Saturday, January 26th, 2019 – Phoenix, Arizona

Tonight, was going to be a big, big night for NXT. And a big night for some of the superstars. Especially one of their newest superstars including the 21-year-old pretty boy from the Queen City. His name was DeAndre Latrell James or as he would be known by in the WWE, Joshua King. He had wrestled in other companies like ROH and the promotion that he got his start from in Charlotte, PWX. Back then he was just known as King Dre, inspired by his 4th favorite NBA Player, LeBron James behind Derrick Rose as his 3rd, Kobe Bryant as his 2nd and Michael Jordan 1st. For a long time, DeAndre had a dream of being the WWE Champion and now that he was in NXT. He was 1 step closer to being able to accomplish that dream and being 6'2 and 245 with a good-looking face and physique that was definitely going to help him get over. Even with a gimmick that wasn't so clear cut, he was probably going to do well with the crowd. He was set to make an appearance at NXT TakeOver: Phoenix tonight. That is if he could actually get out of bed.

DeAndre James, sometimes called Dre, laid in his bed looking up at the ceiling. He had been up for the past 20 minutes and ever since then his body has been telling him not to get up while his mind was saying otherwise. He reached over for his silver iPhone X that was sitting on the nightstand and tapped the screen to check the time.

"Damn it's 9:26 AM." DeAndre cursed as he then turned over onto his side and put the phone on the nightstand. He then rose up from his bed side with a sigh. He looked down at his feet with a frown before he looked up at the city. It was a nice city. Very nice but it was hot as hell even in January in the month that some would consider to be the coldest in all of winter. Dre was suffering from a little bit of homesickness considering that this was the first time he was meant to be on the road after 9 months of waiting for the chance. And it was his first time in Phoenix. In ROH, even though he was the Television Champion, he didn't truly get to get on the road as much as he wanted to or was meant to.

He stood up to his feet and walked over to his one of his bags that was sitting on the desk in his room and opened it. First thing, first go to the gym just like he did every day.

"Grandma always to be a Champion you gotta train like a Champion." Dre said as he remembered his paternal grandmother's words. He had a very close connection with his family. Considering that prominent people in his life were all women. He smiled as he then walked towards the bathroom to get ready for his session in the gym.

(!)

Dre stood up in front of the mirror in the gym wearing his black and white gym shorts with black compression tights with black socks and all red Air Nike Huaraches with a black compression top with the Jumpman simple in the middle of shirt around the neckline. He took his phone out of his pocket and flexed with his tongue out as he took a picture in the mirror.

He then took the chance to post it to his Insta story with the words "Grind don't stop!" with the flex emoji. He posted it with a smile before he walked back to the the 100-pound dumbbells he had earlier. He then stood up straight and started to do curl ups with each weight. He was sweating profusely because of the fact that he had been in the gym for about 3 hours nonstop.

"Easy their pretty boy. You don't wanna hurt yourself." said a voice as he bent over and dropped the dumbbells down on the ground before he stood up straight on his feet. He turned around to see none other than The Golden Goddess herself, Mandy Rose AKA Amanda Saccomanno. They both looked at each other with wondering eyes. She could see him breathing heavily in his tank top while she looked at his impressive physique. He took the chance to look at The Golden Goddess and what a Goddess she was. He looked at her body with eyes wondering what she would be like without the tight clothes she had on. He bit his lip as his eyes trailed back up to her face.

"You see beautiful, I ain't get as far as I did staying under my limits. And a night with me can prove just that?" He said as he winked at Amanda. She smiled as she bit her lip and looked at him once more.

"I might just take you up on that offer. The name's Amanda Saccomanno or Mandy Rose." She said as she walked towards him and offered him her hand.

"DeAndre but most people call me Dre." He said before he then placed a kiss on her hand. She blushed slightly seeing the cute guy who she just met in the gym place his lips on her hand.

"I might have to call you something different tonight." She flirted with him. Just as he was about to respond, his phone began to rang making him sigh as he then tapped on the screen.

"I hate to break this up beautiful but duty calls. But why don't you give me your number and we can arrange something." He said as he then handed her his phone. She smiled as she then typed out the number into his phone. She then looked up at him and winked before he turned around with a smile and walked out of the gym.

(!)

It's been a few hours removed since Dre had his gym session and his meeting with the Golden Goddess, Amanda Saccomanno AKA Mandy Rose. He would be lying if he said she wasn't beautiful but she wasn't his type. It was too easy. And he didn't like easy. That was one of the things that attracted him to a woman. The chase. He loved the idea of having to chase a woman to prove his interest. But most women that wanted him or that he wanted, he could easily get. But now that want for a chase was starting to get to him and that's what he wanted.

Dre parked outside of the Talking Stick Resort Arena in his parked white 2019 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R with black racing stripes with red accents on his car. He got out of the car and looked around with a smile on his face. He was dressed in navy blue slacks with a navy-blue blazer on with a black V-neck sweater. He had black loafers with gold accents on. He had a gold Rolex on his wrist and a simple rope gold chain with black shades with gold accents. In his ears, he had his white air pods with gold diamond earrings.

"Finally, I'm here." Dre said as he closed the door and opened the door to the backseat before he took his backpack out of the backseat and closed the door. He didn't really need that much stuff considering that he was only appearing at NXT TakeOver not wrestling. He then started to walk towards the opening where most of the superstars would go to get backstage. Once he walked into the backstage area, he could sense all of the yes being focused on him. He turned his head and looked to see the make-up area where some of the NXT women happened to be. He noticed the way that some of them looked at him with roaming eyes making him give off a light chuckle before he continued to look forward and keep walking. He turned his head again and looked around taking note at how many workers the WWE had. There were four times as many production crew and ring crew members as there were in other promotions he had been in even Ring of Honor. He turned his head once more and watched as a single woman captured his attention.

She had brown skin with long curly reddish-brown hair that stops a little past her shoulders. She has dark brown eyes with a pair of full lips. She has a dimple in her left cheek with a light scar on her right cheek. His eyes had trailed down to her body. She had a body similar to WWE Superstar and former WWE Smackdown Women's Champion, Naomi. He then turned his head and continued walk on his way to the office of WWE's COO, Paul Levesque. Every once in a while, he would look back at her but still continued to walk.

(!)

Dre knocked on the office door before he entered into the office. Paul smiled at Dre as he told him to come on in while Dre dropped his backpack at the door and took a seat in the chair in front of Paul's desk.

"Hey, Man I first off wanted to congratulate you on making it here."

"Thanks, it's a dream come true."

"Now, I know I didn't scout you myself in person but I did watch some of your previous work and I must say I am quite impressed. You're good in the entertainment aspect but your in-ring skills might need a little bit of work. Now if this was 10 years ago you would've been perfect no need to come here and work on your wrestling skills. But-"

"Times have changed."

"You sir are right so with that being said, I'm going to pair you up with HBK and he's going to work with you on improving your in-ring ability."

"Okay and I usually write my own stuff so is that something that I need to change or is that still okay? And my ring attire is all of that good?"

"Yeah, that's still good and as a matter of fact, I need you to write something for later on 'cause you're gonna have a interview."

"Okay I can do that. Alright good now if you'll excuse me, I have to meet with my production crew but while I'm gone you can find your way to your seat."

"Front row?"

"Front row."

"Thank you, sir. For everything."

"Don't thank me kid, you earned it."

With that being said, Paul got up and offered Dre a friendly smile before he then walked out of the office leaving DeAndre in the office to gather his thoughts and realize what exactly was happening right now. He smiled as he then stood up and walked out of the office and then started to make his way around the arena.

(!)

It had been hours since he had talked to Paul and the show was very well underway. He sat in the front row enjoying TakeOver and it gave him a bit of insight as to what his time in NXT was gonna be like. Or give him a rough estimate as to what his time was gonna be like.

He stood up as the camera went around the crowd just like he was told it was gonna do. Everyone was clapping as the camera soon focused on him while the name bar appeared on the titantron Joshua King. It was finally happening. He was here, in the WWE and it was all coming true.

He lowered his shades and looked at the camera before he gave it a wink and lifted his shades back up with a smile on his face while the fans chanted "NXT! NXT! NXT!"

(!)

DeAndre was now walking backstage with a smile that couldn't escape his face. After he had just debuted in NXT like several superstars had done so. Just like it planned he had walked to the NXT Interviewing area while a camera man stood there getting ready to do the segment while Charly Arnolt AKA Charly Caruso stood there making sure her hair was okay.

"Alright you guys ready?" the cameraman asked as he then looked at both. Charly turned her head to look at DeAndre who had nodded. She looked him up and down and gave a slight smile before she then nodded.

"Alright 3, 2, 1." the cameraman counted.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome my guest, Joshua King." Charly Caruso said as Joshua King walked into the camera shot. Joshua smirked as he looked down at Charly.

"Joshua King tonight we saw you in the crowd and we heard Mauro Ranallo say NXT's newest and hottest signing in Joshua King and can you tell me what's running through your mind?"

"First off let me just say this: Hey NXT, lemme holla at ya! 'Cause Joshua King is here and he's ready to make a statement. I have kicked ass everywhere that I've gone and I can damn sure tell ya that I ain't come here to NXT toa play second fiddle and play with the with the little boys and girls. Nah, I came here to take that NXT Championship. The King's NXT Championship. And trust me I can walk it like I talk it. Now the trash-talkin', Jordan wearin', girl stealin', always drippin', sauce god of the WWE will be your future NXT Champion. And don't get lost in the sauce." Joshua King said as he gave Charly a wink before he then walked out of the camera shot while Charly watched him got.

Once he was out of the way, DeAndre pulled out his phone and pulled out his contacts list and went to Mandy's number before he called it. It rang for a few seconds before she answered.

"Hello?" She asked curiously.

"Well, Well, well if it isn't the little rosebud."

"It's pretty boy, for what do I owe the pleasure?"

"I'm in a good mood, how about we go get a few drinks and maybe if you're lucky I can take you back and show you a good night?"

"I don't usually have do that on the first date but you might be a special exception."

"We'll see but send me your location and I got you."

"Alright see you soon pretty boy."

DeAndre gave off a small smile as he then continued to walk forward.

A/N: So this is Chapter 1 of Supastar. If you enjoyed it let me know with a review and if you didn't let me know what I can do to make it better. Next Chapter, I'll try to include a few more OCs and their interactions.

Later Guys and Gals!