Patrick Clark Jr. (born August 19, 1995) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he works in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Velveteen Dream.
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Professional wrestling career
Early career (2014-2015)
Clark trained to become a professional wrestler at the Maryland Championship Wrestling training center, and made his debut for the promotion after four months of training on October 3, 2014. He continued to wrestle for MCW, winning the MCW Tag Team Championship with Lio Rush in October 2015. In addition to working for MCW, Clark made numerous appearances for various American independent promotions during 2015 including World Xtreme Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling and Marvelous Puroresu USA, and Lancaster Championship Wrestling. He mentioned how much he liked the Slugger Clark name in CZW.
WWE
Tough Enough (2015)
Clark was chosen to be a contestant in the sixth season of the WWE competition WWE Tough Enough, which began airing in June 2015. Despite being tipped as one of the favorites to win the competition, he was eliminated in the 5th episode due to a perceived lack of humility, placing 9th overall in the series.
NXT (2015-present)
On October 17, 2015, it was reported that Clark had signed a developmental contract with WWE. He made his in-ring debut for the company at a NXT live event in Lakeland, Florida on February 5, 2016, losing to Riddick Moss. He made his television debut on the July 20, 2016 episode of NXT, losing to Austin Aries. On the October 19 episode of NXT, Clark confronted and challenged NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura 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. On the May 24 episode of NXT, Clark debuted a new Prince-inspired character called "Velveteen Dream" with no mention being made about his past accomplishments under his real name. Velveteen Dream then began a feud with Aleister Black, where he constantly stalked and harassed Black in order for him to say his (Velveteen Dream's) name. This led to a match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, where Dream lost. After the match, Black sat next to a dazed Velveteen Dream, before ultimately saying his name. Whilst Velveteen Dream went on to lose the match, many sports media outlets said that Dream's performance was the "best of his professional wrestling career", with Nigel McGuiness and Mauro Ranallo's match commentary as well as the crowd's reaction towards him during and after the match affirming this, turning him face.
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In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As Velveteen Dream
- Purple Rainmaker (Diving elbow drop)
- As Patrick Clark
- Famouser (Inverted leg drop bulldog)
- As Velveteen Dream
- Signature moves
- Big boot
- Clothesline
- Cartwheeling Death Valley driver
- Dropkick
- Pendulum backbreaker
- Running leaping shoulder block
- Short-arm lariat
- Swinging reverse STO transitioned into a DDT
- Thesz press
- Vertical suplex
- Nicknames
- "The Patrick Clark Experience"
- "The Velveteen Dream Experience"
- "The Vainglorious One"
- Entrance themes
- "Player Hater" by Carlton Banksy (NXT; October 19, 2016 - March 1, 2017)
- "Velveteen" by CFO$ (NXT; March 1, 2017 - present)
Championships and accomplishments
- Maryland Championship Wrestling
- MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Lio Rush
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #324 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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