Posted on 10/01/125 by Colin Vassallo
The Invasion name which was being used to promote next
week’s NXT and TNA special on The CW has been changed to
Showdown.
The change was made official last night on NXT.
The name and date coincided with the Hamas attacks on Israel
of October 7, 2023 which killed over 1,000 people and
kickstarted the new war in the Middle East.
With the unfortunate parallels, WWE decided to avoid further
scrutiny and change the name to Showdown. The Showdown logo
uses the same font and colors of the Invasion logo, with a
large red W instead of a V.
A new trademark application was filed with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office for the new name yesterday.