WWE has filed to trademark the new name of a former NJPW star who recently signed a developmental deal to join NXT.
Karl Fredericks, who notably won the 2019 NJPW Young Lion Cup, had his NJPW contract expire in August 2022 and it was announced he’d joined WWE in January 2023.
On last night’s Friday, February 17 edition of NXT Level Up, which was taped Tuesday, February 14 before NXT TV, he made his debut under the new name Eddy Thorpe.
On Monday, February 13, so the day before the match was taped, WWE filed to trademark the name.
The following description accompanied the filing that was made with the United States Patent & Trademark Office:
Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered 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
Thorpe won his debut match over Dante Chen.
You can find a list of all WWE trademark filings in 2023 at this link.
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