WWE Files To Trademark 'Edge'

Adam Copeland won't be able to become Edge in All Elite Wrestling.

Although he is no longer a part of the company, WWE filed to trademark 'Edge' on November 19 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The trademark was filed for the following purposes:

"Wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered through broadcast media including television 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 via an online community portal."

After initially wrestling as Adam Impact and Sexton Hardcastle, Adam Copeland became Edge in WWE in 1998. Copeland revealed to Fox News in 2022 how he came up with the name.

"I actually came up with Edge. I would have preferred Adam Copeland, but that wasn't the way it really worked then, right? I was doing dark matches, and Don Callis and I were driving and the radio station, it was in Albany and it was 'Edge 1-0-something,' and growing up in Toronto, Edge 102 was always one of my favourite stations. I was like, 'Hmm, that has a bit of a rock 'n' roll feel to it, Edge.' They were tossing around names like Rage, Riot, and you know it was the late '90s, right? I just thought, 'Edge, I'll throw that out there.' At least that’s something I could relate to a little bit better. And it stuck," Copeland stated.

Copeland continued wrestling as Edge until his WWE exit in 2023. He has used his real name, Adam Copeland, since joining All Elite Wrestling in October of last year.

Copeland is currently out of action since breaking his leg at Double or Nothing in May.

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