Professional wrestling lost one of its most distinctive voices on Sunday when Benjamin Satterley — known to the world as Pac — died at forty, just hours after performing at AEW's All Out event in what none present could have known would be his final match. On Wednesday, All Elite Wrestling paused the machinery of competition to do what communities have always done in the face of sudden loss: gather, remember, and speak honestly about what it means to share a life's work with someone who is no longer there. The tribute that unfolded was not manufactured grief but something rarer — a room full o
AEW honors late wrestler Pac with emotional tribute show led by Moxley promo
Wrestler Pac (Benjamin Satterley) died at age 40 on Sunday, hours after performing at AEW's All Out pay-per-view event.
Every day is a gift. Look, I'm serious.
Mark
Why did AEW choose to air that particular promo from All Out? Was it planned as a tribute, or did it take on new meaning after Pac's death?
Mimi
It wasn't planned as a tribute—it was just Moxley's promo after losing the championship. But Schiavone made the choice to frame it that way on Wednesday, to tell viewers this was the last time Pac appeared on AEW television. That context transforms everything Moxley said about loss and perseverance.
Luke
Right, but we should be clear: the promo itself wasn't written as a farewell or anything prophetic. Moxley was talking about wrestling and life in general. It just happens to land differently now.
Mark
The chair left ringside during Moxley's title defense—was that spontaneous, or did AEW plan that detail?
Mimi
The source doesn't specify, but it's the kind of gesture wrestling companies typically coordinate. It's simple and direct—an empty seat where someone should be.
Luke
We don't actually know who decided to put that chair there or when the decision was made. It could have been planned Wednesday morning, or it could have been a last-minute call. The reporting doesn't tell us.
Mark
What was the broader mood of the show? Did the whole episode feel like a memorial, or was it mostly business as usual with these moments woven in?
Mimi
The opening was clearly dedicated to Pac—the roster on stage, Schiavone's words, the promo. But then the show moved into regular matches. Moxley's title defense happened, Danielson showed up. It was a working show that honored someone, not a full memorial event.
Luke
And we don't have details about what else aired that night or how the rest of the roster responded beyond Danielson. The reporting focuses on these specific moments but doesn't give us the full texture of the evening.
Mark
Pac was forty. Do we know anything about what happened, or is that still unclear?
Mimi
The reporting only says he died Sunday, hours after All Out. No cause is mentioned.
Luke
And that's important to note—we know when and that it happened, but not why. That's a significant gap in what we know.
El Pulso
- Pac died Sunday at forty, just hours after performing at AEW's All Out pay-per-view, sending shockwaves through the wrestling world before the weekend had even ended.
- AEW dedicated its entire Wednesday Dynamite broadcast to honoring him, opening with the roster assembled on stage and the full weight of sudden, unprocessed loss hanging over the arena.
- Jon Moxley's All Out promo — delivered with Pac standing silently at his side — became the late wrestler's final televised appearance, its words about loss and life now carrying meaning no one intended when they were spoken.
- A single empty chair placed at ringside during Moxley's Continental Championship match said everything the broadcast could not put into words.
- The night closed with Bryan Danielson walking to the ring visibly shaken, and two longtime rivals setting aside their history to simply hold the weight of the evening together.
Professional wrestling lost one of its most distinctive voices on Sunday when Benjamin Satterley — known to the world as Pac — died at forty, just hours after performing at AEW's All Out event in what none present could have known would be his final match. On Wednesday, All Elite Wrestling paused the machinery of competition to do what communities have always done in the face of sudden loss: gather, remember, and speak honestly about what it means to share a life's work with someone who is no longer there. The tribute that unfolded was not manufactured grief but something rarer — a room full of people reckoning, in public, with the fragility that underlies every performance of strength.
All Elite Wrestling opened its Wednesday night broadcast under the shadow of a loss that had arrived without warning. Pac — the Welsh wrestler born Benjamin Satterley — had died on Sunday at forty, just hours after competing at the company's All Out pay-per-view. The roster gathered on stage as Tony Schiavone offered words of remembrance, then gave way to something more resonant: the last footage of Pac captured on AEW cameras.
That footage was Jon Moxley's promo from All Out, delivered after losing the AEW World Championship to Will Ospreay. Standing surrounded by his Death Riders stablemates — including Pac — Moxley spoke not about titles but about what it means to build a life inside professional wrestling. He talked about loss as something universal: matches, opportunities, people. He spoke about the privilege of walking into sold-out arenas alongside friends, doing what he called the best job in the world. Every day is a gift. The words, unremarkable in the moment they were spoken, had become something else entirely by the time they aired again.
When Moxley finished, the group filed out one by one. Pac was last — arms crossed, hair across his face, watching — before he turned and followed them into the darkness.
Later in the evening, as Moxley made his entrance for a Continental Championship defense against Orange Cassidy, a single empty chair sat at ringside. No explanation was offered or needed. Moxley won the match. And as he stood in the ring afterward, Bryan Danielson's music began to play. The AEW legend walked out visibly moved, crossed the ring, and embraced Moxley at the center of it. Two men who had spent years fighting each other stood still for a moment, held together by the shared weight of remembering someone who had stood beside them both.
All Elite Wrestling opened its Wednesday night broadcast with the weight of sudden loss pressing down on everyone in the arena. Pac, the Welsh wrestler whose real name was Benjamin Satterley, had died on Sunday at forty, just hours after performing at the company's All Out pay-per-view event. The roster gathered on stage as broadcaster Tony Schiavone offered words meant to honor him, then turned the show over to something more powerful: the final footage of Pac on AEW cameras.
That footage was Jon Moxley's promo from All Out, delivered after he lost the AEW World Championship to Will Ospreay in the main event. Moxley stood surrounded by his Death Riders stablemates—Marina Shafir, Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta, and Pac—and spoke not about winning or losing the title, but about what it means to live a life in wrestling and beyond. He talked about loss as something inevitable, something everyone faces. You lose matches. You lose in life. You lose people. You lose opportunities. The words carried a different weight now, spoken into a future where one of the men standing beside him would not see another week.
Moxley's voice moved through the promo with the cadence of someone who had thought about these things before, but perhaps never quite like this. He spoke about the privilege of walking into a sold-out arena—Chicago, New York, Tokyo—surrounded by friends and teammates, doing what he called the best job in the world. Every day is a gift, he said. He acknowledged Ospreay's victory, then pivoted to something larger: the responsibility the wrestlers in that ring carried for the future of professional wrestling itself. The craft they grew up dreaming of, the same craft that children around the world were dreaming of right now. Whatever wrestling would become, it would be shaped by the people willing to grab hold of the opportunity and do something real with it.
When Moxley finished, he walked off. Shafir, Garcia, and Yuta followed. On the far side of the ring, Pac stood with his long hair falling across his face, his arms crossed, watching. Then he turned and followed the group into the darkness.
The show continued. Later that night, Moxley defended his AEW Continental Championship against Orange Cassidy. As he made his entrance, a single chair sat empty at ringside—a gesture so simple it needed no explanation. Moxley won the match and retained his title. As he stood in the ring collecting himself, the opening notes of Bryan Danielson's music cut through the arena. Danielson, an AEW legend who had fought Moxley many times since both men joined the company, walked to the ring visibly moved by the night's circumstances. The two men, who had waged long and storied battles against each other, embraced in the center of the ring. For one moment, their rivalry meant nothing. There was only the shared weight of remembering someone who had stood beside them both.
Citas Notables
Every day is a gift. Do you know what it's like to walk out in front of a sold out crowd? Chicago? New York? Tokyo? Sold-out crowd like tonight? Surrounded by your friends, teammates, these great people that pay that money they work hard all week for to see you do?— Jon Moxley, in his promo from All Out
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