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The fall of WCW continues to be a significant topic in the wrestling community, with various factors contributing to its demise. Despite this, WWE has been reintroducing many elements from WCW into their current programming. Interestingly enough, they may also revive more classic WCW pay-per-views in the future.
As previously reported, WWE recently secured a new trademark for an old WCW pay-per-view event, SuperBrawl. This event was a major part of WCW programming from 1991 through 2001. The inaugural main event featured Ric Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami for the WCW and NWA World Heavyweight Championships, while the final show saw Scott Steiner face Kevin Nash in a Retirement match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
WWE recently filed trademark applications for the terms “New Blood Rising” and “The Match Beyond” on July 3, following their earlier application for “SuperBrawl.”
New Blood Rising pay-per-view took place on August 13, 2000 from the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia and featured matches such as Booker T retaining the WCW World Title against Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash beating Goldberg and Scott Steiner and other classic matches.
New Blood Rising – “Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing television programs in the field of professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production of professional wrestling events and organizing exhibitions of professional wrestling events for entertainment purposes, all rendered live and through broadcast media, namely, television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media;
providing wrestling news and information through broadcast media, namely, television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing sports and entertainment information through broadcast media, namely, television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing a website featuring sports entertainment information;
organizing social entertainment professional wrestling events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fans, rendered live and through broadcast media, namely, television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; providing a website featuring online journals, namely, blogs, in the field of sports entertainment.
The Match Beyond – “Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing 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; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fans; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely, blogs, in the field of sports entertainment”
While there’s speculation about WWE potentially resurrecting these shows, it’s also plausible that WWE is filing for these trademarks for archival purposes. However, the descriptions mentioning “ongoing” suggest WWE might have future plans for them.
WWE has already repurposed several WCW properties for the NXT brand, including annual specials like Halloween Havoc. This trend hints at WWE’s willingness to leverage nostalgic WCW brands for their current programming. We will have to wait and see how WWE will be utilizing the old WCW pay-per-views eventually, as the company will surely make something great out of them.
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