Patrick Clark Jr. (born August 19, 1995) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in
WWE
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where he performed under the
ring name
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Velveteen Dream.
Clark began his professional wrestling career in 2014, when he debuted in the
Maryland Championship Wrestling
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promotion where he trained. During his time there, he won the
MCW Tag Team Championship
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The inaugural champions were The Headbangers (Mo ...
with
Lio Rush
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. After competing in several other independent promotions, Clark participated in the WWE's reality show
Tough Enough, a series focused on finding new wrestlers for WWE. Clark did not win the contest, but he was signed to a developmental contract and was assigned to WWE's
farm territory, NXT.
In 2017, Clark debuted his new gimmick, a
Prince
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-inspired character called Velveteen Dream. After several well-received matches, Dream became very popular in NXT and defeated
Johnny Gargano
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to win the
NXT North American Championship
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. Clark was released from WWE in 2021.
Early life
Patrick Clark Jr. was born on August 19, 1995 in
Washington, D.C.
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Professional wrestling career
Early career (2014–2015)
Clark trained as a professional wrestler at the
Maryland Championship Wrestling
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training center under Patrick Brink.
He made his debut for the promotion after four months of training on October 3, 2014 under the ring name "Rick Powers".
Clark went on to wrestle for MCW, winning the
MCW Tag Team Championship
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The inaugural champions were The Headbangers (Mo ...
with
Lio Rush
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in October 2015.
[ He briefly used the ring name "Slugger Clark" before settling on "Patrick Clark" in February 2016. In addition to working for MCW, Clark appeared with various American independent promotions throughout 2015 including ]Combat Zone Wrestling
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and World Xtreme Wrestling
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.
WWE
''Tough Enough'' and training (2015–2017)
Clark was selected as a contestant for the sixth season of the WWE
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reality television program ''WWE Tough Enough
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'', which began airing in June 2015. Despite being tapped as one of the favorites to win the competition, he was eliminated in the fifth episode due to a perceived lack of humility, placing ninth overall in the series.
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with WWE. He made his in-ring debut for the company at a NXT
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** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
live event
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in Lakeland, Florida
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on February 5, 2016, losing to Riddick Moss
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. He made his television debut on the May 24th episode of ''NXT
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* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
'', beating Robert Anthony. On the October 19 episode of ''NXT'', Clark confronted and challenged NXT Champion
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Shinsuke Nakamura
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but was attacked and beaten down by Nakamura. Clark returned and had his first televised victory on the March 1, 2017 episode of ''NXT'', defeating Sean Maluta
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Professional wrestling career
M ...
.
NXT North American Champion (2017–2019)
On the May 3, 2017 episode of ''NXT'', Clark started appearing in weekly vignettes
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* Vignette (graphic design), decorative designs in books (originally in the form of leaves and vines) to separate sections or chapters
* Vignette (literature), short, i ...
, debuting a new Prince
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-inspired character called Velveteen Dream. He made his debut as a heel
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on the May 24 episode of ''NXT'', defeating Robert Anthony
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. On the September 20 episode of ''NXT'', Dream interrupted Aleister Black
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, where he constantly stalked and harassed Black in order for him to acknowledge Dream and say his name. This led to a match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, where Dream lost. On the December 6 episode of ''NXT'', Dream was supposed to face Kassius Ohno
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** Avidius Cassius (130–175), usurper Roman Emperor
* Cass ...
in a qualifying match for a number one contender's fatal-four way match for the NXT Championship
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; however, an injury kept Dream out of competition, and he was replaced by Johnny Gargano
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, who defeated Ohno and later won the fatal-four way to become the number one contender.
On the January 10, 2018 episode of ''NXT'', Dream interrupted Gargano to mock him for taking 20 minutes to defeat Ohno, claiming that he could've beaten him in "30 seconds tops." On the January 24 episode of ''NXT'', Dream was confronted backstage by Ohno, who pushed him into a wall, starting a feud. At NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, Dream defeated Ohno. During the rest of 2018, Dream participated in several TakeOver events, such as at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, Dream competed in the ladder match for the inaugural NXT North American Championship
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(which was won by Adam Cole
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Col ...
) at NXT TakeOver: Chicago II, he was defeated by Ricochet
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, and at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV, he defeated EC3.
On the September 26 episode of ''NXT'', Dream began a feud with NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa
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Whitney began his career in 2005, working on several independent pro ...
after Dream accused him of attacking Aleister Black, thus turning face
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in the process. At NXT TakeOver: WarGames on November 17, he failed to capture the NXT Championship from Ciampa. On February 2, 2019 at Royal Rumble Axxess, Dream entered the 2019 Worlds Collide tournament, in which he defeated Tony Nese
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Ind ...
in the first round, Humberto Carrillo
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in the quarterfinals, Jordan Devlin
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in the semifinals, and Tyler Bate
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In 2017, he became the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion (later renamed NXT United Kingdom Championship), ...
in the final to earn a future singles championship match of his choice on the NXT
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** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
or NXT UK
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brands.
Dream chose to challenge for the NXT North American Championship, held by Johnny Gargano. On the February 20 episode of ''NXT'', Dream defeated Gargano to win the title, marking his first championship win in WWE. At NXT TakeOver: New York, Dream defeated Matt Riddle
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to retain the championship, handing Riddle his first loss in NXT. In the following weeks, he went on to successfully defend the title against challengers including Buddy Murphy
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, Tyler Breeze
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From 2010 to 2012, he per ...
, Roderick Strong
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, and Pete Dunne
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. On the September 18 episode of ''NXT'', he lost the title to Roderick Strong after interference from The Undisputed Era
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, ending his reign at 231 days, the longest reign in the title's history.
Final storylines (2020–2021)
After taking time off due to a back injury, he returned on the February 5, 2020 episode of ''NXT'' to attack The Undisputed Era. At TakeOver: In Your House, Dream challenged Adam Cole for the NXT Championship in a Backlot Brawl, but ended up unsuccessful, and due to a pre-match stipulation, Dream could no longer challenge for the title while Cole was still champion. Following several months off after an injury related to a car accident, Dream returned on the August 12 episode of ''NXT'', where he lost to Cameron Grimes :not to be confused with actress Camryn Grimes who voices Mrs. Claus in Mickey Saves Christmas
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in a triple threat match
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also involving Kushida
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He is best known for his tenure in NJP ...
. After the match, Dream attacked Kushida, thus turning heel in the process. The following week on ''NXT'', he defeated Finn Bálor
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Devitt is widely known for his ten ...
to qualify for a spot in a ladder match for the vacated NXT North American Championship at NXT TakeOver: XXX. At the event, Dream failed to win the title. At NXT TakeOver 31
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, Dream was defeated by Kushida. On the December 23 episode of ''NXT'', Dream was defeated by Adam Cole in what would be his final WWE appearance. On May 20, 2021, Dream was released from his WWE contract after five months of inactivity.
Professional wrestling persona
After getting signed to a developmental contract, he initially debuted on NXT house show
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s with the gimmick of a Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
supporter, wearing shirts with Donald Trump's image and the "Make America Great Again
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" slogan. In 2017, Clark adopted the persona of "Velveteen Dream", a character inspired by the musician Prince
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the day he died. The Velveteen Dream character was described by WWE as "a mysterious yet intoxicating presence ... sporting a frilled, jewelled look that would have fit right in onstage during Prince's ''Purple Rain'' Tour". Patrick described the character as "a Sexually Ambiguous, Gender Fluid, Self Absorbed Diva". As Velveteen Dream, Clark's finishing move is the "Purple Rainmaker", a diving elbow drop
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named after a Prince album
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/single
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* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
.
Other media
As Velveteen Dream, he made his video game
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debut as a playable character
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in ''WWE 2K19
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'' and has since appeared in ''WWE 2K20
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''.
Underage sexual harassment allegations
In April 2020, Clark was accused of sending indecent images to underage boys on Instagram after a Reddit user posted screenshots of what appeared to be a naked Clark on the subreddit r/SquaredCircle, although Clark has denied these allegations.
In June 2020, Clark again made national headlines after new allegations were made that he sent a sexually explicit photo to an underage girl as well as having inappropriate communications with underage boys and grooming them amidst the Speaking Out movement
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.
WWE reportedly investigated the incident but found no evidence of wrongdoing.
Legal issues
In August 2022, Clark was arrested twice in Florida
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. On August 20, he was arrested on charges of first-degree battery and trespassing on property after a warning, to which he pleaded not guilty. He was then arrested again on August 26 on charges of possessing drug paraphernalia. The battery and trespassing charges were dropped the following month.
Championships and accomplishments
*Maryland Championship Wrestling
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History
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**MCW Tag Team Championship
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The inaugural champions were The Headbangers (Mo ...
( 1 time) – with Lio Rush
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*''Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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''
**Most Improved Wrestler of the Year
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(2018)
**Ranked No. 26 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''PWI 500
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'' in 2019
* ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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''
** Best Gimmick (2018)
*WWE
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**NXT North American Championship
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( 1 time)
**NXT Year-End Award
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for Rivalry of the Year (2017
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) –
** Worlds Collide (2019
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)
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