WWE Files to Trademark ‘Naraku’

WWE files for yet another trademark.

On Tuesday, May 5, the promotion filed an application with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark Naraku, the ring name for former NJPW wrestler EVIL.

Below is the description:

“IC 041: 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.”

As noted previously, the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion revealed his new in-ring name via a vignette on NXT.

Ahead of last night’s NXT, Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that Nox Raijin was initially set to be his WWE name before plans changed. The company had filed for its trademark last week.

Naraku will make his in-ring debut for the company next Tuesday.