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Mike Tyson Watches On as Rapper Worth $40 Million Pays Tribute to WWE Legend Ric Flair

Published 04/22/2022, 8:00 AM EDT

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When Ric Flair is in Miami, the whole party moves where he is. And this time, he had a gala time with Mike Tyson and Rick Ross.

When they were together, the American. Rapper paid a tribute to The Nature Boy by imitating his infamous ‘woooooo’ while Mike Tyson enjoyed the vibe.

Not only was Ric Flair touched by this gesture, he thoroughly enjoyed it. The smile on his face tells a story of a man who appreciated the tribute!

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Even the fans who were watching Ross and Flair’s exchange sent in their appreciation with cheers, claps, and their own wooooos!

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Mike Tyson and Ric Flair recently became business partners

As per the announcement, Tyson 2.0 purchased a majority stake in Flair’s Ric Flair Drip Inc. The idea for this partnership is to enable Tyson 2.0 to release their products under Flair’s trademarks.

In fact, the event where Ric Flair and Rick Ross had their moment was aligned with the products Tyson 2.0 is planning to release. However, it’s unknown what the business plan forward is like.

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However, The Nature Boy has revealed that he’s quite excited about this partnership and is looking forward to where the new venture takes himself and Mike Tyson.

Ever since Flair left WWE, he’s become much more comfortable doing things outside his expertise. He started a podcast, went into partnerships, and even criticized some WWE decisions which he couldn’t do before.

There was a time Ric Flair made the conscious choice to not bad-mouth anything related to WWE to protect his daughter, Charlotte Flair. But now, The Queen has reached a position where what her father says about WWE doesn’t affect her work with the company.

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In fact, this was something which was portrayed in Flair’s last storyline in WWE. He chose Lacey Evans as his protégé, and a romantic angle was used to showcase their relationship.

As expected, Flair got furious with her father, and ultimately asked him to leave because it was her time to shine and dominate.

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A broken-hearted Ric Flair decided to leave. Sometime later, WWE actually terminated his contract and released him.

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Shuvangi is a senior WWE and AEW author at EssentiallySports. She has over 2000 published WWE articles and also has experience in content operations with Forbes. Having completed her undergraduation from Royal Holloway, University of London, Shuvangi is closely aligned to the fitness industry, having amateur skills levels in tennis and basketball while rowing at a regatta level.
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