According to a report by Heel By Nature, All Elite Wrestling filed to trademark “Battle Of The Belts” with the USPTO (the United States Patent and Trademark Office) last January 8th under the merchandise and entertainment services, mainly “a continuing program about wrestling accessible by radio, television, satellite, audio, video and computer networks”.
It was also indicated on the report that the trademark was entered in the database last January 21st. The following use descriptions were submitted by the promotion to the USPTO (the United States Patent and Trademark Office):
“IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: Bandanas; Hats; Headwear; Pants; Shirts; Shorts; Socks; Sweatshirts; Undergarments; Jackets; T-shirts”
“IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Educational and entertainment services, namely, a continuing program about wrestling accessible by radio, television, satellite, audio, video and computer networks; Entertainment services in the nature of development, creation, production, distribution, and post-production of wrestling programs and events; Entertainment services in the nature of live wrestling performances; Entertainment services in the nature of production of wrestling programs and events; Entertainment services, namely, production and distribution of ongoing television programs in the field of wrestling; Entertainment services, namely, providing ongoing webisodes featuring wrestling via a global computer network; Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing multimedia program featuring wrestling distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing series featuring wrestling provided through a global computer network”
There is no word yet on where AEW has planned to use the “Battle Of The Belts” name for, but the name was reportedly used by the NWA’s Championship Wrestling From Florida in the mid-1980s as a name of an event. CZW has also used the name for a July 2017 event.