{"id":31250,"date":"2018-11-21T11:51:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=31250"},"modified":"2018-11-21T11:51:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:51:16","slug":"all-elite-wrestling-is-it-what-we-think-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/11\/21\/all-elite-wrestling-is-it-what-we-think-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"All Elite Wrestling: Is It What We Think It Is?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumors emerged this year<\/a> that a new super indie promotion was being started by Chris Jericho<\/strong> and Jim Ross<\/strong>, along with The Elite<\/strong> (The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, etc.), which would be in part bankrolled by the owner billionaire owner of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars<\/strong>, Shahid Khan<\/strong> (or at least, his son Tony Khan<\/strong>). Multiple parties, including Chris Jericho and Jim Ross, shot down the idea almost immediately<\/a>. Well, let’s just say a lot has happened since then.<\/p>\n

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But on November 5, a company filed trademarks for All Elite Wrestling LLC<\/a>, for Goods & Services, covering all the standard merchandise, music, etc. things as well as “sports entertainment, namely, wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio.” While Tony Khan refused to comment on the rumors when they first broke, the address given for All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong> is awfully familiar.<\/p>\n

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Photo: US Patent Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For those who aren’t NFL savvy, 1 TIAA Bank Field Drive is the address for the home stadium of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Which would seem to confirm the connection to the Khans. But the trademarks don’t just start with All Elite Wrestling – a name itself that incorporates elements of The Elite and their debut PPV, All In. In late October, AEW also opened their Twitter account<\/a>, but so far it’s remained nonactive.<\/p>\n

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AEW also trademarked the following event names – AEW Double Or Nothing<\/strong><\/em> and AEW All Out<\/strong><\/em>. Double Or Nothing was the reported PPV name for the sequel to All In<\/em> and All Out<\/em> feels like it could be a third PPV option in the series. Cody and The Young Bucks hold the trademark on All In.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Cody Rhodes sent out a rather harmless looking tweet at the beginning of the NFL season, saying this season he was going “all in” on the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was weeks before the news began to circulate that the indie promotion was even in play, so it was disregarded as simply Cody changing his NFL allegiance this season.<\/p>\n

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Week 1 upon us<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going all in on the @Jaguars<\/a> this season<\/p>\n

Got a good feeling about em\u2019<\/p>\n

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) September 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n