Brody King has submitted a second trademark application after filing for “Hounds Of Hell.”
King submitted the trademark application for “Cerberus” to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on January 19 under the entertainment services category.
You can check out the official description for the trademark below:
“Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestlers and sports entertainers; Entertainment services, namely, televised appearances by a professional wrestlers and sports entertainers; Entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a professional wrestlers and sports entertainers; Providing online interviews featuring professional wrestlers and sports entertainers in the field of professional wrestling and sports entertainment for entertainment purposes.”
Seven Japanese wrestling promotions have united to form a new partnership named United Japan Pro Wrestling.
This alliance includes NJPW, Pro Wrestling NOAH, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro Wrestling, STARDOM, and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling.
Chairman Sanshiro Takagi will lead United Japan Pro Wrestling.
You can check out the press release below:
“A special press conference on January 20 saw the official recognition of United Japan Pro-Wrestling as a general incorporated association. The legal designation of the industry group strengthens governance and enhances public transparency, as well as allowing for more freedom in the scope of UJPW, while maintaining that commercial activity is not a core goal of the association, which is a non-profit organization.
Chaired by Sanshiro Takagi, the press conference explained the move to incorporation and its function in UJPW’s mission statement ‘to support the people of Japan through professional wrestling’, as well as to ‘show the strengths of pro-wrestling to the world’. Takagi recalled the thought process behind UJPW’s establishment, inspired by the challenges faced by the pro-wrestling industry during the COVID pandemic and the need for a unified ‘point of call’ for the industry at large during social issues, as well as to benefit communication between member organizations.
Currently, those member organizations comprise All Japan Pro-Wrestling, Big Japan Pro-Wrestling, DDT Pro-Wrestling, DRAGONGATE, GanbarePro-Wrestling, Kyushu Pro Wrestling, NJPW, NOAH, STARDOM and Tokyo Joshi Pro, but Takagi would also present a roadmap for future members to join.
The seven requirements to join UJPW are:
an organization to be a regularly running, active promotion in Japan.
to be a legally recognised company
to have at least one contracted wrestler working for them
to have annual revenue of at least 50 million Yen
to have been established for at least two years
to have a corporate compliance system in place for wrestlers and staff
to share in a vision of betterment for the pro-wrestling space at large even in competition with other members.
Takagi also explained a road map for ‘supporting members’ of the association to join would be announced in the near future, with the key difference in barrier to entry being that the annual revenue and contracted wrestler distinctions are waived.
Takagi went on to discuss the broader vision of UJPW. The four central goals of the group, Takagi said, started with introducing more people to professional wrestling and ‘elevating its status in society.’ In elevating social status, a core tenet will be charitable activities, such as the support for Noto earthquake survivors expressed in the last year.
Takagi also talked about more international efforts, explaining the need to introduce the world to the unique culture of Japanese professional wrestling, and using this as the basis to drive tourism to Japan. Takagi’s fourth goal was to ‘expand the marketplace’ of professional wrestling in Japan, with a vision to grow the entire industry to double its current size within the next decade. Citing 1954 as the beginning of the current era of professional wrestling in japan in the form of the JWA under Rikidozan, Takagi discussed a vision of ‘supporting the people of Japan as we approach pro-wrestling’s centennial’.
Takagi closed by discussing the immediate goals for the group, which will see further strengthening and regular meetings with the Japanese government, as well as collaboration between member organizations on policies for health and safety of wrestlers. ‘We look forward to your support and understanding in our ongoing mission.’”
