[RETRO] Kayfabe Heroes by ShopKWK

What a weird way to do business. Especially after he had already made a deal with you.

If it’s that simple then do you think all the grapplers and gimmicks guys names are still currently trademarked by the wwe? What would be his reason for not referring to them by their wwe names if there’s no legal reason why he can’t?

I said I’m not sure of the full legalities but trademark / IP law is far more complicated than people think. I follow a few on socials and YouTube etc because it’s interesting and Lawyers specialise in it and spend years studying it. As I say from what I understand you can’t hold a trademark / IP / rights with no intent to use it just to prevent others, you have to be able to display a financial interest / intention to use.

Then there’s the whole Cody thing where he could use rhodes in some media but not others etc during that spell on the indies. It’s a minefield I don’t pretend to fully understand but I’m giving my opinion from what I understand.

Where it might be easy for wwe could be the network / peacock because of the amount of footage on there I suppose it could give the argument that they are retaining ips because of the likeness rights and IP and they monetise those?

There’s always loopholes, small print, exceptions etc - didn’t Disney granted a special extension to prevent some of their licenses falling into public domain etc? I think Mickey Mouse is due to enter public domain next year, no doubt they will try to prevent that happening

Asked a long time ago about wwe properties I believe ZST said it’s a minefield and one he doesn’t want to entertain. The other companies likely just copied this stance. Even if legally they could use an IP would you want to go through the time, risk and money involved or just play safe and change the name slightly? That’s sensible imo.

October 31st if I’m not mistaken.

I believe this is the one you were referring to. I like it more than some of the others but how many of these are going to sell anyway?

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Well, you are kind of correct. Max Moon (Paul Diamond) was never televised as Komet Kid. According to Konnan himself Konnan was the only Komet Kid. "People think that Max Moon was me, but I was never Max Moon, That was after I left" said Konnan in an interview. I can't find that interview, but I remember it was on his podcast with disco. This is confirmed by an interview with diamond on Hannibal's podcast. Paul was billed as Komet Kid only a couple of times in dark matches and house shows prior to the name change of Max Moon.  


It's interesting that KWK decided to name the figure Comet Kid, since Komet Kid was 99% Konnan and Max Moon was 100% Diamond. Technically if you count the 2 or 3 dark matches Paul Diamond did use the Komet Kid name, but if you are ever watching old matches know that Konnan=Komet Kid, Max Moon=Paul Diamond.

An interesting side note is that Konnan actually debuted the character as El Relampago, before changing his name to Komet Kid. Konnan had more appearances as El Relampago (just a few) than as Max Moon (zero).

How do you know the mask was dropped? That's a bummer because I think the figure looks good.

I'm not sure why there is any negativity to this line. He has lesser known talent I'd really like to see made into figures. Mantaur and Orient Express just to name a few. I want all of these companies to do well. Even the few people on here that have complaints are on communication. They all got their products that they purchased in quality condition. 

I think they are just the US distributor?

I’m in the UK so it’s only his site I can order from, from his posts on social media I think the 1/100 is only available from his site? the rest on asylum for the US.