Last March 24th, WWE filed to trademark the “Tribal Chief” and “Acknowledge Me” terms with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the USPTO) for entertainment services and merchandising purposes. "Tribal Chief" is the term WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns has been using as his moniker for over 7 months now and he has also been the reigning and defending WWE Universal Champion since then, while “Acknowledge Me” is the term Roman Reigns uses and tells the WWE Universe in the beginning of each of his promos.
"The Tribal Chief" Roman Reigns has been the WWE Universal Champion for 571+ days and is scheduled to face WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in a Winner Take All Championship Unification Match at WrestleMania 38 this coming Sunday.
Below are the use descriptions submitted to the USPTO:
The filing for “Tribal Chief” notes that it is for the following, “G & S: Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, 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 and entertainment via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information; fan club services, namely, organizing sporting events in the field of wrestling for wrestling fan club members; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fan club members; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment.”
The filing for “Acknowledge Me” notes that it is for the following, “G & S: Clothing, namely, tops, shirts, jackets, sweatshirts, hoodies; outerwear, namely, coats; bottoms, pants, shorts, underwear, dresses, pajamas, lingerie, clothing ties, scarves, gloves, swimwear; Halloween and masquerade costumes; footwear, namely, shoes, sneakers, slippers, flip flops, boots; headwear, namely, hats, caps; wrist bands; bandanas; championship trophy belts.”
