WWE Files To Trademark The Name Of Popular NXT Superstar

WWE has filed a trademark on an NXT Superstar’s ring name.

On Monday, March 29, WWE filed to trademark the following name of Kushida. Currently in NXT, Kushida also used this ring name outside of WWE during his tenure in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

The following description was given:

IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: 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

Kushida will face Pete Dunne during NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver. Fightful will have live coverage of both nights on April 7 and 8.

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