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04-09-2006, 12:40 PM
Word is WWE Legal has gone copyright crazy again:
"WWE have filed a trademark on the term, Umaga. They also recently filed trademarks on Todd Gymini, Mike Gymini, Chain Gang, Chain Gang Soldier, CG, CGC and CG Click."
from pwinsider.com, by ways of a WWE blog.
LOL.
I doubt that "Jamal" (or whatever his name really is) would want to use the "Umaga" character outside of WWE were he to get canned again. Ditto for the Gyminis if they don't get over in WWE with those personas.
and all that extra "John Cena" stuff is funny.
Somewhat related, I finally got a chance to look back at some of the situations that sparked this by following the suggestions of some of you here at TPWW and checking out The Monday Night War DVD.
Great story, great collection of footage and interviews... and for the most part they didn't cut corners (outside of the still-annoying WWF-scratch logo blurs and everyone pretending that company name didn't exist in interviews).
Besides the blurring, I wish they had played the entirety of that X-Pac trashing WCW speech when he came to join DX.
Seeing Jim Ross react to the "Oklahoma" thing, which was in REAL poor taste, was also interesting. He wasn't hopping mad, which was kind of a shocker, but it was probably because some time had passed. It's one thing to make fun of the geriatric theatrics of WCW (as WWE did with Billionaire Ted, The Huckster, and The Nacho Man), but to make fun of the announcer's physical infliction was and still is bullshit.
I was expecting the worst, seeing that this was a WWE production, but they allowed Eric Bischoff to be the honest, brutal asshole he was known to be during that time, instead of "Vince's Bitch" as he seems to have been made on TV, detailing every and anything.
I especially liked how they included Rocky Maivia's "Die Rocky Die" speech, if only an excerpt. Thinking now, what's happening with John Cena, it makes one wonder what would happen if WWE didn't edit crowd reaction or suppress dissention among fans now.
There was a great collection of WCW footage in there, too...brought back a lot of memories... and it kind of made me mad how they sort of used Flair as a crutch (much like WWE does now).
You see here that Vince still seems shaky about admitting how much his product was getting his ass kicked, a quality that Bischoff doesn't seem to have...and it illustrates one of the biggest problems in WWE today.
Just once I'd wish they'd just take the L their priority-phobic legal department caught and pay the Panda Fund what it takes to allow them to say "WWF" and show the logos in their videos. If they did it to acquire ECW's library after it sunk, why can't they do it for their OWN product?
But don't let the blurring idiocy steer you from watching this -- if you haven't...find this video and pick it up. It's worth the money.
Great video, especially in the context of today's WWE. I hope TNA doesn't ever fall into the trap of trying to compete with WWE and paying attention to what they do, lest the same thing happen to them...
"WWE have filed a trademark on the term, Umaga. They also recently filed trademarks on Todd Gymini, Mike Gymini, Chain Gang, Chain Gang Soldier, CG, CGC and CG Click."
from pwinsider.com, by ways of a WWE blog.
LOL.
I doubt that "Jamal" (or whatever his name really is) would want to use the "Umaga" character outside of WWE were he to get canned again. Ditto for the Gyminis if they don't get over in WWE with those personas.
and all that extra "John Cena" stuff is funny.
Somewhat related, I finally got a chance to look back at some of the situations that sparked this by following the suggestions of some of you here at TPWW and checking out The Monday Night War DVD.
Great story, great collection of footage and interviews... and for the most part they didn't cut corners (outside of the still-annoying WWF-scratch logo blurs and everyone pretending that company name didn't exist in interviews).
Besides the blurring, I wish they had played the entirety of that X-Pac trashing WCW speech when he came to join DX.
Seeing Jim Ross react to the "Oklahoma" thing, which was in REAL poor taste, was also interesting. He wasn't hopping mad, which was kind of a shocker, but it was probably because some time had passed. It's one thing to make fun of the geriatric theatrics of WCW (as WWE did with Billionaire Ted, The Huckster, and The Nacho Man), but to make fun of the announcer's physical infliction was and still is bullshit.
I was expecting the worst, seeing that this was a WWE production, but they allowed Eric Bischoff to be the honest, brutal asshole he was known to be during that time, instead of "Vince's Bitch" as he seems to have been made on TV, detailing every and anything.
I especially liked how they included Rocky Maivia's "Die Rocky Die" speech, if only an excerpt. Thinking now, what's happening with John Cena, it makes one wonder what would happen if WWE didn't edit crowd reaction or suppress dissention among fans now.
There was a great collection of WCW footage in there, too...brought back a lot of memories... and it kind of made me mad how they sort of used Flair as a crutch (much like WWE does now).
You see here that Vince still seems shaky about admitting how much his product was getting his ass kicked, a quality that Bischoff doesn't seem to have...and it illustrates one of the biggest problems in WWE today.
Just once I'd wish they'd just take the L their priority-phobic legal department caught and pay the Panda Fund what it takes to allow them to say "WWF" and show the logos in their videos. If they did it to acquire ECW's library after it sunk, why can't they do it for their OWN product?
But don't let the blurring idiocy steer you from watching this -- if you haven't...find this video and pick it up. It's worth the money.
Great video, especially in the context of today's WWE. I hope TNA doesn't ever fall into the trap of trying to compete with WWE and paying attention to what they do, lest the same thing happen to them...