Former WWE wrestler Chelsea Green filed a trademark application for “Chelsea Green,” which is both her ring name and birth name on the same day WWE released her. WWE had previously attempted to take ownership, but it had been delayed due to not having obtained her signed consent at the time. With her no longer being employed with WWE, it was assumed they would either give up their application or at least just let it expire, and Green would eventually take ownership.
However, just last week, the promotion submitted the signed consent from Green, dated November 2020, a full six months before being released. This meant that once WWE was officially awarded ownership of her name, she would no longer be able to use her own name in wrestling. Following the news breaking, Green took to Twitter and promised to discuss the situation on her podcast. This likely caught WWE’s attention, as she would subsequently tweet that WWE called her on Sunday night to inform her they were withdrawing their application.
You’re probably wondering why I didn’t talk about the legal issues with my name being trademarked?? Well, at 9pm last night I received a call saying they were withdrawing the trademark & the name is MINE!!
This situation was likely caused by someone in WWE’s legal department not keeping up with WWE’s multiple releases, which is understandable considering how frequently they have been occurring. It did appear odd for WWE to do as it was believed she was still on good terms with them as they allowed her out of her non-compete early to debut for Ring of Honor.
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