Reeling From His Loss Against Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, John Cena’s 2012 Losing Streak Reflected His Miserable Real-Life Situation With Ex-Wife

While everyone who knows John Cena has an understanding of the drama behind his relationship with Nikki Bella, his previous relationships aren’t much known. But that doesn’t mean that the 16-time world champion doesn’t have a complicated history with them. In 2012, when Cena’s professional life was in peril in kayfabe, Cena was also struggling in his personal life.

Some might even say that he was suffering much more in real life than his WWE character during 2012. Not only did he separate from his wife, but there were complications during their divorce settlement as well.

John Cena suffered from both in-ring and in real-life problems in 2012

According to TMZ, Cena had brought divorce papers to his three-year wife at the time, which was shocking for his wife. This led to Elizabeth Huberdeau, his first wife, to get her lawyer and challenge the couple’s prenup. She even accused Cena of going around with different women at the time. But after a while, both sides amicably settled the divorce.

While this was going on, Cena was struggling to garner the audience’s love in WWE. Not only did the match with The Rock left him coming out as the loser, but Cena also lost to John Laurinaitis, CM Punk, and even his World Heavyweight Championship to Dolph Ziggler. He was truly at his lowest, career-wise.

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When the rematch between Cena and The Rock was confirmed, Cena came out to talk about his downward spiral. He mentioned that his spiral was both professional and personal. WWE even included a clip from TMZ covering Cena’s divorce, which was disappointing for many fans. Trying to garner support for Cena through these ways felt cheap to the fans. But the fans never got the full picture of the divorce as well.

Details about John Cena’s first marriage and the fallout after the divorce

Cena’s first marriage to Elizabeth Huberdeau was a high school sweetheart tying the knot, a fairy tale comes true situation. But coming to WWE changed everything for Cena. Talking about his first marriage in 2018, Cena talked about having no time for anything. This might have been the reason for Cena handing in the divorce papers.

But just that year, in 2012, Cena got into a relationship with Nikki Bella. This relationship was the most televised connection in all of reality TV. Fans got to watch every stage of their relationship and the fallout from it as well. But fortunately, both Cena and Bella are in a great place. While we can’t say the same thing for Huberdeau as she is a private person who never came out to the public to tell her story.

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