Make no bones about it: 2017 was the year of Velveteen Dream. The Artist Formerly Known As Patrick Clark broke out in a huge way, winning over thousands (including the grouchy neckbeard writing this here story) and even landing an NXT Year-End Award for Best Feud, honoring his storyline with Aleister Black. Not bad for a guy who got eliminated from Tough Enough back in 2015.
Now that Dream has established himself in the land of yellow ropes, it seems he’s getting a bit perturbed by the influx of notable names from independent wrestling taking up roster spots. Dream took to Twitter to deliver a rather pointed critique:
https://twitter.com/VelveteenWWE/status/966701662655139844
The full text, just in case the tweet gets deleted (as Dream is known to wipe his Twitter page from time to time):
If I can shoot for a minute…
I’m beyond irritated by the indy guys coming into NXT, taking up spots, living out their dreams, pretending to be actual talent. Or as WE put it “Superstars.”
I’m homegrown talent and I breed success on my own terms. Reactions prove it. Facts are facts.
If anyone under contract has issue with it “The Dream” is easy to find.
#FabeThat
Just who might Dream be calling out? EC3? Ricochet? Candice LeRae? (It’s probably not Candice LeRae, but then again, maybe it is.) Or maybe he’s pointing a finger toward the Undisputed Era, the members of which all came from Ring Of Honor recently? Or maybe, just maybe, we’re hip-deep in the reality era and as such, we are all being worked?
Whatever the answer is, here’s to hoping it leads to Velveteen Dream finally getting a T-shirt. Fewer things are more depressing than seeing an empty page where a Velveteen Dream merch store should be on WWEShop.
