Following Unexpected death of Benjamin “PAC” Satterly, AEW CEO Tony Khan has confirmed that the upcoming episode of “AEW Dynamite,” scheduled for Wednesday night at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT. to serve as a special tribute to the late world triple champion. WWE, meanwhile, was ready stream its WWE x AAA Worlds Collide event on YouTubewith a corresponding start time of 7:00 PM ET ET on the same night. According to the report, the latter will remain so, despite the new circumstances created around “Dynamite”.
“For those who have asked if the WWE Worlds Collide stream will be moved to a different day as it prepares for AEW’s Tribute to Pac, it will not be.” Mike Johnson of PWInsider reports. “The show still premieres tomorrow at 7pm Eastern.”
Worlds collide originally operated as a live event, September 26th in the Chicago area live in front of AEW All Out. CM Punk, Rey Mysterio and El Grande Americano headlined the WWE x AAA show with a six-man tag team victory over Omos and The Judgment Day’s Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh. All Out featured the main event of AEW World Champion Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley. Unfortunately, it also turned out to be the stage for PAC’s final match, as he unsuccessfully challenged Andrade El Idolo for the national championship 24 hours before his death.
The upcoming Dynamite will see two of PAC’s biggest rivals, Ospreay and Ricochet, face off in his honor. Khan had announced the match earlier today, stating that “this is for Ben”.