Current NXT Superstar Velveteen Dream was involved in a car accident last Friday. Although it required a trip to the hospital, Dream would be released the same day.
According to Wrestling Inc., the accident occurred on Friday afternoon at approximately 4 pm. The Superstar reportedly failed to stop at a red light when he crashed into another car. The owner of the other car did sustain injuries, but it is not known how serious they are. The Velveteen would subsequently be issued with a citation. He will not have to appear in court over the incident.
It’s worth noting that The Velveteen Dream has not been featured on WWE programming since NXT: In Your House. He lost an NXT Championship match against Adam Cole. A few weeks ago, allegations came out naming Velveteen Dream during the #SpeakingOut movement.
Back in April, allegations were brought up against Velveteen Dream regarding an inappropriate image being sent to an underage fan. Dream released the following statement at the time:
“Be assured I did not communicate inappropriately with anyone. A private photo of mine was shared without my consent or knowledge and I am working with a third party to look into this matter.”
Since the #SpeakingOut movement, reports from the Mat Men Pro Wrestling Podcast and Fightful have stated that Dream’s time in WWE could be coming to an end.
The Velveteen Dream didn’t dethrone Adam Cole as WWE NXT Champion as he failed to win the title.
The Backlot Brawl aired during Sunday’s WWE NXT TakeOver: In Your House at Full Sail University on the WWE Network. WWE actually had taped this match in late March.
As seen in the contest, Cole went over in the contest when he hit a Candian Destroyer onto a pile of chairs for the win. Cole arrived at the fight in a lifted truck while Dream drove to the fight in a lambo.
They brawled around and at one point, an Uber showed up for Cole, who was trying to leave. Dream pushed Cole off the ladder and onto the windshield of the car.
Roderick Strong and Bobby Fish showed up but were taken out by Dexter Loomis, who put them in his car and drove away.
This was actually a rematch from the May 6th episode of NXT on the USA Network that saw Cole successfully retain the championship. However, WWE continued the program.
WWE set up this contest back on the May 27th episode of NXT when Cole had a Zoom call with NXT General Manager William Regal to address his problems with Dream.
Cole added a stipulation, which was if Dream loses then Dream can never get a title shot again as long as Cole is the champion.
A new match has been announced for the upcoming WWE NXT TakeOver: In Your House.
During Wednesday’s episode of NXT, WWE NXT Champion Adam Cole had a Zoom call with NXT General Manager William Regal to address his problems with The Velveteen Dream.
This is where Regal announced that Cole will defend the NXT Title against The Velveteen Dream at the show with him finding a setting of his choosing.
However, Cole added a stipulation, which was if Dream loses then Dream can never get a title shot again as long as Cole is the champion.
The following matches are now confirmed for NXT’s next big event:
NXT Champion Adam Cole vs. The Velveteen Dream – Dream can’t challenge for the title as long as Cole is champion should he lose, setting to be determined
Karrion Kross vs. Tommaso Ciampa – Singles Match
NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Io Shirai
Finn Balor vs. Damian Priest
WWE presents the NXT TakeOver: In Your House event on Sunday, June 7, 2020 in and will air on the WWE Network.
The Velveteen Dream is no longer the WWE NXT North American Champion as he’s been dethroned by Roderick Strong.
The match happened on Wednesday’s episode of NXT in Winter Park, Florida at Full Sail University that saw Strong beat Dream to win the title. He’s only the fifth champion in the history of the strap.
When this contest between Dream and Strong was first announced, there was speculation regarding Dream’s future as the NXT North American Champion and his status under the NXT banner.
That speculation has only intensified now as typically when an NXT star holds a title for a long period of time then loses it close to the next waves of roster moves, those talents are usually leaving NXT.
Whether that happens and he’s placed on RAW or SmackDown Live remains to be seen.
Dream won the title from Johnny Gargano back on the January 30th episode of the weekly television show of the yellow brand.
Ironically, Dream retained the title in his previous title defense against Pete Dunne and Strong in a triple threat match on the main card of the WWE NXT TakeOver: Toronto II event in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena during SummerSlam weekend in August.
What are your thoughts on Roderick Strong winning the NXT North American Title? Was this the right call by WWE officials?
The Velveteen Dream is still the WWE NXT North American Champion.
He retained the title in the latest title defense against Pete Dunne and Roderick Strong in a triple threat match.
As expected, they put on one heck of a match that delivered on the main card of the WWE NXT TakeOver: Toronto II event in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena on Saturday night.
This match was set up when it was revealed by General Manager William Regal that The Velveteen Dream would make his next title defense at this show back on the July 24th episode of NXT TV.
Dream won the title from Johnny Gargano back on the January 30th episode of the weekly television show of the yellow brand. He’s only the fourth champion in the history of the strap.
WWE holds NXT TV tapings on Thursday, August 15th in Winter Park, Florida at Full Sail University where WWE will have the fallout from this event as well as this match. It will be interesting to see if WWE goes in a different direction.
What are your thoughts on Dream retaining the NXT North American Title? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.
The Velveteen Dream is still the WWE NXT North American Champion.
He retained the title in the latest title defense against Tyler Breeze at Saturday’s (June 1, 2019) WWE NXT TakeOver: XXV event. As expected, they put on one heck of a match that delivered.
Two weeks ago on NXT TV, Breeze made his return to the yellow brand where he interrupted the NXT North American Champion to set up a program.
This led to Breeze challenging him for the title. Breeze made his return to NXT after Dominik Dijakovic was sidelined with an injury shortly after starting the feud with Dream on television.
This match marked Dream’s second title defense as NXT North American Champion on a TakeOver special.
Dream won the title from Johnny Gargano back on the January 30th episode of the weekly television show of the yellow brand. He’s only the fourth champion in the history of the strap.
The next pay-per-view event for the yellow brand that is titled, NXT TakeOver: Toronto, goes down on August 10, 2019 during SummerSlam weekend at the Scotiabank Arena.
What are your thoughts on Dream retaining the NXT North American Title? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.
The Velveteen Dream has his next title defense as North American Champion set. On Thursday, WWE revealed a new match that will take place at NXT TakeOver: New York, which will see Dream take on Matt Riddle.
Dream just won the title from Johnny Gargano back on the January 30th episode of the weekly television show of the yellow brand. He’s only the fourth champion in the history of the strap.
WWE presents the NXT TakeOver: New York event on Friday, April 5, 2019 in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center that will air on the WWE Network. WWE might be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:
Updated WWE NXT TakeOver: New York Card
Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole – Vacant WWE NXT Title 2 of 3 Falls Match
WWE NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane vs. Io Shirai vs. Bianca Belair – Fatal 4 Way Match
WWE NXT North American Champion The Velveteen Dream vs. Matt Riddle
WWE NXT Tag Team Champions The War Raiders vs. TBA
WWE NXT UK Champion Pete Dunne vs. WALTER
What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.
Ricochet is no longer scheduled to appear at two upcoming EVOLVE shows. On Wednesday, just days after his opponents were revealed, the promotion announced through their official Twitter account that WWE star would not be working these shows. Instead, fellow NXT star The Velvet Dream will replace him and work against his originally announced opponents.
Breaking News….
Velveteen Dream will replace Ricochet at EVOLVE on March 15th in Melrose, MA and March 16th in Queens, NY.
Ricochet will still be at both events for Meet & Greets.
He will be working events on March 15th in Melrose, MA and March 16th in Queens, NY. Dream will also be available for meet & greets at both events.
At EVOLVE 123, he’ll take on Orange Cassidy in a singles match while at EVOLVE 124, he’s set to team up with The Street Profits to take on Shane Strickland, Eddie Kingston & Joe Gacy in a six-man tag team match.
The promotion is expected to announce more matches for these shows in the coming weeks.
Fellow NXT star Adam Cole was the latest talent to work under the EVOLVE banner as he competed at EVOLVE 121 and 122 against Shane Strickland and Darby Allin.
What are your thoughts on Dream replacing Ricochet at these shows? Do you plan on watching? Round off in the comment section.
WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan took notice of what The Velveteen Dream did over the weekend. As seen at Saturday’s (November 17, 2018) NXT TakeOver: WarGames II event in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center on the WWE Network, Tommaso Ciampa successfully retained the title over The Velveteen Dream.
The WWE Legend gave props to Dream for his “Hollywood” tributes at the show. For those who may have missed it, he had a headband, t-shirt, tights, and boots that were similar to Hogan’s attire back in the day. He also had his Twitter account dedicated to the character prior to the match but has since changed things back. Hogan wrote, “yo Velvet thanks for keeping the dream alive my brother only love HH.”
Hogan made his first appearance with the company in years once he appeared as the host of the Crown Jewel pay-per-view event earlier this month at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame after Hogan was fired from WWE in the summer of 2015 after racially charged comments from a sex tape came to light. There’s still no word yet on when Hogan will make his next appearance for the company.
Another WWE NXT Superstar is slated to wrestle at upcoming EVOLVE events and that’s The Velveteen Dream.
The promotion that is spearheaded by Gabe Sapolsky announced on Thursday, August 30th that Dream would be wrestling at EVOLVE 112 on September 7th in Joppa, MD at the MCW Arena and EVOLVE 113 on September 8th in Woodside, NY at the La Boom.
As of this writing, his opponents have yet to be revealed but will be soon. The promotion sent out the following on their official Twitter account:
“NXT Superstar Velveteen Dream will wrestle at EVOLVE on Sept. 7th in Joppa, MD and Sept. 8th in Queens, NY. His opponents will be announced soon at https://www.wwe.com/.”
NXT Superstar Velveteen Dream will wrestle at EVOLVE on Sept. 7th in Joppa, MD and Sept. 8th in Queens, NY. His opponents will be announced soon at https://t.co/Qmj9BTL7XJ. Tickets available at: https://t.co/zHiIkcVF6J
EVOLVE 112 WWN Championship No DQ Match: Joey Janela with Penelope Ford defends against Austin Theory with Priscilla Kelly EVOLVE Tag Team Champion Chris Dickinson vs. AR Fox with The Skulk Jon Davis vs. Josh Briggs EVOLVE Tag Team Champion Jaka vs. Trey Miguel
EVOLVE 113 EVOLVE Championship Match: Shane Strickland defends against Tracy Williams EVOLVE Tag Team Championship Match: Chris Dickinson & Jaka defend against The Skulk AR Fox with The Skulk vs. Austin Theory with Priscilla Kelly Joey Janela with Penelope Ford vs. Trey Miguel Darby Allin vs. Josh Briggs
The card, from top to bottom, featured some extraordinary matches from the future stars of WWE. One such match was that between The Velveteen Dream and EC3. The pair put on an extremely physical performance that resulted in Dream leaving with the victory.
One hot topic of discussion in regards to the match was the message Dream had printed on his tights. During his entrance, fans could read the phrase “Call Me Up Vince” on Dream’s tights.
This is obviously a message to Vince McMahon to call the 23-year-old up to the WWE’s main roster. After the event, Triple H took part in a post-TakeOver media call to talk about the event’s success.
Triple H On The Meaning Of Velveteen Dream’s Tights
Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet asked Triple H about the message on Velveteen’s tights. “The Game” initially joked, after a long pause, that Dream was sending a message to a friend of his (also coincidentally named Vince) who lost his phone. He wanted his friend, Vince, to give him a call:
Triple H then said that if Dream was truly talking about Vince McMahon, there’s one of two calls he could get from “The Chairman Of The Board.” One he’ll like, and one that he won’t. You never know which one it will be:
For the past few days, Velveteen Dream has been firing shots at his NXT TakeOver: Chicago opponent, Ricochet, on Twitter. Ricochet has finally responded, reminding Dream of his past appearance on Tough Enough when he was eliminated halfway through the show.
He then wrote “the result will be the same at Takeover: Chicago.”:
September 1st’s “All In” event, self-funded by Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks, just continues to get bigger as it adds the biggest names in professional wrestling today. All In’s Twitter page has confirmed that former WWE and TNA referee Earl Hebner will be working the show.
He joins a cast of referees that includes the likes of Paul Turner, Rick Knox, Todd Sinclair, and Jerry Lynn:
WWE has announced a new match that will take place at NXT TakeOver: Chicago II.
On Thursday, May 31st, 2018, the sports entertainment company officially announced that a singles match between Ricochet and The Velveteen Dream would go down at this upcoming event. Aleister Black vs. Lars Sullivan for the NXT Title will headline this show.
The NXT TakeOver: Chicago II event takes place on Saturday, June 16, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network. Here is the updated card:
Ring Of Honor (ROH) World Champion Dalton Castle recently did an interview with Chris Van Vliet at ROH’s Bound By Honor event. Castle was asked if he think there are any similarities between his character and WWE NXT’s Velveteen Dream:
“I don’t see that. He’s kind of playing up a Prince thing, right? Is he coming out with Boys? Then alright, we’re cool.”
Castle then discussed the pressure he has felt since becoming ROH World Champion. Where it didn’t matter too much if he messed up before winning the title, now, it’s all very different:
“Before I was Champion, it didn’t matter if I messed up. I could go out there and if I pulled off a really great match, that was great, but if I didn’t that was fine too because there was no risk. Now that I’m the Champion, I feel like every time I’m out in the ring I have to prove to everybody that I belong there.
“There’s no room for error anymore. I have to be the best wrestler I can be every time I hit the ring because as long as that Championship is around my waist, people are going to be doubting me or looking at me or wondering why.”
He was then asked if he watches WWE, to which Castle admitted that he watches all of professional wrestling:
“I watch all wrestling, it doesn’t matter what company it is. I’m the World Champion of Ring of Honor and I love this place and I’m very, very proud to be a part of it but let’s not forget I love wrestling so if there’s wrestling to be seen, I’m going to watch it.”
The Bullet Club has had a huge impact on professional wrestling over in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). While he believes it’s mathematically impossible for all members of The Bullet Club to be cool, he says he’s extremely impressed with The Young Bucks’ rise to fame:
“It’s mathematically impossible for every member of the Bullet Club to be cool, but they’re all great wrestlers. I respect the hell out of all of them. The Young Bucks have taken all of us and wrestling in general to the next level. To see how they’ve elevated themselves on their own and as they’ve elevated, I feel like all wrestling around them has elevated and I feel like we all owe them a great gratitude for that.”
– Now that Kaitlyn has returned to professional wrestling a lot of rumors have been floating around about a potential return to the WWE for the former Divas Champion. PWInsider is reporting that there is currently no sign that WWE will sign Kaitlyn back to a deal. It was noted that if Kaitlyn is back in professional wrestling she likely has bigger goals than just working the independent scene.
– NXT star The Velveteen Dream recently took to Twitter to shoot on “indy guys” coming into NXT and “taking up spots.” Here’s what he had to say:
Triple H recently held a media conference call, promoting this Saturday’s NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia event and revealed that a match between Kassius Ohno and The Velveteen Dream has been added to the show. After the announcement below is the updated match card for the event:
NXT Championship Match
Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas
NXT Women’s Championship Match
Shayna Baszler vs. Ember Moon
NXT Tag Team Championship Match
The Authors of Pain vs. Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish
Extreme Rules Match
Adam Cole vs. Aleister Black
Kassius Ohno vs. The Velveteen Dream
On a related note, it has also been announced that Samoa Joe will be joining Renee Young, Corey Graves, Sam Roberts and Charly Caruso for the one-hour pre-show of the upcoming event starting at 7 pm EST.
NXT star Velveteen Dream has been a hot topic of discussion as of late, and he has been drawing a lot of comparisons to SmackDown Live star Tyler Breeze. Breeze was a hot singles competitor coming into the main roster from NXT in late 2015, however, that hasn’t translated over after his call-up. He has seen great success with his tag team “Fashion Files” gimmick alongside Fandango. Fans are worried that if Velveteen Dream is called up to the main roster he’d “just be another Tyler Breeze.”
Breeze has seen these criticisms on social media, and responded to one fan in particular about them. This led to a huge back-and-forth between Breeze and the fan as they discussed the current state of the WWE. Both sides brought up some very good points. Check it out:
Another Tyler Breeze? I wonder if people realize… I was never “ruined” on smackdown live… and am currently buying my 3rd house… being another Tyler breeze sounds pretty solid ? https://t.co/TExtONcxVX
Yeah we know. We've heard it a million times from others. The talent these days is only concerned with the size of their wallet, and less concerned on the quality of their character. Blah blah blah…
You’re tellin me if u got Tyler Breeze vs AJ Styles u wouldn’t be glued to your screen? Because that’d be nothin but quality from both of us. As fun as it is to risk our health every day for pessimists like u.a lil?to survive and stay healthy for u goes a long way. Anythin else? https://t.co/ms2PNUcym6
sorry I forgot you’re the expert? C ya at wrestlemania when there’s thousands of ppl there to enjoy themselves and u can sit by yourself judging each match and character and how much better things used to be btw I’ll still sign your shirt for u when u stand in line for axxess ? https://t.co/axaGjzGAvG
There’s been matches this year that have had me wrapped up in it watching backstage and had people in full arenas standing on their feet. If to u that’s “shitty” than there is no pleasing you so respectfully You choose to be unhappy and I’m sorry to hear that https://t.co/aBa3ALQiAN
On a recent episode of their podcast, E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness, WWE Hall Of Famer Edge and former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Christian reviewed Survivor Series weekend. One subject that the former Tag Team Champs touched on was NXT TakeOver: Houston, which featured a match between Aleister Black and Velveteen Dream. It turns out “The Rated-R Superstar” is a big fan of Velveteen, as he issued out some high praise for the NXT product:
“I hadn’t seen much of Velveteen Dream but I watched him and Aleister Black. That kid’s been working 3 years, for 3 years to be where he’s at is incredible. He’s found a character, he’s fully committed to it. It’s parts Rick Rude, it’s part Prince and it’s fun. I really enjoyed that. He’s going to be a player, it was really fun to watch. It was a fun match and I thought there were a lot of cool false finishes and like I said for 3 years in or whatever, he’s going to be a good one.”
The 22-year-old has only been wrestling since October of 2014. With years to go in his career as he’s learning under some of the greatest minds in the business in NXT, Dream has a chance to be something special when his time comes to be called up to the main roster.
Discussion: How do you feel about Velveteen’s potential?
You can listen to E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness by clicking this link here.
– Below is full video of Triple H’s interview with Cathy Kelley from after last night’s WWE NXT “Takeover: WarGames” event:
– WWE has a poll asking fans which brand has the better women’s champion going into the champion vs. champion match at WWE Survivor Series tonight. As of this writing, 69% voted for SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair while the rest voted for RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss.
– Kevin Owens tweeted the following props to The Velveteen Dream after his impressive loss to Aleister Black last night at Takeover:
– Below is video of new WWE NXT Champion Andrade “Cien” Almas and Zelina Vega talking to Kayla Braxton after the big win over Drew McIntyre at “Takeover: WarGames” last night. Vega says she told everyone what would happen with the new Almas, and now it’s time to celebrate.
– Below is video of Kayla interviewing The Velveteen Dream after his impressive loss to Aleister Black at Takeover. Dream is just happy that Black said his name at the end.
– As noted, Dustin Rhodes was among the Superstars shown in the crowd for Takeover last night. He tweeted the following on last night’s show, giving props to Triple H and the roster:
– Below is video of Cathy Kelley interviewing The Velveteen Dream backstage at Takeover before his match with Aleister Black, where he hopes to make Black say his name. Dream starts the interview off by mocking Black. Dream goes on to say that one way or the other, The Velveteen Dream will hear his name come out of Black’s mouth.
– WWE Superstar Enzo Amore seems to be getting caught up in all the excitement for the recently announced boxing fight between UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. Amore took to Twitter to throw his support behind “Money” in the match-up, in addition to threatening to knock “The Notorious One’s” teeth out if Mayweather didn’t get the job done:
.@TheNotoriousMMA , you talk s*** and Floyd is going to knock it out of you. And if he doesn’t, I will.
– NXT Star The Velveteen Dream took to Twitter to reveal that his finisher’s name is called “Purple Rainmaker.” Some New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) fans fired back at the WWE Superstar by accusing him of ripping off Kazuchika Okada’s “Rainmaker.” Dream responded by asking “They Have Wrestling in Japan!?”: