Josh Alexander Recalls His Last Conversation With PAC

During a recent interview with Fightful’s Joe Pearl, AEW star Josh Alexander spoke about the late Benjamin Satterley, aka PAC. Alexander recalled his last conversation with PAC before his unexpected passing. Below are some highlights:

Josh Alexander on the Importance of Cherishing Your Loved Ones

“I think the one thing, before and after, that I can take away is that every time somebody passes away, we always say, ‘We need to stop being afraid to take pictures with our friends,’ or, ‘We need to stop being hesitant to just remind people how much we love them and how much they mean to us,’ and whatever else, and it happened with Andy (Williams), and then you could see it cool off after a couple of weeks, and then the Ben thing hit, and we all collectively had conversations throughout the day where we were just like, ‘Enough. It’s not cooling off anymore.’ I told every single person I said goodbye to that meant anything to me, that I love them.”

On His Perspective With PAC

“I had a weird perspective from this Ben passing. On Wednesday, before he died, me and Marina Shafir had a conversation — we weren’t the ones arguing — other people were arguing about who the best of us was, and I said, ‘Guys, I’m gonna stop you all. Will, Swerve, Max, I don’t care — Mox — whoever you’re saying. It’s Ben. Ben, to me, is the best wrestler in this company and I don’t think it’s insane to say that,’ and Marina goes, ‘Yes! Yes! I’ve been saying it for years! Yeah!’ Marina’s all gassed up. Like, I’m just lucky she didn’t slap me in the face when she was getting all excited about it.

“But, we had that conversation, so then I pass him a couple of times, and we say hi on Saturday, and then right before we were leaving, I just grabbed him, and I went, ‘Hey man, I just wanna let you know we had this conversation… Me and Marina, we think…’ He’s just like, ‘Oh, mate, thank you so much. But other people are so much better.’ Just the humblest human being. I remember the last words I said to him; I said, ‘Yeah, whatever, Ben. I don’t care. I’m gonna see you on Wednesday. I’m gonna bust your balls again. I’m gonna remind you,’ and I walked away, and that’s the part that was devastating. It hit me so hard that I just flippantly went, ‘Yeah, I’m gonna see you Wednesday. I’m gonna do this again,’ rather than, ‘Thank you for being you; I love you. You never know what’s gonna happen. It can just happen in an instant, and I never wanna be in that situation again now.”

AEW honored PAC with a special tribute show earlier this week on AEW Dynamite. Meanwhile, Alexander is set for action at tonight’s MLP Northern Rising event. He will face off against Stu Grayson in a singles bout to determine the Undisputed MLP Canadian Champion.