AEW wrestler Benjamin Satterley, known as ‘Pac,’ dies

Benjamin Satterley
Benjamin Satterley Benjamin Satterley, also known as Adrian Neville and Pac celebrates with fans during WrestleMania 33 on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. He died at the age of 40 AEW announced on Sept. 27. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty I)

A day after wrestling in All Elite Wrestling’s biggest show, Benjamin Satterley, also known as Pac, died at the age of 40.

AEW announced his death on Sunday night, saying he had his final appearance in Chicago before his death.

TMZ said he had competed in the group’s All Out pay-per-view event in Chicago on Saturday night, taking on Andrade El Idolo for the AEW National Championship.

The Aesthetic posted Pac’s final entrance at the show to X.com.

Pac lost the match, but had a “near 20-minute performance filled with vintage moves,” Bleacher Report said.

Satterley started wrestling on the independent circuit in 2004 when he was a teen He then started wrestling in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling group in 2012 and signed a contract with WWE the same year.

He wrestled in WWE as Neville, according to Bleacher Report.

Pac was known as “The Man that Gravity Forgot” thanks to his high-flying style. He was a two-time NXT Tag Team Champion, an NXT Champion, and a two-time Cruiserweight Champion.

He left WWE in 2018 and, in 2019, joined AEW, eventually joining Death Triangle and the Death Riders. He won the AEW World Trios Championship twice and the first AEW All-Atlantic Championship, according to Bleacher Report.

A cause of death was not released, TMZ reported.

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