WWE commentator Corey Graves paid tribute on social media to the late AEW star Pac, actual identify Benjamin Satterley, who died on the age of 40 on Sunday. The pair teamed collectively in “WWE NXT,” the place Pac was generally known as Neville, in 2013, the place they gained the NXT Tag Group Championships.
Graves took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a carousel of photographs of himself profitable the titles alongside Satterley, in addition to a shot from a match the pair had collectively in “NXT’s” “black and gold” period. He penned a heartfelt submit to go together with the photographs, and stated it was inconceivable to sum up what Satterley meant to him. He wrote that the star was alongside him for each main step of his profession.
“He was my good friend. My tag workforce accomplice. My biggest rival,” Graves wrote. “The first match I ever known as at WrestleMania was his. The very best within the ring. In some way even higher exterior of it. My coronary heart is with Ben’s unbelievable spouse, household and his buddies and followers all around the world. Gravity forgot him. We by no means will.”
Satterley was generally known as “The Man That Gravity Forgot,” resulting from his high-flying talents, first on the unbiased scene, and through his time on WWE’s fundamental roster, starting in 2015. He and Graves started teaming collectively frequently in “NXT” in the summertime of 2013. They defeated the Wyatt Household’s Luke Harper and Erick Rowan to seize the NXT Tag Group Championships in July, to go on to reign for 84 days.
After they could not recapture the gold, Graves attacked Neville, kicking off their rivalry. Their final match, a Neville victory, got here in March 2014 throughout an “NXT” home present.
