Add another accolade to the resume of “The Nature Boy”.
Ric Flair was presented with a ring as part of the inaugural class for the International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The ring was given to him by IPWHF’s Seth Turner on Saturday at the Showcase of Legends event in Albany, New York.
The 2021 class also includes Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino, Andre the Giant, Lou Thesz, Buddy Rogers, Frank Gotch, Danny Hodge, Terry Funk, Giant Baba, Ed ‘Strangler’ Lewis, Mil Mascaras, Martin ‘Farmer’ Burns, George Hackenschmidt, Evan ‘Strangler’ Lewis, William Muldoon, Satoru Sayama ‘Tiger Mask,’ Antonio Inoki, Stanislaus Zbysko, Tatsumi Fujinami, Great Gama, Yusuf Ismail ‘Terrible Turk,’ Paul Pons, and Rikidozan.
Considered the greatest professional wrestler of all-time, Flair is also a member of multiple Wrestling Hall of Fames, such as a two-time member of the WWE Hall of Fame, the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, and the NWA Hall of Fame, just to name a few.