VIDEO: Ric Flair strutting around The Q highlights celebrity-filled Game 4
The entire NBA Finals to date has us all saying "WOOOO!"
Celebrities have taken notice of the incredible first three games and have turned out in large numbers for Game 4 at Quicken Loans Arena. The hometown Cleveland Cavaliers aren't known as a hotbed of famous fans, but the chance to see LeBron James bring the city its first title since 1964 is too much to pass up.
Leading the charge before Thursday's tip-off was 16-time world champion and two-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, who knows a thing or two about winning. The stylin', profilin', limousine-ridin', jet flyin', kiss-stealin', wheelin' 'n dealin' son of a gun strutted his way into The Q and right onto the interview set, giving out a hearty "WOOOO!"
Flair may be a bit disappointed that he's not watching a close-out game as he had hoped, but he was surely pleased to find some company on hand. Cleveland-born WWE superstars Dolph Ziggler and The Miz are also in the house:
Woooooo look who's at The Q!
#ALLinCLE #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/zDJPOuIos9
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) June 12, 2015
The Miz, REAL WORLD LEGEND pic.twitter.com/DtXOgx11qp
— Julie Phayer (@juliephayer) June 12, 2015
The celebrity sightings don't stop inside the squared circle. Usher is on hand to sing the national anthem, rappers Kanye West and Wale are in attendance, NBA super-fan Jimmy Goldstein continues to be at every important game ever, and NFL star Ndamukong Suh highlights the others.
How'd they get him to smile?! pic.twitter.com/aImtliwZgi
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) June 12, 2015
But nobody made an entrance like Flair, save for maybe J.R. Smith.
Ric Flair is hammered dawg ????? pic.twitter.com/Jrhr766aeM
— Hank (@DeionGottaSTFU) June 12, 2015
the hell pic.twitter.com/mL6i6YnEym
— James Herbert (@outsidethenba) June 12, 2015
Of course, Flair's rooting for the Cavs is a bit controversial, since Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry and Flair both call Charlotte, N.C. home.
The turn on Curry shouldn't be at all surprising given that Flair was always better as a heel. There's also the fact that Matthew Dellavedova is "The Dirtiest Player in the Game" and that James has brought his entire Four Horsemen posse - Mike Miller, James Jones, and Anderson Varejao - with him to the Finals. And yes, of course Tristan Thompson is Lex Luger and Rich Paul is J.J. Dillon.