Last year, WWE revived two special events from the defunct World Championship Wrestling promotion. WarGames, the double-cage match first used in the NWA, was used at November’s NXT Takeover event from Houston, TX. Later that month, WWE ran a special live event from North Carolina’s Greensboro Coliseum dubbed Starrcade.

A search of the United States Patent and Trademark Office reveals that WWE applied for the trademark The Great American Bash on April 27th.

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Among the uses for the trademark filing are, “Entertainment services, namely, 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 radio, and via the internet or commercial online service.”

The Great American Bash was first used in the late 1980’s as the name of Jim Crockett Promotions summer tours. The name was later used by WCW as one of their signature pay-per-view events. Following the demise of WCW, WWE used the Great American Bash for several years starting in 2004. The event was later rebranded as “The Bash” but has not been used by WWE in many years.

This latest trademark application indicates WWE intends to bring back the Great American Bash once again – perhaps later this year when the company returns to Saudi Arabia.