Welcome to another week of The Ratings Buffet. Saturday Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN2 11:00pm-1:00am ET: 232,000 viewers Monday Raw on USA WWE Raw 9:00pm ET: 3.201 million viewers; 1.09 rating A18-49 WWE Raw 10:00pm ET: 3.029 million viewers; 1.07 rating A18-49 WWE Raw 8:00pm ET: 3.075 million viewers; 1.05 rating A18-49 Bellator: Fedor Returns […]
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USPTO refuses registration of Broken Matt Hardy TM application
Matt Hardy was handed a potential setback from trademarking “Broken Matt Hardy.” The USPTO issued an Office Action which is denying the process for the “Broken Matt Hardy” trademark application. The good news is that Hardy has a chance to respond to the initial decision. Hardy applied to register his “Broken Matt Hardy” gimmick with […]
Anthem exec releases portions of Hardy contract in IP dispute
Ed Nordholm, Executive Vice President of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, sent out an email and attachment of portions of Matt Hardy’s contract related to the use of the “Broken Brilliance” creative which is sparking a potential Intellectual Property dispute between the Hardy’s and its former contractors. MMA Payout obtained a copy of the along with […]
Who owns your gimmick?
The subject of who owns a wrestling character’s gimmick came up earlier this month when Matt and Jeff Hardy left Impact Wrestling and appeared to take their characters they developed in the organization with them. It was reported by Ryan Satin’s The Wrestling Sheet and Dave Meltzer that Impact Wrestling’s lawyers sent a cease and […]
Judge angered by WWE and Plaintiffs disregard for brief rules
A federal judge in Connecticut has issued a written smackdown of the litigation between the WWE and former wrestlers in a contentious lawsuit claiming that the company knew of information concerning a link between repeated head trauma and permanent neurological conditions that it exposed to its wrestlers. The lawsuit involves former pro wrestlers Evan Singleton […]