AEW: Everything you need to know about PAC’s post-WWE career

We all remember PAC from his days in WWE as Neville, but what has he been up to since leaving and jumping ship to AEW?

Before he became an elite member of the AEW roster, PAC was The King of the Cruiserweights. As Neville, PAC dominated WWE’s Cruiserweight division. This included an impressive, successful title defense at WrestleMania 33 and two Cruiserweight Championship reigns lasting a combined 232 days; his first reign lasted longer than anyone else’s since the championship was revived in 2016.

He dominated the Cruiserweight Championship with relative ease until losing his second title to Enzo Amore at No Mercy 2017. Frustrated with the direction of his character, PAC walked out of a WWE taping, refused to compete, and within a year’s time, as of Aug. 2018, finally parted ways with the company. Of course, AEW did not exist until January of 2019, so what did PAC do in that time?

Well, first, he made his way back to his stomping grounds. One of the first promotions he made a name for himself in his pre-WWE career early on: Dragon Gate.

He wrestled for Dragon Gate for about five years before signing with WWE. Shortly after returning to the promotion – joining top heel stable R.E.D. – in Oct. 2018, he won their top title in the Open the Dream Gate Championship.

PAC’s run with the title was monumental as he was undefeated for the entire duration of the time. Yes, undefeated. No, not just undefeated in Dragon Gate. Undefeated everywhere. No matter where he went, PAC had never been pinned nor had he submitted during a match. Whether it was for Riptide, RevPro, Defiant Wrestling, or even AEW, PAC never suffered a loss. Which, speaking of AEW …

After spending time in Dragon Gate and trekking through the independent circuit, PAC revealed he had signed a contract with All Elite Wrestling at their Double or Nothing press conference rally on Jan. 8, immediately setting up a feud with Hangman Page in the process. Not long after, one of the first matches booked for this PPV was Hangman vs. PAC, but would later be inexplicably cancelled.

As the reports go, specifically one from F4W Online, the plan at the PPV was for Hangman to beat PAC that night, but as PAC was the Open the Dream Gate Champion at the time, he took his position seriously and didn’t want to lose any match anywhere until the night he finally lost his title, so that he could put over his opponent and new champion over in a huge way. AEW respected that decision.

PAC lost his Open the Dream Gate Championship to Ben-K at Dragon Gate’s Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival on Jul. 21, 2019, and as promised, that was the first time PAC ever actually lost a match (suffering a pinfall loss) since he left the WWE and won the title.

PAC then made his in-ring debut for AEW at All Out the following month and defeated Kenny Omega via referee stoppage. PAC went on to continue his undefeated streak in AEW (most notably defeating Hangman Page in the debut episode of Dynamite) until he suffered his first pinfall loss in an AEW ring last Wednesday during a tag match, thanks to a disagreement with his partner Jon Moxley.

Now, him and Moxley will be squaring off one-on-one this upcoming Wednesday on Dynamite.

Technically, while PAC has now lost a match in AEW, he is still undefeated in singles competition under the AEW banner. Could that all change this Wednesday?