{"id":326615,"date":"2026-04-30T01:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=326615"},"modified":"2026-04-30T01:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:23:43","slug":"wwe-reportedly-hasnt-decided-on-evils-recent-name-despite-recent-trademark-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/wwe-reportedly-hasnt-decided-on-evils-recent-name-despite-recent-trademark-filing\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Reportedly Hasn&#8217;t Decided On EVIL&#8217;s Recent Name Despite Recent Trademark Filing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2160543\/wwe-evil-new-name-trademark-nox-raijin\/\" data-post-title=\"WWE Reportedly Hasn't Decided On EVIL's New Name Despite Recent Trademark Filing\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2160543\">\n<picture id=\"pf7e754a2dd3c3eb80ab804aac94e6e6b\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwe-reportedly-hasnt-decided-on-evils-new-name-despite-recent-trademark-filing\/intro-1777487717.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwe-reportedly-hasnt-decided-on-evils-new-name-despite-recent-trademark-filing\/intro-1777487717.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Etsuo Hara\/Getty Images<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was an evening of many happenings in &#8220;WWE NXT&#8221; on Tuesday, including the return of Tavion Heights to attack NXT Champion Tony D&#8217;Angelo, and the debut of UK wrestler Will Kroos, who also laid out D&#8217;Angelo with a moonsault. But each were preceded by the &#8220;NXT&#8221; debut of former Recent Japan star EVIL, with the previous IWGP World Heavyweight Champion confronting D&#8217;Angelo before presenting him with a shirt.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Throughout this interaction, EVIL was never referred to by any name from commentators Vic Joseph and Booker T, leading many to invest on what his recent persona could be. A touch was seemingly provided sooner or later later, <a href=\"https:\/\/tmsearch.uspto.gov\/search\/search-results\/99792811\" target=\"_blank\">when it was revealed that WWE had trademarked the name &#8220;Nox Raijin&#8221; on Tuesday<\/a>. Many quickly assumed this is able to be EVIL&#8217;s WWE name, as Raijin is the name of a god in Japanese mythology.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Taking to X on Wednesday morning, nonetheless, TC of WrestleVotes looked as if it would contradict the trademark news, indicating that WWE had yet to determine on a brand new name for EVIL. Consequently, &#8220;Nox Raijin&#8221; could also be among the many names being considered for EVIL&#8217;s recent persona, or might be the name for an additional potential WWE debut in the approaching weeks. In February, Dave Meltzer speculated that EVIL&#8217;s former stablemate Hiromu Takahashi could even have WWE interest, though no word has emerged since on whether Takahashi has received a suggestion from WWE.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m told WWE has yet to determine on a brand new name for EVIL.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TC of WrestleVotes (@TCwrestlevotes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TCwrestlevotes\/status\/2049502096248951097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Whatever EVIL&#8217;s recent name in WWE will probably be will likely be revealed on next week&#8217;s &#8220;NXT&#8221; episode, though his interaction with D&#8217;Angelo a minimum of makes it clear that he will probably be coming for D&#8217;Angelo&#8217;s NXT Championship alongside Heights and Kroos. No &#8220;NXT&#8221; PLE has been announced for May or June presently, potentially meaning an EVIL vs. D&#8217;Angelo title match could happen on TV as an alternative.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etsuo Hara\/Getty Images It was an evening of many happenings in &#8220;WWE NXT&#8221; on Tuesday, including the return of Tavion Heights to attack NXT Champion Tony D&#8217;Angelo, and the debut of UK wrestler Will Kroos, who also laid out D&#8217;Angelo with a moonsault. But each were preceded by the &#8220;NXT&#8221; debut of former Recent Japan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21056],"tags":[6239,51180,3355,3996,492,6691,6221],"class_list":["post-326615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-and-more","tag-decided","tag-evils","tag-filing","tag-hasnt","tag-reportedly","tag-trademark","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326615"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326618,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326615\/revisions\/326618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}