According to a recent report by HeelByNature.com, last Monday, November 2nd, WWE filed to trademark six names formerly used by WCW, including Slamboree, The Match Beyond, Bunkhouse Stampede, BattleBowl, SuperBrawl and Bash At The Beach.
All six of these former WCW names was filed under entertainment services to the USPTO (the United States Patent and Trademark Office) with the following use description:
“Entertainment services, namely, a show about professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing wrestling news and information through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fans; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment.”
Top AEW Star and AEW Executive “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes attempted to trademark these names with the USPTO (the United States Patent and Trademark Office) as well.
It was mentioned in reports that the WWE agreed to file a cancellation notice with the USPTO (the United States Patent and Trademark Office) on all trademarks of Cody’s name in exchange for the six former WCW names. Cody revealed after this past Wednesday night’s Dynamite came to a close that he now officially owns the rights to his “Cody Rhodes” name.
