They Do — Again! John Cena and Shay Shariatzadeh Have Vancouver Wedding 21 Months After Marrying

Mar. 15, 2025

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It was a day to remember forJohn CenaandShay Shariatzadeh.

The couple tied the knot for a second time in Vancouver on Friday, at the Canadian city’s Rosewood Hotel Georgia, 21 months after theyfirst married in Florida.

The wedding location is especially poignant as Cena, 45, met Shariatzadeh in her native Canada on the set of his 2019 comedyPlaying with Fire, which was filmed in Vancouver.

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An entertainment source told PEOPLE following the original nuptialsthat “it was love at first sight"for Cena when he met Shariatzadeh, an engineer.

“He is a romantic,” said the insider, adding the couple “knew they would marry, so the [private ceremony] wasn’t a surprise. He just wanted to do it out of the limelight.”

Shariatzadeh, whowas born in Iran and raised in Canada, where she was working at the time of the initial wedding for enterprise software company Sonatype, “is smart, has her own life and career and thinks for herself,” said the source.

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In October 2019, Cena toldEntertainment Tonightwhile on the red carpet for the premiere ofPlaying with Fire, “It’s a wonderful day for a movie premiere and I got a beautiful date.”

“What’s truly special about this one is that, no matter what projects I’m involved in the future, this one will always have a special meaning because I got to film a special project and meet someone special,” he said.

The actor also toldExtraat the time, “It’s a wonderful night to be at the movies. I’m here with somebody special.”

source: people.com