robbins
Young Hollywood interviewer
- Steph Curry
Mentioned for having a similar birthday wish
- Nicole
John Cena's fiance, mentioned by interviewer
- Hulk Hogan
John Cena's favorite wrestler as a child
- Stone Cold Steve Austin
One of John Cena's favorite wrestlers as he got older
- The Rock
One of John Cena's favorite wrestlers as he got older
- The Undertaker
One of John Cena's favorite wrestlers
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