AEW has filed a trademark application for the term Royal Redemption with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, adding another layer to the growing picture of the promotion’s upcoming plans.
The application was filed on April 24, 2026 under serial number 99785754 and is currently awaiting examination. The filing covers entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests, live professional wrestling performances, production of professional wrestling programs and events, and production and distribution of ongoing television programs in the field of professional wrestling.
The filing comes alongside AEW’s recently trademarked AEW Redemption name, which Andrew Zarian reported on Friday’s Mat Men Pro Wrestling Podcast is planned as a new AEW pay-per-view event at some point in 2026. If AEW Redemption is indeed a new PPV, Royal Redemption could be a match type featured on that event rather than a standalone show of its own, though AEW’s specific plans have not been confirmed.
The name’s similarity to WWE’s Royal Rumble will naturally lead fans to speculate that Royal Redemption could serve as AEW’s answer to the iconic over-the-top-rope elimination match. AEW has historically tried to differentiate its match types from WWE’s established formats. Rather than traditional battle royals, the promotion has developed its own concepts including the Casino Gauntlet Match, which operates on a sudden death first pinfall or submission wins ruleset with individual entrants, and the Blackjack Battle Royal, which uses over-the-top-rope eliminations but starts with everyone at ringside simultaneously.
AEW also modified the Casino Gauntlet Match last year to further distance it from WWE’s Money in the Bank format, requiring winners to give one week’s notice before cashing in their title opportunity rather than being able to do so at any time.
No official announcement from AEW regarding Royal Redemption or its intended use has been made at this time.
