Current Owner Of Former WWE Star Trademark Revealed

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A former WWE star has revealed the identity of the new owner of the trademark for their old ring name during a recent interview.

Santino Marella is the new Director of Authority for Impact Wrestling, with the former WWE still able to use his old ring name.

The real-life Anthony Carelli performed as Marella was signed by WWE from 2005 until his release in May 2016.

He recently revealed how he is now able to appear in WWE using the Marella name whilst speaking on The Dave Van Auken Show.

Addressing the subject, Marella said:

“Scott [D’Amore], as a habit, when he gets former WWE guys, he goes and checks the trademarks.

“Just as a habit, and he found in 2021 WWE did not renew the Santino Marella trademark.

“So, Scott jumped on it. Impact Wrestling now owns the Santino Marella trademark.

“So, that’s why a lot of people, when I came out and said, ‘I am Santino Marella,’ they were like, ‘Woah, how is he able to use that?'”

Marella would go on to joke that the trademark over his name was almost a bigger story than his actual appearance in Impact Wrestling.

He would also comment that he doesn’t feel he was away long enough to be forgotten, but was away long enough for his return to matter to the fans.

Marella debuted for Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill on January 5 2023.

It would make the first time he was before a live wrestling crowd in around six years.

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