AEW Airs Jon Moxley Tribute Promo for Pac, Dead at 40

Q: Why did AEW choose PAC’s final on-camera moment with Jon Moxley to anchor its emotional Dynamite tribute?

AEW chose PAC’s final on-camera moment with Jon Moxley because it naturally captured both PAC’s last presence on AEW television and the message the company wanted the tribute to carry: loss, resilience and gratitude for the time performers and fans share. The All Out promo was especially fitting because Moxley had already spoken about death, endurance and making every day count. Replaying that segment gave AEW a real, unscripted final image of PAC standing with his stablemates, rather than creating a tribute around older highlights alone. Tony Schiavone underscored that significance by noting it was PAC’s last AEW appearance on camera. It also anchored the entire broadcast emotionally. Moxley’s words set a somber but steady tone for the night, and AEW reinforced that through the ten-bell salute, the empty chair at ringside during Moxley’s Continental Championship defense against Orange Cassidy, and Bryan Danielson’s emotional embrace with Moxley later in the show. Those moments linked the tribute to PAC’s final appearance in a way that felt immediate and personal. Using that footage also reflected PAC’s standing inside AEW. He was not presented only as a past star but as an active, respected presence in the company up to his final days. By centering the tribute on that last shared moment, AEW honored both the man and the reality of his absence in the most direct way possible.

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AEW opened Wednesday’s Dynamite with Jon Moxley’s post-All Out promo, framing it as the final on-camera moment featuring Pac before his death Sunday at 40.
Tony Schiavone introduced the tribute as wrestlers gathered on stage, then highlighted Moxley’s remarks about loss, gratitude and the kind of eulogy a person leaves behind.
Pac—Benjamin Satterley, formerly Neville—appeared silently in the promo with Moxley’s Death Riders stablemates before turning and walking off with the group.
The tribute continued in the arena with an empty chair for Pac during Moxley’s Continental Championship defense against Orange Cassidy, which Moxley won.
Bryan Danielson then embraced Moxley in an emotional in-ring moment, underscoring how Pac’s death briefly set aside AEW rivalries.