Could a past WCW pay-per-view be making a comeback in WWE?
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), WWE has once again filed to trademark “SuperBrawl,” a former WCW PPV name held between 1991 until 2001. Within that time frame, WCW hosted 11 iterations of SuperBrawl. The final one, titled SuperBrawl Revenge, pitted Kevin Nash against Scott Steiner in a two-out-of-three falls, loser leaves WCW match. Steiner also defended the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
After WCW disbanded in 2001, WWE acquired a number of the company’s intellectual property, including the “SuperBrawl” trademark. This trademark expired in 2005, with Cody Rhodes later filing for it in 2019. The following year, WWE and Rhodes agreed to a settlement that allowed Rhodes to possess the trademark to his full ring name in exchange for WWE regaining “SuperBrawl” and other WCW-related IPs.
In July 2024, WWE once again filed to trademark “SuperBrawl” with USPTO. Six months later, the office issued a non-final action notice, with the “examining attorney requiring additional information and/or making an initial refusal.” WWE subsequently requested an extension of time. This gave them a six-month extension to respond to the Office action, which came on January 21, 2025. Given that it is now July 23, that extension has since passed. No further updates are shown on the trademark application.
WWE has filed “SuperBrawl” under the goods and services category, specifically for:
“Exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered 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 a website in the field of sports entertainment information.”
It remains to be seen how WWE will use Superbrawl if they acquire the trademark. However, the company has brought other WCW event names back. This includes Halloween Havoc and The Great American Bash under the NXT umbrella.
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