BrodyGraham

I think he forgot that Cope and Cage dropped them. I did for a second to be honest.

Jesus Christ that was a hard watch. I thought I'd finished crying last night but fucking hell Bryce Remsburg just destroyed me.

I said elsewhere on here they should do the package to Local Hero, but I'm glad they didn't because that would have absolutely wrecked me, just ruined me outright. That Manchester Orchestra song was incredible though. I love Manchester Orchestra's last 2 albums but I hadn't heard that song. Perfect and it didn't alienate everyone who doesn't live directly North of Middlesbrough.

I'm in tears. A perfect 2 and a bit hours of wrestling telly to celebrate a man who was the perfect pro wrestler, at least to me anyway. I wonder if they release any more of those locker room tributes cos I'd wager there's a good few not on the show. I've gotta get up for work in about 2 hours, but I was never not watching that. That last vignette and shot were perfect. It was all perfect.

Just watched this and crucially it's now the most convenient way to watch one of AEW's all timer moments, the honey badger promo!!!!! So, so good, logical, sinister, well performed and crucially fucking hilarious. I think it was the first of the At home with Pac promos and whilst the others might be slicker, the jogging around the Quayside at night spot I mentioned before and the isolation promo are class, this one remains my favourite because it's the first real example of him dropping in the pit-matic craic and was a real surprise at the time. Made me smile.

I know we joke about Tony lurking on here but if he is I've one request. Please do a video montage to Local Hero it would be perfect for someone who represents the North East in ways that it so often isn't. Also, please don't do a video montage to Local Hero as I amongst others would almost certainly collapse in a puddle of tears and snot. I'm 45 and this is now the second death in Wrestling that's wiped me out for a day. There's only Hana Kimura's death that has hit me so hard in terms of people I didn't actually know passing on. Kevin Keegan passed on a couple of months ago and I was still functional that day and he was a foundational pillar of my identity, one of my first memories. I'm doing my best to not think of the circumstances and trying to focus on his incredible body of work and impact that he's had professionally and as a guy. I knew that a few of the regulars on here knew Ben and not just Pac so obviously my heart goes out to you lads/ lasses and I can't/ won't speculate on your loss but it's both sad and lovely to hear about how sound a lad he was. What I can comment on is what he left us as fans. I spent most of last night and indeed a good third of this morning going back and watching Pac matches and tributes. There's an Excalibur line on I think it's Pac Vs Ospreay from All Out a couple of years ago where he describes Ospreay and Pac as the second and third great British High flyers, Pac taking the mantle from Jody Fleisch and passing it to Ospreay. All I could think about was how much of a quantum leap Pac was from Jody and how much of a sideways step Ospreay was from Pac. When THE Ospreay Vs Ricochet match dropped and everyone lost their minds I remember talking to a friend who's also occasionally on here and discussing how as good as it was we'd basically already seen matches with those beats between Ricochet and Pac or Pac and Samuray del Sol years earlier. I don't say that to piss on anyone else's talent or fandom but I think we took Pac for granted a bit because he'd been so good and so innovative for so long. Sorry if that was rambling or ranty folks but I've just finished work on about 2 hours sleep last night and this felt like the right place to exorcise some stuff.

Pac was for me the perfect pro wrestler. I love the Junior Heavyweight style and no one did it with more grace, speed or intent than Pac. Being from the North East, Pac was someone in wrestling that I related to a bit differently, seeing footage of him in his Mam's kitchen or in St James's Park on the news years ago, made him feel like my home team. The Pac pre tapes in Newcastle remain my favourite promos and still probably the coolest that Newcastle has looked on film. Dark, Noir-ish and simultaneously hilarious and frightening with this mad Bastard running around it or skulking in alleys in the rain and his pants. I didn't know Ben Satterley, but I knew sour North East bastards like Pac and it's a tribute to him that he played that character so well, whilst seemingly being the furthest thing from it.