Tony Khan Shares Emotional Memories Of PAC At ROH Taping

Posted By: Ben Kerin on Sep 28, 2026

Tony Khan has announced that Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite will honour PAC with a special tribute show, giving fans and fellow wrestlers an opportunity to celebrate his life and career.

Speaking before Monday’s Ring of Honor television taping in Jacksonville, Khan paid an emotional tribute to Benjamin Satterley. He explained that everyone wrestling at the taping and on Wednesday is taking part voluntarily, out of love for their friend and colleague.

The gathering honoured PAC with a moment of silence and a 10-bell salute. Khan also shared memories of their friendship away from the ring.

“I’ve never met a person who was more beloved by his peers and his friends,” Khan said. “And it was such a pleasure to spend time with Ben outside of wrestling as well, whether it was just having dinner or watching the football match or traveling. Ben is a very first-class person, and he left behind a lovely wife and a lot of great friends and a legacy that will last forever.”

Wednesday’s tribute will take place at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, a venue with a special connection to PAC’s AEW career. He headlined the company’s first show there in 2019, wrestling Jon Moxley to a time-limit draw on the fourth episode of Dynamite.

Khan reflected on PAC’s importance to AEW and the lasting friendships he formed throughout wrestling.

“He’s somebody I knew would be a big part of the company and somebody that outside of wrestling also became a big part of my life, just like for the wrestlers in the back and so many people around wrestling , Ben has been a huge part of their lives,” Khan said.

PAC was pronounced dead on Sunday afternoon at the age of 40 after being found unresponsive in a vehicle outside a CAVA restaurant near Chicago O’Hare International Airport. An initial autopsy has been completed, with his cause of death awaiting further testing.

The previous evening, he had competed against AEW National Champion Andrade El Idolo at All Out in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.