British wrestler Benjamin Satterley, known as Pac, has died, his representatives have confirmed. <\/p>\n
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) said it was “saddened to announce the passing” of Satterley, 40, who they said had signed with them in 2019. <\/p>\n
The wrestler’s death was confirmed just a day after he participated in AEW’s “All Out” event at an arena in Chicago on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
“A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Satterley began his wrestling career in 2004 and went on to perform for wrestling organizations all over the world, captivating fans with innovative high-flying moves and incredible in-ring ability,” AEW said in a statement.<\/p>\n
No cause of death has been provided.<\/p>\n
Satterley held multiple AEW Championships, and the organisation said he had competed in “some of the most memorable matches in AEW history”.<\/p>\n
Prior to his partnership with AEW, he also performed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico.<\/p>\n
He had a number of different personas during his career including Pac, Adrian Neville and “The Man that Gravity Forgot”. The latter was in reference to a signature finishing move which saw him spin 360 degrees from the top rope of the wrestling ring and land on his opponent.<\/p>\n
Many of the tributes paid to Satterley have expressed shock at his death. <\/p>\n
WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman described it as a “truly terrible loss” and said he was a “tremendous talent and even finer human being”.<\/p>\n
AEW President Tony Khan said he “defined excellence” as a husband, friend and in his wrestling knowledge, skill and “unprecedented athleticism”. <\/p>\n
“The greatest export from our country. Also the greatest human being,” fellow British wrestler Will Ospreay wrote on X, sharing a photo of the pair in the ring together.<\/p>\n
“I am in shock. This is heartbreaking,” AEW wrestler Evil Uno said. <\/p>\n
“We have lost another great person, a great soul, a true professional.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British wrestler Benjamin Satterley, known as Pac, has died, his representatives have confirmed. All Elite Wrestling (AEW) said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-785050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}