Former WWE Tag Team and Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel recently spoke with City Pages about being a third-generation wrestling star:

“If you look at the guys who have come out of our state , my dad, Rick Rude, the Road Warriors, and the whole AWA, really , we produce tough guys. We’ve got a good stock in Minnesota. It’s always tough to live up to having a famous father and grandfather, but I’m not trying to be the next Mr. Perfect or Larry the Ax; I’m trying to be the first Joe Hennig. With a lot of third generation guys, their fathers are still around to give them advice. Unfortunately, my dad isn’t around anymore. I wish he was, and I still get good advice from my grandfather, but I think the fact that my dad isn’t around drives me even more to get out there and do it for myself.”