Update On Baron Corbin's New Character, WWE Files New Trademarks
Earlier this week the WWE filed for three new trademarks. "Happy Corbin" and "Nikki A.S.H." were filed on June 25 and it appears they will potentially be used as the new names for Baron Corbin and Nikki Cross.
Baron Corbin recently lost his crown to Shinsuke Nakamura on a June 18 episode of SmackDown, thus ending his reign as King Corbin. The WWE had already made one name change official, as King Corbin's name was reverted back to Baron Corbin on the official WWE website following his loss.
Nikki had referred to herself as 'Nikki A.S.H.' on the June 28 episode of Monday Night Raw during a backstage interview and has embraced her new superhero gimmick. It seems that the WWE has decided to go ahead and make the new moniker official.
The full information regarding the trademarks can be seen below:
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
The third trademark filed by the WWE was for World Class Championship Wrestling. The WWE currently owns the rights to WCCW's tape library pre-1989. WCCW was the promotion made famous by the legendary Von Erich family.
Below you can find the full information regarding the trademark:
Entertainment services, namely, a continuing program about sports and entertainment accessible by means of television, satellite, audio, video, web-based applications, mobile phone applications and computer networks; entertainment services, namely, television shows about sports, entertainment and general interest rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; entertainment services, namely, the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; entertainment services, namely on-going reality based television programs rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing entertainment and sports news and information via a global computer network or commercial online service; entertainment services, namely, provision of information and news about sports, entertainment and general interest rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing information in the fields of sports, entertainment and general interest via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports, entertainment and general interest; fan club services, organizing and staging events with fan club members, promoting the interest and participation of fan club members, and providing an online community forum for fan club members; Providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the fields of sports entertainment; entertainment and educational services, namely, ongoing multimedia programs in the field of general human interest, distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing entertainment information regarding ongoing television programs via a global computer network; production of television programs; production of multimedia programs
h/t to Heel By Nature