The Legacy The Legacy was a heel tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment . Legacy was founded by Randy Orton and formed out of the Priceless tag team of Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase . All members of The Legacy consisted of either second or third generation superstars . History . Orton and Priceless Issues . Legacy storyline started when Orton returned on Raw , for the first time since his injury , and confronted Priceless by saying that a better name for the “ priceless ” Superstars would be “ worthless ” . From this moment and on , Orton and Priceless would have some verbal clashes backstage with Priceless demanding respect from Orton . Orton replied to them that if they want respect , they have to take action and impress him . At Unforgiven 2008 , Priceless decided to take some action , and helped Orton destroy CM Punk , but Orton was still unimpressed . After weeks of ' trying to impress Orton ' , November 3 edition of Raw , Priceless decided to interfere in Orton ' s first match since his injury , costing Orton to lose the match via DQ . After this , Orton punted DiBiase , kayfabe injuring him . Orton feuding with Batista , Cody & Manu helping him , and forming The Legacy . On the November 10 edition of Monday Night Raw , Randy started a feud with Batista . He would go on to face him that same night , but Cody wanted to replace him . The match became Cody Rhodes vs Batista , with The Animal defeating Rhodes as Orton watched from ringside . At Survivor Series 2008 , Orton and Cody were the last survivors of Orton ' s Team against Batista . Along with Manu helping from outside , they defeated The Animal to earn a victory for their team . Before making their partnership official ; Orton , Cody and Manu teamed once again to attack John Cena . The Beginning of the Legacy . At The Slammy Awards Episode of Raw , on December 8 , Randy Orton , Cody Rhodes and Manu announced their partnership after Cody and Manu accepted Orton ' s offer for an alliance , calling themselves The Legacy . Later that night , on their debut / first match as The Legacy , they defeated Orton ' s past partners , Triple H and Batista ( Evolution ) . In their second match , they faced John Cena and Batista , where Cody & Manu kept Cena distracted long enough for Orton to punt Batista ' s head , kayfabe injuring him . On December 22 , Sim Snuka asked Orton if he can join The Legacy , but The Legend Killer didn ' t made his answer clear . On the December 29 edition of Raw , Orton put his potential teammates to the test . Cody , Manu and Sim Snuka had to compete in separate matches , the condition being : ' If you win your match , you ' re still in The Legacy , but if you lose , you ' re out ' . They all succeed the test , except Manu who lost to the ECW Champion Matt Hardy . The next week , Orton said to Manu that he was indeed out of The Legacy . Rhodes and Snuka won tag match later that night , however Cody was the one who got the pin , therefore Cody was still in the group , but Snuka was out of it , just like Manu . On January 12 , edition of Raw , Ted DiBiase made his return , apparently siding with Manu and Snuka as they walked towards the ring , ready to confront Orton . At the last second , DiBiase and Rhodes suddenly started beating on Snuka and Manu , with Orton joining in . Soon afterwards it became apparent that DiBiase had joined The Legacy . After months of domination , in 2009 , Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase would help Orton win the WWE Championship not once , not twice , but three times throughout the year . In December 2009 the group showed signs of hatred boiling within the group after Rhodes blamed DiBiase for their losses while Ted did vice versa . In early 2010 , Orton would earn a WWE Championship Match against then - champion Sheamus but would lose by DQ after Rhodes got involved . The following night in a rematch , Rhodes and DiBiase would this time run - in . Following weeks , Orton would test them threatening if either of them lost a match ( Other than Elimination Chamber qualifying matches ) they would be departed from Legacy . At Elimination Chamber , Ted hit Orton in the head with a lead pipe . 8 nights later , Orton would turn on Legacy , leaving them to Yoshi Tatsu , MVP and Mark Henry . The next week Rhodes and DiBiase would turn Orton face after attacking him several times . At WrestleMania 26 The Legacy disbanded with Ted and Cody turning on each other and Orton winning the match . Reformation under The New Legacy ( 2011 ) . After the 2011 WWE Draft , Ted DiBiase and Randy Orton were drafted to Smackdown , Ted and Cody would reform as a tag team under The New Legacy having a feud with Daniel Bryan and Sin Cara . In which Rhodes and DiBiase failed in as they lost to them 3 times in tag team and Singles competition . After their feud with Bryan and Cara ended , Rhodes won the Intercontinental Championship . Weeks later the Legacy would be seen on screen for the first time since WrestleMania 26 with Rhodes saying " The Legacy is re - united again " Rhodes would offer Orton his position as leader back , Orton would respond with an RKO . Weeks later , Rhodes turned on Ted turning Ted face and dissolving the team once more . At Night of Champions 2011 , Ted challenged Cody for the Intercontinental Championship but would fail . One night reunion ( 2013 ) . On August 3 , 2013 at a WWE house show . The Legacy reunited as a face team for one night only against the Shield , which the Legacy won via disqualification after Seth Rollins hit Cody Rhodes with a low blow .