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WWE Reportedly Files Trademarks on A-Town Down Under & Awesome Truth

– Fightful reports that WWE filed trademarks yesterday for the team names of the respective tag team champions of the Raw and SmackDown brands, WWE Tag Team Champions A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) and World Tag Team Champions Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth). WWE filed the trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Friday, May 31. The filings had the following descriptions:
Mark For: A-TOWN DOWN UNDER trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of 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.
Mark For: AWESOME TRUTH trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of 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.
The respective teams won their titles in April at WrestleMania 40: Night 1, winning the six-tag team Ladder Match.