John Cena had the support of his wife, Shay Shariatzadeh, at the WWE Clash in Paris.
After Cena, 48, beat Logan Paul on Sunday, August 31, he left the ring to share a sweet smooch with Shariatzadeh, 36. The pair locked lips for several seconds as Cena grabbed her face with both of his hands.
In a clip shared via X, the official Wrestling Pics & Clips account wrote, “JOHN CENA KISSING HIS WIFE.”
Cena also celebrated the win with musicians Post Malone and Jelly Roll, with whom he shared a long embrace. Jelly Roll, 40, smiled as he spoke into Cena’s ear, while Post Malone, 30, shook the actor’s hand, per a video shared via X.
One year after the couple met in 2019, Cena proposed to Shariatzadeh during a date night at home.
“It was beautiful,” he said of the proposal during a February 2024 appearance on The Howard Stern Show. “And I had the ring in my pocket because I was afraid I’d lose it in my bag, by chance, and I [decided to] ask her right now. So I blew all the special plans and just said ‘Hey, there’s no better moment,’ because there wasn’t — it was so beautiful, still, we were both so open and it just happened right there.”
He continued, “I would have done it in three months. It might have been a little weird, yes. I don’t want to speak for her, but she didn’t say no when I asked.”
The pair tied the knot in 2020, before holding a second wedding two years later. After both nuptials, a source exclusively told Luxury Handbag Shopping that the couple may be open to the idea of expanding their family.
“He said for so long that he didn’t want kids but now he’s warming to the idea more and more,” an insider shared in August 2022. “They’ll go with the flow but it’s different with Shay, he feels wiser and more ready for the responsibility. It’s something they’d both love, for sure.”
As Cena embraces his next chapter with Shariatzadeh, he is set to retire from the WWE after more than 20 years competing.
“This is my final year in the WWE. I’m retiring this year,” he told Extra in June. “We’re about halfway through, so I look forward to officially closing the book on in-ring competition. I will forever be an ambassador of the WWE. I’ll be part of that family till they ask me to leave.”
