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Since WWE's trying to exploit PAC's death, it's time to talk about this: Remember how PAC suddenly had visa issues when AEW started? That's because, when the AEW trademarks were filed, WWE called USCIS to claim he walked out on his visa. After leaving him alone for a year and giving him his release.

If it was well known, I didn't know about it

Really? It was all over twitter when it happened, and I know that I've brought it up for years. When I reference E level bullshit.

I can't pretend I see or remember everything that people bring up

It was known publicly that there were likely visa issues. (The Hangman match cancellation and the Wrestlecon drama made it hard to miss.) But if anyone said a word publicly about WWE being the cause, I don't remember it.

I'm not 100% sure but I know I talked about it with other reporters. And in 2019, you were the person I would have been most likely to have talked to about it. Regardless, I heard it from people who were directly involved.

The specifics of whether or not PAC actually violated the terms of his work visa are way above my pay grade, but regardless, WWE didn't say a word to USCIS for over a year. It only became a problem that they felt inclined to rat him out for when they realized a new moneyed startup was launching.

It needs to be noted as well that this BADLY rattled PAC and made him extremely paranoid about the future of his American work visa status. When he canceled on the Wrestlecon shows in 2019, it was a different visa than his WWE visa and that scared him to the point he backed out of the bookings.

Personally, I held onto this for 7+ years because, as noted above, it wasn't fucking worth the potential risk to his visa status just to add to the pile of WWE ratfucking stories. But now that he's gone and WWE is trying to exploit his death just to ratfuck AEW? Everyone needs to know what happened.

What?!?!