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* ForWantOfANail: During an episode of RAW, he accepted an open challenge for [[Wrestling/SethRollins Seth Rollins's]] WWE Championship. At one point, he actually hit the Red Arrow on Seth, and actually would've gotten the three-count and won the WWE championship had he not accidentally moved Seth's foot on the ropes.
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* ForWantOfANail: During an episode of RAW, he accepted an open challenge for [[Wrestling/SethRollins Seth Rollins's]] WWE Championship. At one point, he actually hit the Red Arrow on Seth, and actually would've gotten the three-count and won the WWE championship had he not accidentally moved Seth's foot on the ropes.
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Back in his home country of Britain, PAC is one of only three [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-f.html FWA Flyweight Champions]] as well as the first-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/1pw/1pw-op.html 1PW Openweight Champion]]. However, his most decorated title history comes with Japan's Dragon Gate, having held its [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]][[note]]three times, each as part of a different trio[[/note]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]][[note]]with Dragon Kid[[/note]] championships, as well as its USA territory's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/dgusa/dg-ug.html Open the United Gate Championship]][[note]]with Masato Yoshino[[/note]]. Speaking of the States, in addition to all those titles he is also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html PWG]][[note]]with Wrestling/RoderickStrong[[/note]] and two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html NXT]][[note]]first with Oliver Gray, then Corey Graves[[/note]] tag team champion, the longest reigning former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt.html NXT Champion]] in history prior to the reign of [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]], a two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html#wwf Cruiserweight Champion]], the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion and a 1-time AEW Trios Champion[[note]]with the Wrestling/LuchaBrothers as Death Triangle[[/note]].

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Back in his home country of Britain, PAC is one of only three [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-f.html FWA Flyweight Champions]] as well as the first-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/1pw/1pw-op.html 1PW Openweight Champion]]. However, his most decorated title history comes with Japan's Dragon Gate, having held its [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]][[note]]three times, each as part of a different trio[[/note]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]][[note]]with Dragon Kid[[/note]] championships, as well as its USA territory's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/dgusa/dg-ug.html Open the United Gate Championship]][[note]]with Masato Yoshino[[/note]]. Speaking of the States, in addition to all those titles he is also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html PWG]][[note]]with Wrestling/RoderickStrong[[/note]] and two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html NXT]][[note]]first with Oliver Gray, then Corey Graves[[/note]] tag team champion, the longest reigning former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt.html NXT Champion]] in history prior to the reign of [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]], a two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html#wwf Cruiserweight Champion]], the inaugural AEW International Champion[[note]]Formerly the AEW All-Atlantic Champion Championship[[/note]] and a 1-time one-time AEW World Trios Champion[[note]]with Champion[[note]]With the Wrestling/LuchaBrothers as Death Triangle[[/note]]."Death Triangle"[[/note]].



* UrExample: In AEW, he became the company's first-ever All-Atlantic Champion at ''Forbidden Door'' in June 2022.

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* UrExample: In AEW, he became the company's first-ever All-Atlantic International Champion at ''Forbidden Door'' in June 2022.

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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/AustinAries, Wrestling/AkiraTozawa & [[Wrestling/EnzoAndCass Enzo Amore]].

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* ArchEnemy: ArchEnemy:
** In WWE:
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** In AEW: Wrestling/OrangeCassidy.
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* EvilCostumeSwitch: After his heel turn, he ditched the cape and started wearing a darker version of his usual ring gear...until Wrestling/SummerSlam 2017 when he wore an [[LightisNotGood all-white version of said ring gear, still as a heel]].

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* EvilCostumeSwitch: After his heel turn, he ditched the cape and started wearing a darker {{dark|isevil}}er version of his usual ring gear...until Wrestling/SummerSlam 2017 when he wore an [[LightisNotGood all-white version of said ring gear, still as a heel]].
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->''Need a heavy track to hold my mind down\\
Break Orbit, Break Orbit\\
The little rich kids because I′m twisted''
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Back in his home country of Britain, PAC is one of only three [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-f.html FWA Flyweight Champions]] as well as the first-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/1pw/1pw-op.html 1PW Openweight Champion]]. However, his most decorated title history comes with Japan's Dragon Gate, having held its [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]][[note]]three times, each as part of a different trio[[/note]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]][[note]]with Dragon Kid[[/note]] championships, as well as its USA territory's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/dgusa/dg-ug.html Open the United Gate Championship]][[note]]with Masato Yoshino[[/note]]. Speaking of the States, in addition to all those titles he is also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html PWG]][[note]]with Wrestling/RoderickStrong[[/note]] and two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html NXT]][[note]]first with Oliver Gray, then Corey Graves[[/note]] tag team champion, the longest reigning former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt.html NXT Champion]] in history prior to the reign of [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]], a two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html#wwf Cruiserweight Champion]], the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion and a 1-time AEW Trios Champion.

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Back in his home country of Britain, PAC is one of only three [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-f.html FWA Flyweight Champions]] as well as the first-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/1pw/1pw-op.html 1PW Openweight Champion]]. However, his most decorated title history comes with Japan's Dragon Gate, having held its [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]][[note]]three times, each as part of a different trio[[/note]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]][[note]]with Dragon Kid[[/note]] championships, as well as its USA territory's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/dgusa/dg-ug.html Open the United Gate Championship]][[note]]with Masato Yoshino[[/note]]. Speaking of the States, in addition to all those titles he is also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html PWG]][[note]]with Wrestling/RoderickStrong[[/note]] and two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html NXT]][[note]]first with Oliver Gray, then Corey Graves[[/note]] tag team champion, the longest reigning former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt.html NXT Champion]] in history prior to the reign of [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]], a two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html#wwf Cruiserweight Champion]], the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion and a 1-time AEW Trios Champion.Champion[[note]]with the Wrestling/LuchaBrothers as Death Triangle[[/note]].
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Back in his home country of Britain, PAC is one of only three [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-f.html FWA Flyweight Champions]] as well as the first-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/1pw/1pw-op.html 1PW Openweight Champion]]. However, his most decorated title history comes with Japan's Dragon Gate, having held its [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]][[note]]three times, each as part of a different trio[[/note]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]][[note]]with Dragon Kid[[/note]] championships, as well as its USA territory's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/dgusa/dg-ug.html Open the United Gate Championship]][[note]]with Masato Yoshino[[/note]]. Speaking of the States, in addition to all those titles he is also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html PWG]][[note]]with Wrestling/RoderickStrong[[/note]] and two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html NXT]][[note]]first with Oliver Gray, then Corey Graves[[/note]] tag team champion, the longest reigning former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt.html NXT Champion]] in history prior to the reign of [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]], a two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html#wwf Cruiserweight Champion]] and the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion.

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Back in his home country of Britain, PAC is one of only three [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-f.html FWA Flyweight Champions]] as well as the first-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/1pw/1pw-op.html 1PW Openweight Champion]]. However, his most decorated title history comes with Japan's Dragon Gate, having held its [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]][[note]]three times, each as part of a different trio[[/note]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]][[note]]with Dragon Kid[[/note]] championships, as well as its USA territory's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/dgusa/dg-ug.html Open the United Gate Championship]][[note]]with Masato Yoshino[[/note]]. Speaking of the States, in addition to all those titles he is also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html PWG]][[note]]with Wrestling/RoderickStrong[[/note]] and two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html NXT]][[note]]first with Oliver Gray, then Corey Graves[[/note]] tag team champion, the longest reigning former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt.html NXT Champion]] in history prior to the reign of [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]], a two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html#wwf Cruiserweight Champion]] and Champion]], the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion and a 1-time AEW Trios Champion.

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* IHaveTheHighGround: Let's just put it this way: he is known as "The Man That Gravity Forgot."



* KidAppealCharacter: Subverted with his slightly deeper and much more morally ambiguous persona in NXT, but on the main roster, hits all the bullet points as far as this trope for pro wrestling goes: smaller, [[{{Face}} heroic]], [[IHaveTheHighGround aerial wrestling style]], and references within his gimmick to comic book superheroes (although that's not exclusively a kid thing, especially nowadays). Unlike a lot of WWE's Kid Appeal Characters, though, he's pretty well liked by the older demographic for his actual wrestling skill and his foreign roots. [[RuleOfCool And, let's be honest, because a corkscrew shooting star press is freaking awesome.]]

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* KidAppealCharacter: Subverted with his slightly deeper and much more morally ambiguous persona in NXT, but on the main roster, hits all the bullet points as far as this trope for pro wrestling goes: smaller, [[{{Face}} heroic]], [[IHaveTheHighGround aerial wrestling style]], style, and references within his gimmick to comic book superheroes (although that's not exclusively a kid thing, especially nowadays). Unlike a lot of WWE's Kid Appeal Characters, though, he's pretty well liked by the older demographic for his actual wrestling skill and his foreign roots. [[RuleOfCool And, let's be honest, because a corkscrew shooting star press is freaking awesome.]]
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* UrExample: In AEW, he became the company's first-ever All-Atlantic Champion at ''Forbidden Door'' in June 2022.
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Back in his home country of Britain, PAC is one of only three [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-f.html FWA Flyweight Champions]] as well as the first-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/1pw/1pw-op.html 1PW Openweight Champion]]. However, his most decorated title history comes with Japan's Dragon Gate, having held its [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]][[note]]three times, each as part of a different trio[[/note]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]][[note]]with Dragon Kid[[/note]] championships, as well as its USA territory's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/dgusa/dg-ug.html Open the United Gate Championship]][[note]]with Masato Yoshino[[/note]]. Speaking of the States, in addition to all those titles he is also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html PWG]][[note]]with Wrestling/RoderickStrong[[/note]] and two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html NXT]][[note]]first with Oliver Gray, then Corey Graves[[/note]] tag team champion, as well as the longest reigning former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt.html NXT Champion]] in history prior to the reign of [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] and a two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html#wwf Cruiserweight Champion]].

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Back in his home country of Britain, PAC is one of only three [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-f.html FWA Flyweight Champions]] as well as the first-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/1pw/1pw-op.html 1PW Openweight Champion]]. However, his most decorated title history comes with Japan's Dragon Gate, having held its [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]][[note]]three times, each as part of a different trio[[/note]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]][[note]]with Dragon Kid[[/note]] championships, as well as its USA territory's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/dgusa/dg-ug.html Open the United Gate Championship]][[note]]with Masato Yoshino[[/note]]. Speaking of the States, in addition to all those titles he is also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html PWG]][[note]]with Wrestling/RoderickStrong[[/note]] and two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html NXT]][[note]]first with Oliver Gray, then Corey Graves[[/note]] tag team champion, as well as the longest reigning former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt.html NXT Champion]] in history prior to the reign of [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] and Bálor]], a two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html#wwf Cruiserweight Champion]].Champion]] and the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion.

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Benjamin Satterly (born 22 August 1986) is an English professional wrestler best known for his work in various promotions under the ring name PAC and for his time in WWE as Adrian Neville and later [[LastNameBasis Neville]]. Before WWE he previously wrestled in many indie notable promotions such as Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, and Wrestling/DragonGate. He signed with WWE in 2012 and worked under the promotion's developmental brand [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]] up until the RAW right after Wrestling/WrestleMania 31 where he made his official roster debut in a SquashMatch against Wrestling/CurtisAxel. He walked out on his WWE contract in October 2017, and after finally negotiating his release, returned to Dragon Gate in October 2018, and won the Open The Dragon Gate Championship in December of that year, joining the faction Real Extreme Diffusion. In January 2019, he signed on with [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]].

Back in his home country of Britain, PAC is one of only three [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/fwa/fwa-f.html FWA Flyweight Champions]] as well as the first-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/1pw/1pw-op.html 1PW Openweight Champion]]. However, his most decorated title history comes with Japan's Dragon Gate, having held its [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]][[note]]three times, each as part of a different trio[[/note]], and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]][[note]]with Dragon Kid[[/note]] championships, as well as its USA territory's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/dgusa/dg-ug.html Open the United Gate Championship]][[note]]with Masato Yoshino[[/note]]. Speaking of the States, in addition to all those titles he is also a one-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html PWG]][[note]]with Wrestling/RoderickStrong[[/note]] and two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt-t.html NXT]][[note]]first with Oliver Gray, then Corey Graves[[/note]] tag team champion, as well as the longest reigning former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-nxt.html NXT Champion]] in history prior to the reign of [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] and a two-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html#wwf Cruiserweight Champion]].
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!!The Bastard Tropes:
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He was this to Wrestling/SamiZayn, until Takeover 3.
* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/AustinAries, Wrestling/AkiraTozawa & [[Wrestling/EnzoAndCass Enzo Amore]].
* AntiHero: After his and Enzo's FaceHeelDoubleTurn. He's clearly still not a very friendly chap, but he's become the ''de facto'' leader of the ''205 Live'' locker room in their fight against Enzo.
* BastardBastard: He's quite a mean fellow when he's a heel, and in his own words, his parents hadn't yet been married when he was born, making him a bastard in the literal sense.
* BeardOfEvil: Returned after an extended absence, with a very full beard, and quickly re-established himself as a heel.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He and Zayn seemed to be good friends, but Neville had no problem with dicking Zayn over to retain his title at Takeover 2. Their friendship went downhill from there, although Neville seems to have been genuine in maintaining it, even doing so after losing the championship to Zayn and watching him celebrate with everyone.
* BashBrothers: In Japan, he has been usual partners with Masato Yoshino.
* BigDamnHeroes: He rescued an unconscious Zayn from Titus O'Neil when after beating Zayn, O'Neil was about to severely injure him.
* CombatPragmatist: One of the most important parts of his character is how determined he is to win, using any means necessary to do so.
* {{Crossover}}: Back in Wrestling/DragonGate, he once teamed up for a special occasion with El Blazer, better known as Wrestling/TakuyaSugi. The reason of their teaming was that Adrian was the best high-flyer in DG while Blazer was it in rival promotion El Dorado Wrestling.
* DarkReprise: His usual theme, "Break Orbit", was remixed to have a more sinister feeling as a part of Neville's heel turn.
* EvilBrit: After his heel turn, he went full tilt into this.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: After his heel turn, he ditched the cape and started wearing a darker version of his usual ring gear...until Wrestling/SummerSlam 2017 when he wore an [[LightisNotGood all-white version of said ring gear, still as a heel]].
* TheFace: Of IPW:UK during the 2007 King Of Europe Cup.
* FaceHeelTurn: Turned at ''Roadblock 2016'' by attacking WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann and TJ Perkins, who both are popular babyfaces.
* {{Fingore}}: A 2019 match with Wrestling/{{WALTER}} saw him roll over his hand awkwardly executing a move and [[https://411mania.com/wrestling/pac-dislocated-finger-twice-ott-match-walter-graphic-photo/ YIKES.]]
* FinishingMove:
** Through his career, he has used a number of 450 splash and shooting star press variations.
** In WWE, he has settled on the Red Arrow, a ''corkscrew'' shooting star press.
** After his 2016 FaceHeelTurn, he started using the "[[Wrestling/PerrySaturn Rings of Saturn]]" (but it is actually a [[Wrestling/YujiNagata Nagata Lock III]] due to having a crossface part).
** Upon leaving WWE, he renamed his Red Arrow and Rings of Saturn, now calling them "Black Arrow" and "Brutalizer" respectively.
* FriendlyEnemy[=/=]VitriolicBestBuds: He and Sami Zayn feuded for the NXT Championship as this.
* GracefulLoser: He took Zayn's win at Takeover 3 quite well.
** SoreLoser: However, every time he lost his Cruiserweight championship, he would come out disheveled and angry at his opponent.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Once said that while he'd pulled some dirty tricks to win on various occasions, he wasn't proud of it and wished things had gone differently... but it won't stop him from doing similar things again, if it's to win.
* IHaveTheHighGround: Let's just put it this way: he is known as "The Man That Gravity Forgot."
* JackOfAllStats: He adopted some non-aerial moves upon his 2016 FaceHeelTurn, shifting his style from being a high-flyer into an all-rounder. His arsenal of [[FinishingMove finishers]] also reflects this change: Red/Black Arrow (aerial move), Rings of Saturn/Brutalizer (submission hold) and a Superplex (power move), though the finisher status of the Superplex is very brief.
* KidAppealCharacter: Subverted with his slightly deeper and much more morally ambiguous persona in NXT, but on the main roster, hits all the bullet points as far as this trope for pro wrestling goes: smaller, [[{{Face}} heroic]], [[IHaveTheHighGround aerial wrestling style]], and references within his gimmick to comic book superheroes (although that's not exclusively a kid thing, especially nowadays). Unlike a lot of WWE's Kid Appeal Characters, though, he's pretty well liked by the older demographic for his actual wrestling skill and his foreign roots. [[RuleOfCool And, let's be honest, because a corkscrew shooting star press is freaking awesome.]]
* MeaningfulName: The Red Arrow is named after [[http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/ the RAF aerobatic display team.]]
** 'Neville' refers to Neville Staple, the singer for Music/TheSpecials.
* [[UsefulNotes/NortheastEngland North East England:]] Born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
* OlderHeroVersusYoungerVillain: His feud with Wrestling/AustinAries, Akira Tozawa. Averted with Enzo Amore [[spoiler:until their FaceHeelDoubleTurn]].
* OnlyOneName: He debuted in the WWE main roster drop Adrian name only known as Neville and PAC in Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/DefiantWrestling and Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling.
* PetTheDog: When Sami declared that he'd quit if he couldn't beat Neville at Takeover 3, Neville seemed genuinely disturbed, insisting that Sami didn't need to prove anything and that he didn't need to end his career over not becoming the champion. It didn't work.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Neville, though rightfully known for his skill as a high flyer, has also flashed some deceptve strength. A recent match saw him basically deadlifting [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Owens]], who goes about 270 or so, into a German suplex.
** LightningBruiser: As far as the ''205 Live'' roster goes. He's as agile, if not more so, than anyone in that division, yet is also very powerful and has a tremendously bulked upper body. Speaking of a tremendously bulked upper body, apparently after his WWE walkout, he took up residence in a gym somewhere and didn't emerge from it until WWE finally released him from his contract, because he went from 'tremendously bulked' to '''[[https://twitter.com/BASTARDPAC/status/1061296268549349376 terrifying.]]'''
* PowerStable: In Wrestling/DragonGate with R.E.D,
** Death Triangle with the Wrestling/LuchaBrothers In {{Wrestling/A|llEliteWrestling}}EW
* RealMenWearPink: At Takeover 2.
* RedBaron: "The Man That Gravity Forgot". Also "The New Sensation" and "The King of the Cruiserweights", "The Bastard".
** StealthPun: He has no announced weight. Think about it. As for the Bastard, his parents weren't married when he was born.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In RealLife, Neville purportedly walked out of WWE before an October 2017 episode of RAW, citing many personal frustrations with the company, among them low pay[[note]]AustinAries had previously taken a shot at WWE in a post-departure interview over the fact that he made more in a six-week stretch since leaving WWE than he had in 4 months with the company[[/note]], [[KickTheDog being screwed out of DVD royalties when his WM 33 match with Aries was bumped to the pre-show (excluding it from the DVD)]], and being used more as an enhancement talent than a legitimate star on either RAW or Smackdown.
* SpectacularSpinning: He spins a ''lot''. This combined with his high-flying style means that rather uniquely, he wrestles with a mouthguard.
* {{Superhero}}: His gimmick seems to be an homage to comic book superheroes, with his abilities being compared to one. [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Stardust]], at one point, takes this to its logical (illogical?) extreme and actually starts thinking that Neville (and [[Series/{{Arrow}} Stephen Amell]]) ''are'' actual superheroes, decides to be a supervillain ([[LargeHam as if he hadn't been]] [[EvilIsHammy acting like one already]]) and starts screwing with Amell in the crowd, resulting in a ''Summerslam'' match.
* TagTeam: With Oliver Grey, then Corey Graves.
* TakeThat: Told Zayn to his face that everyone knows that despite his good in-ring skills, he's incapable of actually winning important matches.
* TwoFirstNames: In NXT, averted when he was called up to the main roster where he was billed as Neville.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Approaching there with Zayn, starting when Neville won at Takeover 2. Averted following Zayn's win over him for the NXT title at Takeover 3, as he would embrace Zayn and raise his hand despite feeling bitter from losing.
** After Neville turned heel in late 2016, Rich Swann called him out on his new attitude, referencing their days working together in Dragon Gate.
* WhatTheHellHero: Infamously screwed Zayn over to retain his title at Takeover 2, a move that turned a lot of fans against him.
* WildCard: Has revealed himself as being a bit too pragmatic to be a pure babyface (although some would argue he's better off for it)... but still manages to come off as a decent guy next to the extreme vanity of Tyler Breeze and the dickery of Tyson Kidd, who's a blatant {{Jerkass}} even to his own ''wife''. Slipped into this role again after Enzo Amore won the Cruiserweight Title and became public enemy number one in the Cruiserweight Division.
* WorthIt: The night after losing the Cruiserweight championship to Enzo Amore at No Mercy, Neville found himself being goaded into the ring by Enzo, who had gotten General Manager Kurt Angle to stipulate anyone who attacked Enzo during his celebration would forfeit any Cruiserweight championship matches. After listening to Enzo resoundingly mock the entire division & declare he was the only reason anyone cared, this trope came into play when Neville utterly destroyed the new champion.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pulled one in a match with Zayn when he did a Red Arrow onto Zayn, who moved just in time. Neville injured his knee, and used said injury to take Zayn by surprise, rolling him up for the win. May also double as {{Determinator}}; the injury was real at least within the kayfabe, he was just able to tough it out better than he'd led Sami to believe at the time.
* WrestlingMonster: After his arrival to the cruiserweight division, Neville has been built up as a merciless man looking for the respect he's owed after being denied his glory on the main roster. As such, he demolishes almost every other competitor he faces. In Wrestling/DefiantWrestling he never been defeated and demanding for the real competition.
* YourMom: Hilariously invoked this trope while trading insults with Breeze, claiming that isn't the only member of his family who likes sending selfies. Breeze predictably flipped his shit, and Neville beat the hell out of him.
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