Kazuchika Okada files to trademark ‘Rainmaker’
Kazuchika Okada has filed to trademark “Rainmaker.”
On January 12, Okada submitted a filing to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the name of his finishing move. Michael E. Dockins is listed as the attorney of record.
The purposes of the filing are listed as:
Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, televised appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network
Okada filing trademarks in the United States comes amidst reports he is “seriously considering” signing with a company other than NJPW when his contract expires at the end of the month.
Our own Dave Meltzer wrote about WWE’s recent renewed interest in Okada in the November 20, 2023 edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
“Obviously they’ve had interest in him for years. But he’s always been loyal to New Japan,” Meltzer wrote. “The pitch is that he’s now 36 and he’s close with Nakamura and Nakamura has worked years in WWE and it’s far easier on his body.”
“The idea is that WWE is the one thing Okada has never done and he’s done everything he can do in New Japan,” Meltzer continued.
