WWE Champion John Cena grants a wish on the Australian tour

I understand how and why people like the sports or entertainment that they do.  It’s what they enjoy and takes them to a place where they can yell, hoot, be quiet or however it is they enjoy themselves.  Professional athletes are not role models-they play sports; but are all too often confused for role models by the media or their younger fans.  WWE Champion John Cena goes against the grain and manages to be both a role model and an athlete.

John Cena has granted more than 300 wishes to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  300 may not sound like much over the course of 9 years, but consider that Michael Jordan granted around 200 and Kobe Bryant has done only about 100.

Any athlete or entertainer that grants a wish to The Make-A-Wish Foundation deserves heartfelt thanks.  However, because I’m a fan of the WWE I’ve followed the good deeds that Cena has done through the years.

The videos that they air are polished, but show the good work that he does.  What’s more important is that it genuinely looks like he wants to be there.  It doesn’t look like his PR wrangler set him up for the appointment and he’s looking for the exit.

On his current tour in Australia John Cena stopped by the home of Rhys Moorfoot in Melbourne to invite him to a WWE live show.  Cena went inside, was social, signed things, posed for pictures and looked entirely genuine doing so.    In this case the wish was with Starlight Children’s Foundation as part of the Circle of Champions initiative.