WWE has filed to trademark the name of a former NXT champion with the United States Patent & Trademark Office.
On Friday August 15, WWE filed to trademark ‘Duke Hudson’ with USPTO.
Filed under the category of Goods and Services, with the US Serial Number: 99339643 the description reads:
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
Hudson was let go by WWE in January 2025 after a six year stint in the company, with his sole title win being a short run with the WWE NXT Tag Team Championships alongside Andre Chase in 2023.
Along with the filing for ‘Duke Hudson’, WWE also filed to trademark the name of current NXT star ‘Shawn Spears’.
The application was also made on August 15 and too was filed under Goods and Services, with the same description as the one above.
Spears re-signed with WWE in 2024 following four years in AEW, and has since been exclusively featured on the NXT brand.
To find out more details on another WWE trademark filing form today – this time for a current AEW star – check this link here.
WWE has filed to trademark 'Duke Hudson' with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).
The filing description reads:
Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered and through broadcast… pic.twitter.com/fHg2w0JjgJ
— WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) August 16, 2025
WWE has filed to trademark 'Shawn Spears' with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).
The filing description reads:
Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered and through broadcast… pic.twitter.com/2R7mubeEJX
— WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) August 16, 2025
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