New WWE NXT 2.0 Name Changes, New NXT 2.0 Trademarks

By Marc Middleton

Two more WWE NXT 2.0 name changes have been revealed.

Anriel Howard is now being called Lash Legend.

Legend previously played in the WNBA for the Seattle Storm, and signed with WWE last December in the same Performance Center Class that featured Ikemen Jiro and NXT Tag Team Champions MSK, among others. She appeared in a NXT TV segment with Cameron Grimes this past February. Legend played college basketball at Mississippi State and Texas A&M before going pro in the 2019 WNBA Draft.

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Legend tweeted on her name change this week and wrote, "If y'all ain't ready, y'all better get ready. LASH LEGEND is about to show outtttt!!! [star sparkles emoji]"

Sean Tan is now being called Dante Chen.

Chen previously wrestled as Trexxus, and is from Singapore. He is a former Singapore Pro Wrestling Southeast Asia Champion. Chen signed with WWE in the same July Performance Center Class that featured just two other talents – Feicheng Wang and Jie Yin.

Chen also tweeted on his debut and wrote, "ARRIVAL. #DanteChen #WWE"

On a related note, WWE has filed to trademark several related names in the past few weeks – NXT 2.0, Malik Blade (Joshua Dawkins, who will debut on WWE 205 Live tonight against Boa), Bron Breakker (details on his push), Brooks Jensen (details on his debut), Lash Legend, Dante Chen, Tony D'Angelo (details on his first vignette), Persia Pirotta (details on her debut), Gunnar Harland (details on this being changed), and Trick Williams (details on his debut).

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The NXT 2.0 use description included with the USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office) filing reads like this: "NXT 2.0™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of entertainment services, namely, a show about professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing wrestling news and information through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information."

The use descriptions filed with the various ring name trademarks reads like this: "MALIK BLADE™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of 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."

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Stay tuned for more. Below are the tweets from Legend and Tan:

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