Lance Archer delivered an emotional address to fans at Warrior Wrestling on Sunday night after learning of the death of fellow AEW star PAC.

AEW announced on September 27, 2026, that PAC had passed away at the age of 40. Following his match, Archer spoke openly about the loss and explained why he and Marina Shafir had decided to perform that evening.

Archer paused to gather himself before sharing the news with the crowd.

“You guys are going to give me a second. I need to say something. This is real. We lost a brother.

“This ain’t a laughing matter. If you laughed, you’re being extremely disrespectful. This is very real.

“AEW’s Pac.

“This is legit. This ain’t fake. This ain’t laughing. This ain’t hooting and hollering. Pac has passed away.

“You can look on your news feeds. You can see that this is extremely real.”

Archer explained that continuing with the show was about honouring their fellow wrestler and the fans who had come to support them.

“And there’s only one reason that myself and Marina [Shafir] here in a little while have come out here to perform: because without you guys, this business doesn’t exist.

“Without you guys cheering for us and having a good time. I don’t mean to chastise the people. Maybe you just didn’t know, but this is very real.

“No one truly knows what happened. He performed last night on the pay-per-view, and he was found tonight.”

Archer then revealed that he had spoken with Jon Moxley before his match, asking whether they should wrestle while coming to terms with the news.

“So, there’s only really one reason I even performed tonight, because I talked to Jon Moxley, who is obviously in a box group with Marina and him, and I asked him, I said, ‘Should we do this tonight? Should we perform?’

“Because first and foremost, he was checking on us, because that’s what kind of man he is. That’s what kind of family the business of professional wrestling is. Because when something like this happens, when a tragedy happens, we check on each other, and he checked on us.

“Storylines to be damned, feuds be damned. Brother to brother, brother to sister. He checked on us, and I asked him, ‘Do we go out there and perform?’”

According to Archer, Moxley encouraged them to honour PAC by stepping into the ring and giving the audience their best.

“And he said, ‘You only get one lifetime. One, that’s it. And go out there and do what you do. Do it to the best of your ability. Entertain the people who came and paid hard money, and you do it in honor and remembrance of our fallen brothers.’

“AEW, unfortunately, has lost its fair share, from Brodie Lee to the Butcher recently, and tonight Pac. So he said, ‘you go out there and you perform. You put on your boots and you perform. You go out there because that’s what Pac wants you to do. He wants you to go out there and perform. So leave it all alone. Put your boots on. Get in the ring. Kick each other in the face and enjoy life.’”

Archer closed with a heartfelt message about making the most of life and supporting one another.

“So right here, right now, me, Marina, every one of the guys, we’re doing this because we all have one life to live. So you go and enjoy and do what you do to the best of your ability.

“God bless. I love you all.”