WWE Applies For “Barely Legal” Trademark

On November 21, WWE applied to trademark both “Barely Legal” and “Cyberslam”, the names of two former ECW shows from the late 90s and early 2000s.

I have to say when I saw the initial report on this story, I was a bit confused, but then I remembered the ECW shows.

Here is the trademark description:

Entertainment services, namely, a show about professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing wrestling news and information through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information.

This sudden decision to trademark ECW shows could be as a direct response to AEW Vice President Cody trademarking “Bash at the Beach”, something which could reportedly cause legal issues between WWE and AEW.