Cody Rhodes Still In Search Of His Own Legacy

Last night on WWE Raw, Cody Rhodes officially challenged Brock Lesnar to a third match at SummerSlam. The American Nightmare has been embroiled in a feud with Lesnar since losing to Roman Reigns in the main event on WrestleMania 39. Speaking to Keyshawn, JWill & Max on ESPN Radio, Cody spoke about still searching for his own legacy:

"A big secret there is when it comes to second or third generation wrestlers - this trickles down to any athlete where your parent came before you and did something great - the thing you don't always say is: I want to honour them but also [I] want to be better than they were. Not in a negative way. You want to take it a step further. For me, winning the Royal Rumble. 

"My dad passed away in 2015, it's so unique that he's not able to see it, but I feel like he's still here with me. To be able to do some things that he never touched. Dusty did everything. To be able to win the Royal Rumble, to go to WrestleMania and be the main event of the biggest thing in wrestling, I'm blessed and lucky, but I'm still on the hunt. [...] That's the tricky thing when you're in these families. You want to look at everybody and say, 'they were different, they did this. He was different and did this.' That's my way of honoring them. Trying to be different from both dad and my brother. That's certainly a struggle because they laid out a great path."

H/T to Fightful.

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