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#3. Hope isn't true: WWE taking legal action against AEW

Tony Khan revealed a week or two ago that Cody Rhodes went on a "trademark binge" where he sat one night and decided to file for various trademarks. Some of these include old WCW names.

According to Sean Ross Sapp on Fightful Select, there is a sense of unhappiness in WWE over Cody Rhodes using the "Bash at the Beach" PPV name for AEW and there could be some attempts to thwart it.

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Some within WWE weren't happy with AEW promoting a Bash at the Beach, and there's talk that they may attempt to take action to stop it."

Cody Rhodes referred to the potential legal case on Twitter. Before deleting it, he said:

"Sounds like I'll be going to court soon, time to go suit shopping."

The trademark binge may have landed Cody Rhodes in a bit of trouble and we hope this isn't true because a legal battle between AEW and WWE wouldn't be pleasant.

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