AEW announced that wrestler Pac, whose real name was Benjamin Satterley, died at 40 on Sunday, a day after facing Andrade El Idolo for the AEW National Championship at All Out. The cause of death has not been disclosed; AEW president Tony Khan paid tribute.
Satterley began wrestling professionally in 2004 and became internationally known in WWE as Neville. He joined AEW in 2019, was a member of Death Triangle and later associated with Death Riders, and won the International Championship and two AEW World Trios titles. In WWE, he held the NXT Tag Team Championship twice, the NXT Championship and the Cruiserweight Championship twice.
Pac also appeared in the All Out main event between Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay. Ospreay, Saraya, Kevin Owens, Rhea Ripley, Becky Lynch and Paul Heyman were among those paying tribute; Ospreay called Satterley the greatest human being, and Ripley said she was speechless.
