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Post by unoriginalalex on Jan 31, 2011 15:42:36 GMT -5
Let's say hypothetically, AJ Styles shows up on RAW and WWE doesn't want to give him some random name, would he be able to go by AJ Styles or does TNA have rules about that like WWE does?
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 31, 2011 15:43:55 GMT -5
I don't know about AJ (I'd think he owns that since he was using it before TNA but, could have signed it over) but, TNA does change and trademark names.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 31, 2011 15:44:08 GMT -5
TNA does copyright names
For instance they own all of the names related to Generation Me, including Max and Jeremy Buck.
but I believe AJ Styles owns the copyright to his name
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jan 31, 2011 15:59:09 GMT -5
well that depends if AJ Lee or Joey Styles are ever brought back to the main roster by then  . Anyway, I think the independant wrestlers who were wrestling before TNA started, kept their names. Everyone who's gimmick was created during TNA, I think TNA owns it. Somewhere along the way, TNA went copyright crazy which is how we got Austin Star, Senshi, Awesome Kong, Rellik (instead of Redrum), the and the many porntastic names of the knockouts. |
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Post by Efren on Jan 31, 2011 16:01:15 GMT -5
I remember a report Low Ki didn't want to sign over Low Ki but they didn't want to let him use it if he didn't so thats why they came up with Senshi.
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Post by EJS on Feb 1, 2011 0:04:35 GMT -5
TNA started doing this in like 2006 or so, changing people's names to something they could own or trying to get ownership of their previous names. Low-Ki was the first I remember, then they changed the names of all the knockouts (Amazing Kong to Awesome Kong, Angel Williams to Angelina Love etc...).
Now most new guys get TNA created name changes unless they're stars from WWE.
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