As noted before, AEW talent PAC, real name Benjamin Satterley, passed away on Sunday at the age of 40. Many from within the wrestling world have been paying tribute to Satterley including AEW’s Tony Khan, Will Ospreay, Sting, and Ricochet, WWE’s Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Paul Heyman, John Cena, and Danhausen, TNA’s Mustafa Ali, CMLL, Ring of Honor, NJPW, and Dragongate.
TKO Board member and WWE talent Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently joined those paying tribute to the life and legacy of Satterley.
In a video posted on Instagram, Johnson praised Satterley for being an “insanely talented” wrestler and reflected on meeting him a couple of times during their time together in WWE. Johnson also sent his condolences to the Satterley family, everyone in AEW, and everyone who knew him in WWE.
“Man, it hurts my heart to do this. I wanted to send out into the universe and to the Satterley family, my love and my condolences, my support, my light, my mana, as you are enduring the loss of your loved one, Benjamin Satterley. For those who are watching this who don’t know who Benjamin Satterley is, he was a professional wrestler known in the WWE as Neville. I’d met him a few times, shook his hand. And most recently known as PAC in AEW — All Elite Wrestling — and he passed away, sadly, young, too young. I believe he was 40.
I was just so sorry to hear this news. As global as professional wrestling is, as global as WWE is, as much as AEW is growing into this phenomenal wrestling company, and wherever you’re wrestling at around the world, Asia, Latin America, Europe — it doesn’t matter. As global as professional wrestling is, we’re still a very tight-knit unit and a tight-knit group because we all share the same DNA. And that is our love and our passion for the squared circle and to perform for audiences around the world. And we’re a little crazy, and that’s okay. But when we lose one of our own, it hurts. And when they’re young and so insanely talented, it really, it really f***ing hurts. Especially when a life is robbed and you don’t get that opportunity to live a full life. I’ve lost a lot of friends, as we’ve known.
To my friend Tony Khan, I’m so sorry for your loss. My friend QT [Marshall] and all the locker rooms, the men and women of AEW, I’m so sorry for your loss. And to those, of course, my colleagues in WWE who knew him well, I’m so sorry. So sorry all around. And to the Satterley family, I wish you love and light as you endure this pain.”
Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com
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