One of the most popular WWE stars of all time, John Cena is to be honored with Muhammad Ali Legacy Award this year at Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year Awards. This prestigious award is awarded every year to an athlete or sports personality with ideals of sportsmanship, leadership, and philanthropy who has contributed to making this world better using sports as a medium.
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John Cena has been a World Champion 16 times. Having bagged this title, Cena now joins the list including biggies like Magic Johnson, Jim Brown, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, and Colin Kaepernick.
The award show is going to be held on December 11 and will be telecast on December 13 at 9/8 C on NBCSN. On a lighter note, it’s still not certain “if we can see him”.
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