Velveteen Dream

He made his television debut on the May 24th episode of NXT, beating Robert Anthony.

On the October 19 episode of NXT, Clark confronted and challenged NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura but was attacked and beaten down by Nakamura.

Patrick Clark Jr. (born August 19, 1995) is an American professional wrestler currently performing on the independent circuit under the ring name Velveteen Man.

Patrick Clark Jr. was born on August 19, 1995 in Washington, D.C.

Clark trained as a professional wrestler at the MCW Pro Wrestling training center under Patrick Brink.

Clark began his career in 2014, training and debuting in MCW Pro Wrestling.

During his time there, he won the MCW Tag Team Championship with Lio Rush.

He made his debut for the promotion after four months of training on October 3, 2014, under the ring name Rick Powers.

He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Velveteen Dream from 2015 to 2021.

After competing in several other independent promotions, he participated in the 2015 WWE reality show Tough Enough, a series focused on finding new wrestlers.

He did not win the contest, but was signed to a developmental contract and was assigned to NXT, WWE's farm territory.

Clark went on to wrestle for MCW, winning the MCW Tag Team Championship with Lio Rush in October 2015.

In addition to working for MCW, Clark appeared with various American independent promotions throughout 2015 including Combat Zone Wrestling and World Xtreme Wrestling.

Clark was selected as a contestant for the sixth season of the WWE reality television program WWE Tough Enough, 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.

On October 17, 2015, it was reported that Clark had signed a developmental contract with WWE.

He briefly used the ring name Slugger Clark before settling on his real name in February 2016.

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.

In May 2017, Clark debuted a new Prince-inspired gimmick on NXT called Velveteen Dream, becoming popular and winning the NXT North American Championship once.

After a long period of inactivity sparked by WWE's investigation into allegations of Clark sexually harassing children, he was released from WWE in May 2021.

Clark returned and had his first televised victory on the March 1, 2017 episode of NXT, defeating Sean Maluta.

On the May 3, 2017 episode of NXT, Clark started appearing in weekly vignettes, debuting a new Prince-inspired character called Velveteen Dream.

He made his debut as a heel on the May 24 episode of NXT, defeating Robert Anthony.

On the September 20 episode of NXT, Dream interrupted Aleister Black, 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 in a qualifying match for a number one contender's fatal-four-way match for the NXT Championship; however, an injury kept Dream out of competition, and he was replaced by Johnny Gargano, 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 (which was won by Adam Cole) at NXT TakeOver: Chicago II, he was defeated by Ricochet, 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 after Dream accused him of attacking Aleister Black, thus turning face 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 in the first round, Humberto Carrillo in the quarterfinals, Jordan Devlin in the semifinals, and Tyler Bate in the final to earn a future singles championship match of his choice on the NXT or NXT UK 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 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, Tyler Breeze, Roderick Strong, and Pete Dunne.

On the September 18 episode of NXT, he lost the title to Roderick Strong after interference from The Undisputed Era, ending his reign at 231 days.

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.