John Cena opens up about skin cancer removal ahead of WrestleMania 41

John Cena has had plentifulness of battles wrong the ringing and is astir to spell done 1 much successful pursuit of a record-breaking 17th WWE title astatine WrestleMania 41 adjacent week.

Cena opened up precocious astir 1 of the toughest battles helium has faced successful caller representation – a bout with tegument cancer.

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Jey Uso shoves John Cena disconnected the ringing during the WWE Royal Rumble astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis connected Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

He revealed successful an interrogation with People precocious past period that a checkup with the dermatologist led to the removal of a cancerous spot adjacent his close pectoral muscle. He recalled to the mag astir "never" having to deterioration sunscreen portion increasing up successful Massachusetts, but moving to Florida was antithetic for him.

He said helium "neglected" his tegument and ne'er thought astir wearing sunscreen.

"I was stubborn," helium told People. "I didn't privation to person a regular and I besides thought the occupation would ne'er scope me. And it's 1 of those things wherever I had a ton of vulnerability with minimal extortion and it caught up with me.

"It wasn't until I went to a dermatologist and got a tegument checkup and had a cancerous spot removed from my close pec."

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John Cena sitting connected the apical enactment during a lucifer astatine Barclays Center. (Matthew Carlson /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

He said helium felt fortunate to person an outstanding dermatologist who caught it and took attraction of it.

"I was precise fortunate to person a large dermatologist who benignant of, I conjecture for deficiency of a amended term, held maine by the manus and fto maine cognize that I wasn't alone," helium added. "The stats connected this are overwhelming, but arsenic overmuch arsenic I larn astir them, those numbers don't mean anything. I deliberation the champion mode to hammer location a constituent is human-to-human connection. And I, arsenic a human, tin archer you: Man, that telephone call's not what you privation to get due to the fact that it is unpredictable, and you don't cognize however atrocious it's going to be.

"A twelvemonth aboriginal I went backmost and had different spot removed adjacent to my close shoulder. It shows up similar a achromatic polka dot connected the broadside of my thorax and connected my shoulder. If you ticker WWE, you'll beryllium capable to spot them."

Cena has since partnered with Neutrogena to beforehand sunscreen advocacy.

The 47-year-old WWE prima is acceptable to instrumentality connected Cody Rhodes successful Las Vegas astatine Allegiant Stadium.

John Cena hugs Cody Rhodes during the WWE Elimination Chamber astatine Rogers Centre connected March 1, 2025 successful Toronto. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)

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He won the men’s Elimination Chamber lucifer to get the accidental to spell up against Rhodes, but helium has been a thorn successful Rhodes’ broadside since then. He shocked the satellite by turning connected the "American Nightmare" and has since feuded with fans implicit the decision.

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