Benjamin Satterley, the hard-hitting, high-flying professional wrestler known to fans around the world simply as PAC, has died, All Elite Wrestling announced Sunday evening. He was 40 years old.
News of his death came a day after he wrestled at AEW’s “All Out” pay-per-view Saturday night at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, outside Chicago. The cause of death was not immediately provided.
“A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Satterley began his wrestling career in 2004 and went on to perform for wrestling organizations around the world, captivating fans with innovative high-flying moves and incredible in-ring ability,” AEW said.
Satterley first made his name on the British independent scene before embarking on a globe-trotting career during which he performed in some of the biggest promotions on the planet, including AEW, World Wrestling Entertainment (where he went under Adrian Neville), New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.
His high-flying attack, made all the more impressive by his muscular physique and stocky build, earned him the nickname “the man that gravity forgot.”
Satterley debuted in All Elite Wrestling in 2019, following his time in WWE, where he eventually earned the nickname “The Bastard.”
At AEW, he won the All-Atlantic Championship in 2022 and became one of the company’s most high-profile wrestlers as part of the Death Riders faction, with whom he would win the AEW Trios World Championship alongside colleagues Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta in 2025. This followed another Trios title in 2022 alongside Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix as part of the “Triangle of the death.”
Between the ropes, few wrestlers could combine speed, agility, technique and raw power like Satterley.
He could twist and wind his body off the top turnbuckle with his signature “Black Arrow” maneuver, or he could use his “Brutalizer” to pin an opponent’s arms and neck to the canvas.
On the microphone, his promos conveyed a pragmatic intensity that conveyed an ultimately simple message to opponents: I’m here to hurt you.
“My name is ‘The Bastard,’” Satterley said in an AEW promo. “People have called me that because I’m a bastard. But on top of that, on top of that, I happen to be an excellent, exceptional, world-class professional wrestler.”
Tributes to Satterley quickly followed the news of his death.
“Our country’s greatest export,” said fellow Englishman and AEW World Champion Will Ospreay on X. “Also the greatest human being.”
“I’m in shock. It’s heartbreaking,” AEW wrestler Evil Uno said. “We have lost another great person, a great soul, a true professional.”
Ace Austin, who Satterley defeated on Wednesday on a special episode of AEW’s “Collision,” summed up what many were feeling on Sunday: “I don’t get it man.”
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