Trademark filed for ‘WWE Speed’ concept
After debuting last Friday, WWE has officially filed a trademark for its new “WWE Speed” concept.
Before SmackDown last week, two off-air matches with WWE Speed branding took place. The matches had five-minute time limits with a point system. Wrestlers gain one point with a victory, lose one point with a loss, and no points are awarded for time limit draws.
Bronson Reed vs. Nathan Frazer and Cedric Alexander vs. Axiom were the first two WWE Speed matches to take place. It appears that the matches were filmed, but no broadcast details have been announced for WWE Speed. It’s possible that this was a pilot for a potential new TV show or digital media series.
On Monday (December 18), WWE applied to trademark “WWE Speed” for the following purposes:
Entertainment services, namely, a show about professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production and 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 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
Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick did commentary for last Friday’s WWE Speed matches.
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