You never know when it might be time for a WWE Superstar to switch things up, and recently on Friday Night SmackDown fans saw King Corbin lose his crown to Shinsuke Nakamura.
Corbin’s reign as King Corbin is now over, but it looks like WWE could be introducing a new gimmick for the former Money in the Bank winner.
Fightful reports that on 6/25 WWE filed to trademark “Happy Corbin” which could be a sign that WWE will be moving forward with a “Happy Corbin” gimmick. The company also filed to trademark “Nikki ASH” and the World Class Championship Wrestling logo.
The full descriptions for the trademarks read as follows:
Happy Corbin & Nikki ASH
“G & S: Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live 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.”
World Class Championship Wrestling logo
“G & S: Entertainment services, namely, a continuing program about sports and entertainment accessible by means of television, satellite, audio, video, web-based applications, mobile phone applications and computer networks; entertainment services, namely, television shows about sports, entertainment and general interest rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; entertainment services, namely, the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; entertainment services, namely on-going reality based television programs rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing entertainment and sports news and information via a global computer network or commercial online service; entertainment services, namely, provision of information and news about sports, entertainment and general interest rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing information in the fields of sports, entertainment and general interest via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports, entertainment and general interest; fan club services, organizing and staging events with fan club members, promoting the interest and participation of fan club members, and providing an online community forum for fan club members; Providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the fields of sports entertainment; entertainment and educational services, namely, ongoing multimedia programs in the field of general human interest, distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing entertainment information regarding ongoing television programs via a global computer network; production of television programs; production of multimedia programs.”
[…] In 2019, Baron Corbin won the King of the Ring tournament, but he recently lost his crown to Shinsuke Nakamura. WWE recently filed a trademark which could hint at a new gimmick for Corbin, and you can get more on that here. […]