WWE has filed for several trademarks over the last few days for entertainment purposes with The United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The terms included Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, Kayla Braxton, Ryan Tran, Jessika Carr, Megan Morant, Mike Rome, Gunther, Mr. Stone, and Maxxine Dupri. Here is the description:
“Trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information; fan club services, namely, organizing sporting events in the field of wrestling for wrestling fan club members; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fan club members; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment.”
Cole, Saxton, and Braxton are WWE announcers, Rome is a ring announcer, and Morant is an on-screen correspondent for the SmackDown brand. Tran and Carr are WWE referees.
Mr. Stone is for Robert Stone, who currently manages Von Wagner on NXT 2.0. Dupri is set to debut on Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown.
Gunther, the reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion, previously went by WALTER. WWE changed his name earlier this year before his arrival on the main roster, where he has been booked strongly.
