Originally Posted by Cena in this thread on GSR
I'd developed an interest in the Soul series of fighting games, so I joined their boards. I figured, at that time, it was time to change my name. I decided to pursue other interests in naming myself. Since, at the time, my biggest likes were John Cena of WWE fame and Wolf O'Donel from Starfox, I decided to mix them up, and "
cena_wolf" was born. That name remained for 2 years. For a short time, when I was first invited to join Gmail (at the time it was still in beta), I tried to take up the moniker "penguinmage19", but it never stuck.
By 2008, everyone on Caliburforum just referred to me as "
Cena". That's why I've stayed with that name. Variations of that and the old name exist, like "
cenawolf", "
cena_wolf19", "
cenawolf19", and "
nlandcena" (to show my loyalty to my franchise, NintendoLand).