Ric Flair Addresses Upcoming AEW Return

Written by Alex Hunt • Published May 14, 2025 09:46 EDT
Ric Flair Addresses Upcoming AEW Return

Ric Flair will be back on AEW TV again soon and has commented on his upcoming appearance.

As announced by Flair on social media, The Nature Boy will be in Chicago for the Beach Break taping on May 14th. Although Flair is not set to appear on the live Dynamite taping, the Hall of Famer will be making an appearance as part of the Collison tapings that will air on May 17th.

See You In Chicago Tonight @AEW ! It Will Be A Night To Remember. I Will Be Paying Tribute & Honoring My Best Friend The Great Steve “Mongo” McMichael. The Tribute Will Be On #AEWCollision This Saturday!

Flair will be appearing as part of the tribute to Steve “Mongo” McMichael, who passed away on April 24 at the age of 67. As part of the video accompanying the announcement, Flair stated that he has many great memories of Steve McMichael and hopes to share some of them on the show.

Flair also added that no one will ever be the man that McMichael was.

This will be Flair’s first appearance in All Elite Wrestling in more than a year. The Hall of Famer was last seen at Revolution 2024, making an appearance for Sting’s final match.

It was previously announced on a previous episode of Collision that Ric Flair would be making an appearance as part of the show.

Ric Flair Addresses Record Being Broken

For decades, Flair has been widely regarded as the greatest of all time as he is recognised by WWE as being a 16-time World Champion. While at one point it appeared that the record would never be broken, John Cena became a 17-time WWE Champion at WrestleMania 41 when he defeated Cody Rhodes. Following the match, Ric Flair sent his congratulations to John Cena on breaking the all-time record.