AEW World Champion Will Ospreay will face Ricochet in a major singles match on Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite, a bout Tony Khan has announced as part of the company’s tribute to the late PAC.
Khan revealed during Monday’s Ring of Honor tapings in Jacksonville, Florida, that Wednesday’s Dynamite would be dedicated to PAC, whose real name was Benjamin Satterley. AEW announced on Sunday night that Satterley had died at the age of 40.
On Tuesday, ahead of the show in Pittsburgh, Khan confirmed that Ospreay and Ricochet will headline the tribute broadcast. The AEW president framed the match as a meeting between two renowned opponents of PAC, with the occasion carrying significance far beyond a conventional main event.
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“2 iconic rivals of late great legend PAC will fight 1-on-1 in honor of our fallen friend on Wednesday Night Dynamite’s PAC Tribute tomorrow! This one’s for Ben,” Khan wrote.
For more background on this topic, read Tony Schiavone Remembers Pac as AEW Prepares Tribute Show, Calls for Black Arrow Retirement.
The announcement places AEW’s world champion opposite Ricochet at a time when the promotion and the wider wrestling community are mourning one of the industry’s most acclaimed performers. Ospreay and Ricochet enter the match with the responsibility of representing a tribute built around their shared connection to PAC, a wrestler whose influence and relationships extended through multiple eras of their careers.
Ospreay responded to the match announcement with a brief but emotional message of his own.
“This one’s for you Ben. We love you,” Ospreay wrote.
A Dynamite Main Event With a Different Meaning
Matches are routinely promoted around championships, grudges, rankings, momentum, and the pursuit of future opportunities. While Ospreay remains AEW World Champion, the title is not the central story attached to Wednesday’s announced main event. The focus is on remembrance.
Khan’s wording made clear that the Ospreay-Ricochet match is intended as a tribute to PAC and to Satterley the person. The contest will bring together two wrestlers described by Khan as iconic rivals of PAC, giving the Pittsburgh audience and viewers at home a chance to honor him through the form of performance that defined his life.
That context will inevitably shape the atmosphere around the bout. Ospreay and Ricochet are being asked to compete in a deeply emotional setting, on a show taking place only days after AEW publicly confirmed Satterley’s passing. Their match is expected to stand as a centerpiece of a program dedicated to a colleague and friend whose death has prompted an outpouring of grief.
There is also a notable degree of care in the way AEW has approached the tribute show. During his announcement before the ROH tapings, Khan said that the wrestlers appearing on both Ring of Honor programming and Wednesday’s Dynamite were doing so voluntarily in the wake of the tragedy. That detail underscores the difficult balance involved in presenting live wrestling while members of the locker room are processing a profound personal loss.
The decision to continue with the events, while making participation voluntary, puts the emphasis on those performers choosing to come together in Satterley’s memory. Wednesday’s episode is therefore set to be more than a regularly scheduled television production. It is a collective gathering for a locker room affected by the loss of one of its own.
Ricochet Shares a Personal Tribute
Ricochet had already reflected publicly on Satterley’s death in the days following the announcement. In a message shared alongside a photograph of the two together in Japan, he spoke candidly about the shock, sadness, and helplessness he has felt.
“After giving it some time, I still don’t quite know what to say. What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Ben? I start to get angry at myself for not being able to help the situation at all. Then I get sad all over again knowing my friend is gone. My heart is truly hurting.”
The post gave a personal dimension to Wednesday’s match. Ricochet will not simply be entering a high-profile singles contest against AEW’s world champion; he will be doing so after publicly acknowledging the pain of losing a friend.
His comments also reflect the rawness of the situation. Rather than attempting to offer a polished summary of Satterley’s legacy, Ricochet described the uncertainty and conflicting emotions that can follow such devastating news. The feeling of anger, sadness, and heartbreak in his message makes clear how immediate the loss remains for those close to PAC.
For Ospreay, the simple message that “This one’s for you Ben” similarly establishes the personal stakes. Both competitors have publicly directed attention away from themselves and toward the man being honored. That will likely remain the prevailing theme when they meet in Pittsburgh.
PAC’s Final AEW Appearance Came at All Out
AEW’s announcement of Satterley’s death came one day after he had competed at AEW All Out. PAC opened the event against Andrade El Idolo in a match for the National Championship.
That appearance now stands as his final known AEW match. The proximity between his final bout and the news of his death has added another layer of sorrow to the response from fans and peers alike. Satterley was still actively performing, and AEW’s decision to dedicate a full episode of Dynamite to him reflects his standing within the company and the impact of his passing.
Wednesday’s card will be presented under the banner of a PAC tribute show, with the Ospreay-Ricochet main event already announced as its defining match. Khan’s statement, the reactions from Ospreay and Ricochet, and the voluntary participation of talent all point toward a broadcast designed to honor Satterley with sincerity rather than treat the circumstances as ordinary programming.
The match also offers a fitting structure for that purpose. Khan specifically identified both Ospreay and Ricochet through their respective rivalries with PAC. Their one-on-one meeting gives the show a natural focal point: two elite performers linked by competition with PAC, now facing one another in his honor.
AEW Prepares to Honor Benjamin Satterley
The wrestling world’s response to the death of Benjamin Satterley has been marked by tributes from people who knew him personally and professionally. Within AEW, the immediate priority is clear: provide space for the roster, staff, and audience to remember PAC together.
That effort began with Khan’s remarks in Jacksonville during the ROH tapings and continues with the Wednesday night broadcast in Pittsburgh. By presenting the show as a tribute and making participation voluntary, AEW has acknowledged that the people involved are navigating grief in real time.
Ospreay versus Ricochet will be the highest-profile in-ring expression of that remembrance. It brings the AEW World Champion into the main event against an opponent who has shared an openly emotional reflection on his friendship with Satterley. The result of the match, while always important in the competitive world of professional wrestling, will be secondary to its purpose on this particular night.
For one evening, AEW Dynamite will be centered on PAC’s memory. Ospreay and Ricochet have been entrusted with the closing match, and both men have already made their intentions clear. The bout is for Ben.
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