WWE has already abandoned their trademark filing on the name Gunther Stark.
WWE filed that they had abandoned the registration of the trademark yesterday, 1/19.
As noted yesterday on PWInsider.com, the trademark registration blew up in WWE's face on both social media and with a number of mainstream outlets in the United States and internationally. The Gunther Stark name, devised as the new ring name for the former WALTER, was identical to a Nazi U-Boat Commander in World War II.
WWE moved forward with WALTER's new ring name this past Tuesday, instead using "Gunther" without the last name.
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