The WWE’s connection with Make-A-Wish began in 1982, dating back nearly to the charity’s inception. Since then the WWE has been involved over 5,000 wishes. It’s a perfect partnership. Kids love wrestling and wrestlers, for the most part, are generous, caring, down-to-earth guys.

Naturally, the good guys are the most Wished-for. Kids don’t just ask to see “a wrestler”. They ask to see their personal hero. The Make-A-Wish Foundation recently honored John Cena for his 100th wish fulfillment. His typically generous response:

We’ll have the real celebration when we hit 1,000. It’s not about the people who grant the wishes. It’s about the people who get the wishes.

The WWE recently produced a minute-and-a-half video spot highlighting their Make-A-Wish partnership and how they brought 50 Make-A-Wish kids, one from each state, to Wrestlemania XXIV this year in Orlando, Fla. WWE’s commitment to Make-A-Wish is not restricted to one-off events. Vince and Linda McMahon serve on Make-A-Wish’s National Advisory Council and wrestlers grant wishes year round and hundreds of nation-wide events.

Watch the video below and if you’d like to donate to the Make-A-Wish Foundation go to http://www.wish.org/help/donate.

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WWE and the Make-A-Wish Foundation