According to WWE, Cena was messing around with his younger brother Sean testing out hip-hop beats for his then-upcoming rap album (titled You Can’t See Me) when the younger Cena sibling started dancing around waving his hand in front of his face.
Sean dared his brother to do this during a wrestling match, and John obliged before adding the catchphrase.
Thus, one of the most iconic gestures in wrestling was born. Cena would hold his hand in front of his face and wave it back and forth, indicating his opponent couldn’t see him because he was better than them.
“You Can’t See Me” is interpreted quite literally, with memes suggesting he believes he is invisible.
Little did he know that his taunt would be immortalized in a John Cena invisible meme, and thousands of Twitter visual gags emerged with him as the star. It’s fair to say the meme exploded far beyond the ring, and many who enjoy it have little to no interest in WWE beyond John Cena’s tongue-in-cheek digs at his opponents.
Although Cena originally intended the phrase to imply that his wrestling prowess couldn’t be matched, in the meme-making community, “You Can’t See Me” is interpreted quite literally, with memes suggesting he believes he is invisible or maybe actually is.
John Cena’s “You Can’t See Me” Meme Explained
It’s One Of The Most Consistently Popular Memes
You Cant See Me John Cena meme.
The standard structure for the John Cena meme features an image of the man accompanied by some text that suggests Cena is not actually in the image. Even John Cena himself is in on the joke.
Back in 2017, when Apple launched the iPhone X with its new Face ID feature, Cena took to Twitter to voice his concerns over whether the facial recognition technology would even work for him.
Another example is this viral video tweet from Deadspin in which Fox Sports reporter Jamie Little seems utterly oblivious to John Cena’s presence at a NASCAR event.
