WWE Files Intriguing New NXT 2.0 Trademark Application

Another day, another interesting WWE trademark application...

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WWE has filed a couple of new trademark applications seemingly related to NXT 2.0 wrestler Duke Hudson.

The company is seeking to trademark 'Duke's Poker Room' for the following purposes:-

IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: Clothing, namely, tops, shirts, jackets, sweatshirts, hoodies; outerwear, namely, coats; bottoms, pants, shorts, underwear, dresses, pajamas, lingerie, clothing ties, scarves, gloves, swimwear; Halloween and masquerade costumes; footwear, namely, shoes, sneakers, slippers, flip flops, boots; headwear, namely, hats, caps; wrist bands; bandanas; championship trophy belts

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IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: 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

Click here and here to view the two trademark applications via the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Hudson debuted a new poker-themed gimmick on NXT 2.0's 5 October episode, having featured in a vignette seemingly designed to repackage him. The 32-year-old Australian has been with WWE since February 2019, and has previously competed for the company under his real name, Brendan Vink, and as Tony Modra.

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