AEW: AEW Files Meat Mayhem Trademark, Chris Jericho on Being Proud of Swerve Strickland Being AEW’s Team Captain Right Now, Bandido Wrist Injury Update

AEW Files New Trademark for “Meat Mayhem”

AEW filed a trademark for “Meat Mayhem” on August 8th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

AEW previously filed a trademark for “AEW: Meat Madness” for a Meat Madness match that had been originally planned to take place at this past March’s Revolution 2024 event before being dropped due to injuries-related issue.

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Chris Jericho Comments on Being Proud of Swerve Strickland Being AEW’s Team Captain Right Now

Sports Illustrated held a recent interview with Chris Jericho. One of the topics discussed included Jericho’s thoughts about Swerve Strickland’s current reign as AEW World Champion.

“This is only his first time as champ and look what he’s doing. Wait until the second time and the third time and the fourth time. He has star written all over him.”

Jericho also gave his thoughts about Strickland’s release from WWE and having no idea how a company could let someone as talented as him go away.

“I don’t know how you could ever let that guy go. Swerve and MJF are two guys I watch and always think, ‘How did he pull that off?’ Swerve’s still not even at the peak of his character, and he already has this great connection with the crowd.”

Jericho also gave his praise of Strickland for his hard work and being AEW’s “team captain” for the company.

“His persona is larger-than-life, he works extremely hard, and he’s a good f—— person. His energy is amazing–the man can tear the house down. Swerve is our team captain right now, and I’m proud to be on that roster.”

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Bandido Wrist Injury Status Update

As noted before, Bandido has been out of action for AEW since June of 2023 due to a broken wrist injury.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources stated that Bandido has still yet to be medically cleared from his wrist injury. Meltzer reported that the current expectation is that Bandido will likely be cleared soon from his injury.