WWE Unveils Ric Flair Statue At WrestleMania Axxess (Videos & Photos)
The WrestleMania festivities are in full swing in Orlando as Axxess opened earlier on Thursday. Also on Thursday, World Wrestling Entertainment unveiled a statue in honor of the legendary two time WWE Hall of Famer and 16-time World Champion “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair.
It’s a great honor for WWE to build a statue for anybody and Flair is certainly worthy since he’s one of the greatest wrestlers ever.
Here’s some info from WWE.com:
“The Nature Boy” Ric Flair will stand immortal for all time.
At WrestleMania Axxess on Thursday night, a life-sized statue of the stylin’, profilin’, limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin’ n’ dealin’ son of a gun was revealed in front of hundreds of members of the WWE Universe and the two-time WWE Hall of Famer himself.
The presentation puts the 16-time World Champion in an exclusive club of legendary competitors immortalized in bronze by New York City-based sculptor Karen Atta, who has also constructed statues of Andre The Giant, Dusty Rhodes, Bruno Sammartino and The Ultimate Warrior.
Here’s a video of the unveiling with Triple H and Charlotte Flair on hand while Ric was emotional when he saw it.
Thankful pic.twitter.com/MvaPtRNKae
— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) March 31, 2017
Here are some tweets from people that were there.
It was my honor to reveal this statue of the one, the only…@RicFlairNatrBoy! #Respect#Axxesspic.twitter.com/Y0eqoQ2gn4
— Triple H (@TripleH) March 31, 2017
The man who inspired my husband to become @TripleH, the one and only, a true legend & Hall of Famer, the incomparable @RicFlairNatrBoypic.twitter.com/CzYEtaz0X6
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) March 31, 2017
Couldn't be more proud of my Dad @RicFlairNatrBoy#Axxess#WrestleMania#RESPECTpic.twitter.com/Y2AvYKdqI1
— Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) March 31, 2017