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Dreitmen/The Legacy
The Legacy; Rhodes (izquierda), Orton (centro) y DiBiase (derecha)
Nombres artísticos	The Legacy
Miembros	Randy Orton(lider) Cody Rhodes Ted DiBiase
Promociones	WWE
Estadísticas
Debut	12 de enero de 2009​
Estado	S

The Legacy es un equipo Heel que trabaja en la WWE, en su marca Raw. El grupo es liderado por el Campeón de la WWE Randy Orton y los ex-campeones en parejas Cody Rhodes y Ted DiBiase. También, el equipo ayudo a Orton a ganar el Royal Rumble 2009,​ dandole un lugar en el evento pricnipal de WrestleMania XXV.​ Hubieron dos miembros que no fueron aceptados por el equipo, Manu y Sim Snuka eran miembros antes de la formación original.

The concept behind the group is that all the members are either second or third generation wrestlers; Randy Orton's father (Bob Orton), uncle (Barry O) and grandfather (Bob Orton, Sr) were all professional wrestlers, as were Ted DiBiase's father (Ted DiBiase) and adoptive grandfather (Mike DiBiase) along with Cody Rhodes' father ("American Dream" Dusty Rhodes) and two uncles (Nasty Boy Jerry Saggs and Fred Ottman).​

History

Formation (2008)

DiBiase and Rhodes as World Tag Team Champions

Cody Rhodes was a World Tag Team Champion throughout the beginning of 2008 alongside Hardcore Holly, who was acting as a mentor to him.​ Ted DiBiase made his first WWE appearance on Raw on May 26, claiming that he and a mystery partner would take the World Tag Team Championship from Rhodes and Holly.​ At the Night of Champions pay-per-view in June, DiBiase claimed his partner was late and started the match without him but Rhodes quickly betrayed Holly and attacked him, turning into a villainous character and re-winning the title for himself and DiBiase.​ In early September, an injured Randy Orton made a speech on Raw where he insulted all the champions, mocking Rhodes and DiBiase's nickname priceless and suggesting a more appropriate moniker would be worthless for allowing their title belts to be stolen by "a couple of thugs".​ The two responded by assaulting Cryme Tyme and introducing another second generation wrestler, Afa the Wild Samoan's son Manu, at Unforgiven, though this still did not impress Orton.​​ Later in the evening the three men assaulted World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk to allow Orton to punt him in the head, removing him from his championship match, gaining Orton's respect.​

When Orton was healthy enough to wrestle once more, Punk demanded a match with him which he won via disqualification when DiBiase interfered. As a result, Orton punted DiBiase in the head, putting him out of action; this storyline was put in place in order for DiBiase to take time off to film The Marine 2.​​ Orton then invited Rhodes and Manu to form a group with him called The Legacy, and used them to help in his rivalry with Batista leading to a three on two handicap match where Batista was put out of action for four months due to a running punt from Orton.​​ After Sim Snuka, the son of Jimmy Snuka, also expressed interest in joining the group, Orton made them qualify through a series of tests which Manu failed the first week.​ In the second week of tests Snuka failed as, even though he and Rhodes had won in a tag team match against Cryme Tyme, it was Rhodes who made the pin.​ The following week Manu and Snuka informed Rhodes that they were intending to assault Orton and had brought back up, giving him an ultimatum to choose a side. When Rhodes continued to stand beside Orton, they brought out a returning Ted DiBiase to aid them, and tried to assault Rhodes and Orton. DiBiase quickly revealed that he had forgiven Orton, however, and joined The Legacy, attacking Manu and Snuka instead.​

Feud with the McMahon family and Batista (2009)

Randy Orton after winning the 2009 Royal Rumble match

With The Legacy finally formed, Manu and Snuka still wanted revenge on Randy Orton. Fearing they would try to convince Raw General Manager Stephanie McMahon to fire him, he went to speak to her himself, but their conversation ended in an argument. When Vince McMahon, Stephanie's father, made his return that night Orton maintained he was owed an apology which angered Vince, but as he was about to fire Orton, Orton slapped McMahon and gave him a running punt leaving him hospitalized in the storyline.​ The following Sunday was the Royal Rumble which saw The Legacy work as a team, making them three of the last four contestants in the ring. Ultimately, in throwing out Rhodes and DiBiase, Triple H was distracted enough to allow Orton to throw him over the top rope and win the match.​ The next evening on Raw, The Legacy came to the ring accompanied by lawyers and doctors, with Orton explaining his outburst against Mr McMahon was a result of intermittent explosive disorder (IED) and threatened to sue the company and cancel WrestleMania XXV if he was fired. Instead he was booked for a no holds barred match with Mr. McMahon's son, Shane, at No Way Out, which Orton won.​​ They fought again the next evening until Orton punted Shane unconscious. Stephanie McMahon came to the ring to oversee her brother being carried away by the paramedics and shouted at Orton until he performed an RKO, his finishing move, to her. Triple H ran to the ring and chased away The Legacy, standing over the body of Stephanie McMahon.​

In an interview on SmackDown, Triple H revealed his real life marriage to Stephanie, even though they had divorced on screen, prior to their actual relationship, in 2002.​ Originally Orton announced he would not use his Royal Rumble win to face Triple H, but instead the World Heavyweight Champion, however after Triple H goaded Orton into "avenging" his first World Championship loss and ousting from their previous stable, Evolution, he changed his mind and their match was booked for WrestleMania XXV.​ In the run up to the match, Orton revealed he had orchestrated the destruction of Triple H and the McMahon family as revenge for his unceremonious exit from Evolution in 2004. Due to the intensity of the rivalry, the decision was made that the WWE Championship could change hands at WrestleMania due to a countout or disqualification, despite this Triple H won the match after hitting Orton with a sledgehammer while the referee was knocked down.​

Bitter about his loss, Orton opened the next evening's Raw by threatening Linda McMahon, Vince's wife, as well as her and Vince's grandchildren, prompting Vince to announce a six-man tag team match for Backlash between Triple H, Shane and Vince McMahon and The Legacy, with a preview that evening between Vince and Orton. As the singles match progressed, Shane and Triple H came to Vince's aid, causing both Rhodes and DiBiase to interfere until a returning Batista appeared and cleared the ring; Vince then announced that Batista was to replace him in the Backlash match.​ The tag team match had the WWE Championship at stake, with the stipulation that if Triple H's team won, he retained the belt while any win by The Legacy would lead to Orton winning the title. Despite not being present for the beginning of the match, Orton won by pinning Triple H after an RKO and a running punt, leaving Triple H hospitalized according to the storyline, while Rhodes constrained Shane and Batista with a chair.​

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • RKO​ (Jumping cutter) - Randy Orton
  • Cobra clutch legsweep​ - Ted DiBiase
  • Cross Rhodes (Rolling cutter) - Cody Rhodes
  • Dream Street (Cobra clutch slam) - Ted DiBiase
  • Running punt to opponent's head - Randy Orton
  • The Silver Spoon DDT​ (Flowing snap DDT) - Cody Rhodes

• Theme music
  • "Voices" by Rev Theory​ (Randy Orton)

New Day]]" by Adelitas Way (Rhodes and DiBiase)

Championships and accomplishments

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE Championship (1 time, current) - Randy Orton​
  • Royal Rumble (2009) - Randy Orton​

References

External links

• Randy Orton's WWE profile
• Cody Rhodes' WWE profile
• Ted DiBiase's WWE profile