Travis Scott and WWE are wrestling over trademark claims. The World Wrestling Entertainment powerhouse is attempting to block La Flame’s “Cactus Jack” trademark, which it abandoned in 2010, because it was once a nickname for wrestler Mick Foley, according to Wrestling News.
The renowned fighter, who also went by Dude Love and Mankind, fought under the Cactus Jack name as a tribute to his father since the 1980s. Foley still sells a variety shirts with the “Cactus Jack” nickname on them and many fans have wondered about Scott’s use the beloved wrestler’s moniker online.
Scott is no stranger to wrestling. In 2015, he told GQ that he once dreamed being a part the WWE, which was previously known as the WWF. “Since I was six, I wanted to be a fucking wrestler,” he said. “The Hardy Boys was fucking amazing. X-Pac was like my idol. So, performances, I always wanted to make it feel like it was the WWF or some shit.”
La Flame remains a fan the WWE. Last year, he attended the company’s Survivor Series extravaganza in his hometown.
Scott announced the launch his Cactus Jack imprint in March 2017. “I’m not doing it to have financial control over my music,” he told Numéro Magazine at the time. “I want first and foremost to help other artists, launch new names, to provide opportunities. I want to do for them what happened to me, but better. By better I mean no bullshit. No lying to the artists about album release dates or the budgets videos and albums.”
Last month, Scott’s alternate nickname Cactus Jack inspired the album title for Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho, his collaborative album with Quavo. On the title track, he raps: “Cactus Jack, yeah / Got plaques on plaques, yeah / Hits on hits, yeah, in the mix.”