WWE Files To Trademark Former Champion’s New Ring Name

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WWE has filed to trademark a new ring name following a name change being confirmed on TV.

With Mariah May recently making her WWE debut, the former AEW Women’s Champion revealed her new name in a vignette on the June 10 NXT episode.

With May revealing that she will be known as “Blake Monroe” in WWE, the company has filed an application to trademark this name with the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

The following description accompanied the filing:

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

Blake Monroe appears to be a reference to her niece whose name is Blake, and Marilyn Monroe.

Her real name is Mariah May Mead, hence WWE wanting to use a name the company can trademark, as trademarking a real name is more complicated.

A WWE main roster star has praised the new NXT star’s previous AEW feud with Toni Storm, which you can read more about right here.

WWE has filed to trademark "Blake Monroe", Mariah May's new ring name:

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