AEW has applied for a trademark for a potential new event name.
On January 8, 2026, All Elite Wrestling filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark the term “Exile on Pain St.”
The USPTO site states that the application has met the minimum filing requirements for acceptance and that it is awaiting assignment to an examining attorney.
AEW’s application falls under the standard classification for wrestling content. The description reads:
“Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services in the nature of live professional wrestling performances; Entertainment services in the nature of production of professional wrestling programs and events; Entertainment services in the nature of a television series in the field of professional wrestling; Entertainment services, namely, production and distribution of ongoing television programs in the field of professional wrestling.”
It’s unclear how AEW intends to use this trademark. However, the company usually uses such terms for special episodes of Dynamite or Collision.
The company also filed four trademarks in November 2025 for the terms AEW Fire, AEW Blitz, AEW Firestorm, and AEW Tidal Wave, which are also awaiting assignment to an examiner.
Tony Khan Confirms Who Has Creative Control In AEW
Speaking on the Battleground Podcast, AEW President Tony Khan opened up about the misconceptions about creative control in his company. Khan confirmed he’s the only person who can make creative decisions and that no wrestler has that power.
“There’s no creative control. Only I have it. No wrestler has that,” Tony Khan confirmed. “And there’s a lot of freedom to work with the staff and the coaches and the wrestlers together and come up with ideas. I am one of the most collaborative people on the planet, and that’s how I’ve been able to succeed in multiple sports and build the greatest sports analytics engineering firm in the world, True Media.
“We service 29 out of the 30 Major League Baseball teams, and the one team we don’t have, their pitchers buy it out of their own pocket. And that team shall remain nameless. So we do great things. I love working with partners all over the world, media partners. And in wrestling, I think we are really collaborative. And when AEW is at its best, that’s what it is: the wrestlers coming in with ideas. I come in with ideas. We work together, and that’s what I love.”
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