USPTO Abandons Jericho Vortex Trademark, Sparking AEW/WWE Speculation

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has declared Chris Jericho's trademark application for The Jericho Vortex abandoned, a development that adds momentum to ongoing speculation about the wrestler's future with All Elite Wrestling and a possible return to WWE. The application, filed in April 2024, was ruled abandoned in late October 2025 after required follow-up paperwork was not filed within the prescribed timeframe, the USPTO said.

The USPTO notice states, "The application above is abandoned because we did not receive within six months of the Notice of Allowance (NOA) issue date 1 A Statement of Use (SOU) or 2 A Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use (Extension Request)." The office classified the case as FAILURE TO FILE TIMELY SOU OR EXTENSION REQUEST. Under USPTO procedures, an applicant can seek to revive an abandoned application, but a petition to do so typically must be filed within a limited window; sources reporting the notice say that window is about two months in this case.

Jericho has a long history of filing trademark applications for catchphrases and character names, and observers note that many of those filings are later dropped or...