WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair has revealed that he believes he suffered a heart attack during his retirement match.
During an appearance on The Jaxxon Podcast last month, Flair revealed that the doctors informed him in late 2023 that he had a heart attack sometime within the last two years. The 16-time World Champion believes it occurred at Ric Flair’s Last Match on July 31, 2022.
Flair said:
I went to get what’s called a calcium scan, which I’d never had before, because a couple of guys died in our business of heart issues so it kind of scared me.
They give you the nuclear stress test, shoot you with the dye, put you on the treadmill, everything. It’s two days of three hours of tests. This is six months ago. The guy takes me in, and if you look at your heart like a round pie, there’s a piece of my heart right here this big, it’s black, it’s gone. The guy said, ‘You’ve had a heart attack in the last two years.’
He said, ‘Have you passed out in the last two years?’ And during my last match, I passed out three times. And I thought it was because I was dehydrated. So I went in the locker room with Kid Rock and Taker, I just drank two bottles of gatorade and went back out to Kid Rock’s place all night long. But I had a heart attack.
Flair is currently associated with AEW after signing a multi-year deal. He joined the promotion during Sting’s retirement tour and was in corner of his longtime friend during various matches over five months. The Nature Boy remains tied to the company in the form of his Wooooo! Energy drink, the official energy drink of AEW.
