Former WWE performer Velveteen Dream to make boxing debut
Former WWE NXT performer Patrick Clark (known as Velveteen Dream on NXT) will be making his boxing debut on August 29 for the Duel Arena promotion. Clark will be facing Ryan Pownall, who is the host of the “Pillow Talk” podcast (no, me neither).
The event will be taking place from the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida, with Mike Perry vs Dillon Danis as the main event of the card.
What happened to Velveteen Dream?
Patrick Clark was accused of inappropriate contact with a minor on social media back in March 2020. Clark would then address and deny the allegations in April 2020. WWE would then release Clark from his contract in May 2021.
Speaking to CBS Sports back in August 2020, Triple H would address the allegations made against Clark, explaining why Velveteen Dream was removed from television at that time:
“You know, in this day today, accusations are made and you take them all very seriously. You look into them the best you can, and you find out what is there and what isn’t. In this situation, [Clark] was also involved in a car accident. That’s what took him off TV. In the moment, all this other stuff happens and you look into it and you find that there is a situation that people bring to everyone’s attention, you look into it and find that it is what it is and there’s nothing there.
“Everything that we have done, we are comfortable with him continuing to do what he does and everything else. But he had a car accident. It stemmed down to people thought we removed him from TV for different reasons. We didn’t. He was in a car accident. Once he was medically cleared to be able to return to the ring from his car accident, we continued forward the way we did. We looked into what was there and we didn’t find anything.”
Credit to Cageside Seats for the transcription
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