Adrian Neville (AEW)
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| Adrian Neville | |
| Born | Benjamin Satterley |
| Born | August 22, 1986 (age 28) Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Adrian Neville Ben Satterly Jungle Pac Pac Neville |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 194 lb (88 kg) |
| Billed from | Newcastle upon Tyne (as Pac) The Jungle (as Jungle Pac) |
| Trained by | Shaun Avery |
| Debut | 2004 |
Benjamin Satterly (born 22 August 1986) is an English professional wrestler, better known by his former ring name PAC, currently signed to Attitude Era Wrestling under the ring name Neville, he is also best known for his time in Global Wrestling Federation, under the ring name Adrian Neville, and prior to that, competed on the independent scene under the ring name Pac. He is a former one time AEW Light Heavyweight Champion. During his time in GWF, he held the GWF Tag Team Championship one time with CM Punk as part of the New Legacy faction, he was also a former two time GWF Hardcore Championship, he was also the final GWF Cruiserweight Champion in the companies history.
Satterley is noted for his high flying style, which has earned him the nickname "The Man That Gravity Forgot".
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[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Early career
[edit] Attitude Era Wrestling
[edit] Debut and Light Heavyweight Champion (2014-present)
Neville debuted for AEW on March 17, 2014 at Ultimate Ascension, where he competed in the first Feast or Fired match but was unsuccessful in winning a case. At Rapture Neville defeated Prince Devitt, the next week on Concussion Neville set his sights on the AEW Light Heavyweight Championship. On May 11, 2014 at the Wrestle War pay-per-view, Neville entered the Wrestle War match, but was eliminated from the match. On the June 9, 2014 episode of Concussion, Neville defeated Light Heavyweight Champion Petey Williams to win the AEW Light Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career, it is also the first AEW title he has won, after winning the Light Heavyweight title from Petey Williams at Superclash III, Neville took part in the Money in the Bank ladder match but was unsuccessful. At Redemption, Neville defeated Rob Van Dam in a singles match. Neville was attacked during a Light Heavyweight Championship match against Homicide, the match ended in a no contest due to the attack by Outlaw, Inc.. On the February 23, 2015 episode of Concussion, Neville successfully defended the Light Heavyweight Championship against Fin Balor, after the match however, Cesaro and Tyson Kidd attacked both Neville and Balor, until Itami and Hiroshi Tanahashi made the save. Neville entered into the 2015 Wrestle War match for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship, however was unable to win the match. Neville is now the second longest reigning AEW Light Heavyweight Champion, just under Petey Williams.
Neville competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match at Superclash IV, but failed in his attempted to win the Money in the Bank ladder match. At Redemption, Neville failed to regain the AEW Light Heavyweight Championship when PJ Black defeated then-Light Heavyweight Champion Heath Slater and Neville in a Triple threat match. At AEW III, Neville will compete in a Fatal four way match against champion The Miz, Prince Puma and Sami Zayn for the AEW Light Heavyweight Championship.
[edit] Global Wrestling Federation
[edit] New Legacy and championship success (2014-2015)
- Main article: New Legacy
In his debut match for the promotion, Neville defeated former GWF World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania XV it will be his first Money in the Bank ladder match and his first WrestleMania in GWF. On the September 15, 2014 episode of Raw is War, Neville defeated Willow to win the GWF Hardcore Championship it is his first GWF title. At Global Warfare, Neville made his first successful title defense by defeating Jeff Hardy in a Ladder match, At Devil's Night, Neville lost the Hardcore Championship to Reigns. At Survivor Series, Neville competed in a Traditional Five-on-Five Survivor Series match, but ended up losing the match to Murphy's LAW. At Flatline, Neville teamed with his New Legacy partner; CM Punk to defeat Paul Burchill and Mr. Kennedy.
[edit] Final Cruiserweight Champion (2015)
At Chaos Theory, Neville teamed with CM Punk to defeat The Shield to win the GWF Tag Team Championship, this is Neville's first Tag Team Championship reign, They lost the titles a month after. At SummerSlam, Neville defeated AJ Styles and Chris Candido to win the GWF Cruiserweight Championship.
[edit] Championship Wrestling
Neville debuted in Championship Wrestling in 2014, however his tenure in the promotion didn't last very long as the company folded that same year.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As Adrian Neville
- Red Arrow (Corkscrew shooting star press)
- Imploding 450° splash
- As PAC / Jungle Pac
- 630° senton, sometimes while performing a corkscrew
- Bridging German suplex
- Corkscrew 450° splash
- Corkscrew shooting star press
- Flaming Star Press (Imploding 450° splash)
- Shooting star senton
- As Adrian Neville
- Signature moves
- 450° splash, sometimes while springboarding
- Dragonrana
- Handspring backflip into a tornado DDT
- Leg lariat
- Moonsault into a tornado DDT
- Multiple frankensteiner variations
- Standing
- Reverse, sometimes from the top rope
- Super
- Multiple kick variations
- Back heel
- Baseball slide
- Drop, sometimes while slingshotting
- Dropsault
- Enzuigiri
- Spin
- Roundhouse
- Super
- Multiple shooting star variations
- British Airways (Standing corkscrew splash)
- Corkscrew plancha
- Knee drop
- Standing
- Multiple suplex variations
- German, sometimes from the top rope
- Northern Lights
- Snap
- Tiger
- Over the top rope Moonsault
- Pop-up into either a cutter or a sitout powerbomb
- Slingshot cutter
- Springboard into either a crossbody or a moonsault
- Standing moonsault, sometimes while performing a corkscrew or over-rotated into a senton
- Suicide dive
- With CM Punk
- Double team finishing moves
- GTS – Go to Sleep (Fireman's carry dropped into a knee lift) from Punk into a Red Arrow (Corkscrew shooting star press) from Neville
- Double suicide dive - (Adrian Neville and CM Punk)
- Atomic drop by Punk followed by a superkick by Neville
- Double team finishing moves
- Nicknames
- "The Man That Gravity Forgot"
- "Dragon Gate Ultra Birdman"
- "The Jumping Geordie"
- Entrance Themes
- "Break Orbit" by CFO$ (AEW) (2014–present)
[edit] Championship and accomplishments
- Global Wrestling Federation
- GWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with CM Punk (1)
- GWF Cruiserweight Championship (1 time, final champion)
- GWF Hardcore Championship (2 time)
