WWE has filed a new trademark for ‘Tough Enough’ on March 5, according to a report by PWInsider.
The trademark’s description reads as the following: “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; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fans; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment.”
Tough Enough first aired for three seasons from 2001-2003 on MTV. The fourth season was held in 2004 and was integrated into SmackDown. The reality show is about aspiring wrestlers living together to make it as a WWE star.
Tough Enough was later revived in 2010 by USA Network for two more seasons, the fifth season airing in 2011 and the sixth in 2015, which gave us current superstars like Mandy Rose and Velveteen Dream.
Other talents who competed in the show and later found footing in the business include names such as The Miz, Chelsea Green, Ryback, John Morrison, and Sonya Deville.
