That’s A Big Step. Rumored Independent Wrestling Promotion Registers Trademarks, Including Company Name

You mean the denials might have been fake? A few weeks back, rumors began to swirl that Chris Jericho and Jim Ross might be starting a wrestling promotion. Both denied the claims, but it’s not that easy to trust wrestling people. At the same time, there have been rumors that the Elite (Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks) may be starting their own promotion. As it turns out, there seems to be something to that.

According to Ringsidenews.com, a number of trademarks have been registered recently by a group known as All Elite Wrestling LLC. These were all filed in Jacksonville, Florida, with the address matching that of the home stadium of the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team. This would suggest that the group is tied in with Tony Khan, the Jaguars owner, who was rumored to be the backer of Ross and Jericho’s promotion. There is currently no word on Jericho and Ross being involved, though they could be involved as talent. Here are the trademarks that were registered:

• All Elite Wrestling
• ALL OUT
• Double Or Nothing
• Tuesday Night Dynamite
• AEW
• AEW All Out
• AEW Double Or Nothing

This sounds like a big place to start.

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Opinion: It’s way too early to know what this could mean, but it’s certainly something interesting. Above all else, it might mean someone being able to put together a promotion run by wrestlers, which certainly doesn’t happen on the big stage all that often. It’s WAY too early to tell what could come from this, but it seems that the Elite are interested in making a go of something, even if it’s just their own big time indy company.

What do you think of this idea? Would you watch a promotion run by the Elite? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 1997 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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