Ric Flair in the hospital with heart related issues

[owenbrown]

From PWInsider:

RIC FLAIR HOSPITALIZED
By Paul Jordan on 2017-08-13 02:32:00
Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair was admitted to the ICU for heart-related issues by his family. The initial cause for concern isn't exactly clear. The family states that they're doing it for "routine monitoring".

A representative for Flair posted the following on social media:

“Yes, Ric is checked into a hospital for some routine monitoring. No, there is no reason to panic.”

Adding, “Yes, we’d like to thank his fiancé & the incredible hospital staff who are providing the best care. No, we cannot answer any personal questions. Yes, Ric would want you to go out and have a great weekend … Nature Boy style!”

[Shisen Kopf]

#prayerforflair

[Bad News Gertner]

Woooooo!

[#1-norm-fan]

https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2014/12/ric-flair-is-crazy.jpg

[Evil Vito]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Are u a Fan/Friend of Ric Flair?If so, we need prayers &amp; positive energy 4 our Living Legend as he is dealing w/some tough medical issues����</p>&mdash; MelindaMorrisZanoni (@LegacyTalentCEO) <a href="https://twitter.com/LegacyTalentCEO/status/896947433061699584">August 14, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Flair's agent........................she'd initially said it was no big deal

Charlotte was also pulled from the latest SD house show and replaced with Liv Morgan

uh oh.......... :(

[Bad News Gertner]

Yeah, latest word that I heard it was worse than originally reported.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Charlotte was pulled because she went to China to promote the Network. She was still there as of yesterday.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you Shenzhen ������ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/missionhillsgolfclub?src=hash">#missionhillsgolfclub</a> <a href="https://t.co/kHpKNBd47I">https://t.co/kHpKNBd47I</a></p>&mdash; Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/MsCharlotteWWE/status/896653512913948673">13 August 2017</a></blockquote>
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[JimmyMess]

Hope Flair makes a speedy recovery!

[Evil Vito]

Michael Hayes just tweeted that he saw Flair yesterday and that he "can assure he needs everyone's prayers and positive vibes".

fuuuuuuuuck

[Bad News Gertner]

In honor of Flair, here's the greatest Flair performance ever.

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[slik]

I know he's probably an asshole in real life and brought most of his troubles on himself, but I adore Ric Flair. I mean...the ICU needs to be Fair to Flair. Stretcher riding, Ambulance romancin', Nurse's skirt grabbin, son of a gun

Wooooooooooo

[Bad News Gertner]

Unconfirmed rumours of Flair being put into a medically induced coma this morning

[Evil Vito]

Some poor guy in Stamford has probably been tasked with urgently putting together a video package in case the worst case scenario happens before Raw.

[Destor]

This crushes my soul

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Shit

[Lock Jaw]

I will be devastated when Flair passes..... hopefully it is later rather than sooner......

[SNLfunnyguy]

Hoping he pulls through whatever this is. The wrestling world wouldn't be the same without Ric.

[Destor]

Im really not ok with this

[Emperor Smeat]

Hope he gets better soon.

[#1-norm-fan]

I've been binge-watching mid/late 80's NWA World Championship Wrestling episodes every night over the past week. I blame myself.

[Shisen Kopf]

Hope he doesn't die. I saw his last ever WWE match at Rasslemania 24, when Shawn H. Christ retired him. Also saw him rassle the Undertaker at Rasslemania 18. Come on Ric, don't die, have Arn run in or something!

[Vastardikai]

Beg off on the grim reaper and then thumb him in the eye socket.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to TMZ Sports, Flair is having surgery to fix his heart related problems. Had to be put into a medically induced coma as part of the prep process for it.
http://www.tmz.com/2017/08/14/ric-flair-surgery-medically-induced-coma/

While PWInsider isn't claiming this to be the exact cause, Flair did reveal in his autobiography he suffers from Alcoholic cardiomyopathy.
Since there is no confirmation on any of that information, we won't report any of it. What we do know, based on what was written in Flair's own autobiography To Be The Man, the former NWA and WWF champion suffers from Alcoholic cardiomyopathy, a condition caused by excessive, prolounged alcohol abuse that can lead to heart failure. When one suffers from that condition, the toxic effects of alcohol on the heart's muscle leads to a situation where the organ is unable to pump blood efficiently.

[DaveWadding]

Praise God for Smeat.

[Black Widow]

Someone get some strippers in the room so he snaps out of it.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to the Observer, Flair's surgery finished up recently and is resting but still in an "extremely serious" condition.

Still no news on the details of his illness nor what caused his health to decline since yesterday.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Damn...keeping him in my thoughts and prayers.

[slik]

Ric Flair defeated death with a handful of trunks. Flair Lives!

Woooooooo!

[Ezra]

This is no different then the time sting rolled over when flair had him in the figure four. Flair will not tap and show death he is the dirtiest player in the game.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Flair's rep, the surgery wasn't for his heart but for something else.

Ric Flair’s manager has revealed that the WWE Hall of Famer’s surgery was successful, and was not related to his heart. Melinda Morris Zanoni of Legacy Talent and Entertainment posted the following to twitter:

Ric had surgery today (not❤️related)am happy 2report it was a success.Still a long road ahead so plz keep ����4Ric Charlotte Megan David&Wendy

— MelindaMorrisZanoni (@LegacyTalentCEO) August 14, 2017

Meanwhile, “Mean” Gene Okerlund said in a post on Facebook that Flair had colon surgery.

[#1-norm-fan]

Meanwhile, “Mean” Gene Okerlund said in a post on Facebook that Flair had colon surgery.

https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2014/12/ric-flair-is-crazy.jpg

[Shisen Kopf]

Epico or Primo?

[owenbrown]

Carlito

[Evil Vito]

I have a feeling this is gonna be like the night of Lawler's heart attack for me where even though the last update I read before bed sounds positive, I'm gonna feel compelled to take a deep breath before I log onto the internet in the morning.

[RP]

When the nurses go in the room in the morning and try to take his pulse with the finger clamp, it will be clamped on the end of his dick

[Schlomey]

wonder if his butt hole fell out or something.

[Schlomey]

glad he isn't dead. every time I scrolled past an article with his picture i was worried it would say "dead".

[Blue Demon]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVrDEQQU4AAGubP.jpg

[Rebecca Reigns]

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thoughts and prayers continue to go out to <a href="https://twitter.com/RicFlairNatrBoy">@RicFlairNatrBoy</a>...<br>See what makes him THE MAN on <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENetwork">@WWENetwork</a> right now! <a href="https://t.co/GU2csnWikh">pic.twitter.com/GU2csnWikh</a></p>&mdash; WWE Network (@WWENetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/897295330487672833">15 August 2017</a></blockquote>
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Pay tribute for the low low price of only

http://i.imgur.com/uKuBunO.gif

[Destor]

Not sure if classy or tasteless...

[#1-norm-fan]

lol The exclamation mark at the end makes it come off as pretty tasteless.

[The MAC]

So all those years of wild partying and drinking have caught up to Flair

[Rebecca Reigns]

http://i.imgur.com/oAkM5qs.png

[BigCrippyZ]

lol The exclamation mark at the end makes it come off as pretty tasteless.

Holy shit. It really does.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Just heard the news. RIP Ric Flair

[#BROKEN Hasney]

He certainly is resting in peace. Resting after a successful surgery.

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems nobody knows what's ailing Flair since the surgery wasn't for his colon either and he's actually suffering from a lot more stuff.

http://i.imgur.com/gIpgXBk.jpg

[#1-norm-fan]

Didn't Gene Okerlund say it? lol

[DaveWadding]

I'm not a doctor, but I'd bet on kidney/liver stuff

[Destor]

Well it was said he said it...i never fact checked it personally

[Droford]

Didn't Gene Okerlund say it? lol

Mean...mother f*cking liar by god...wooo..Gene

[Emperor Smeat]

Updates from PWI regarding Flair's current medical condition. Basically he's staying in the hospital for a while but his outlook is better than it was yesterday even if he's still in very critical condition.

The surgery he had was for his bowels and the reason things took a drastic turn for the worst was due to his kidneys shutting down at one point.

In regard to Ric Flair's condition, he is still currently in critical condition in Atlanta, GA.

A source close to the situation told PWInsider.com that while reports are out there that Flair had surgery on his colon, those are incorrect. It appears those stories began because Gene Okerlund mistakenly said colon on social media.

The surgery was actually on Flair's bowels due to a massive obstruction caused by a health issue that was complicated by other health issues that Flair had been dealing with, including heart issues that he was already aware of. The situation turned dire when Flair's kidneys shut down due to the obstruction and he is currently undergoing dialysis that will hopefully fix the situation and allow them to return to normal.

Flair was in extremely bad shape several days ago but the outlook, we are told, is better. However, we were cautioned that he is still in critical condition and anything can happen, so he's not out of the woods yet and is expected to need at least one more surgery in the weeks to come.

This is NOT a case where Flair will wake up tomorrow and leave the hospital the next day.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol remember Mean Gene's shady ass WCW hotline

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Love gene mean. "Jimmy Hart... You little twerp!"

[owenbrown]

Lol remember Mean Gene's shady ass WCW hotline

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6e/c9/8e/6ec98e3e318608390041880de4fef081.jpg

[RP]

owen

Ric died an hour ago. I'm very sorry for your loss.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

SHOCKING: RP with the fake news

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

SHOCKING: noted shitlord RP fails at being funny

[#1-norm-fan]

Lol remember Mean Gene's shady ass WCW hotline

Speaking of shady ass hotlines, I was watching some stuff from the early 90s the other day. Jim Ross was schilling his NWA hotline during a match and reminded kids to "get your parents' permission before calling". Jim Cornette was on commentary and goes "And if you want some REAL scoops, call my hotline. And kids, you don't even need to get your parents permission before calling." :lol:

[Bad News Gertner]

Gene once said in a teaser that a former World Heavyweight Champion just died, call to find out who on one of his commercials on Saturday Night. So you have to listen to the entire call only for Gene to reveal the death of former AWA wrestler Jerry Crusher Blackwell lol, who wasn't even a world champion in the AWA.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol and then there was the time where in one of his commercials Mean Gene said that Magic Johnson and Davey Boy Smith have something in common but it's too hot to talk about on television (not that long after Magic revealed he had HIV). The big reveal was they both had the same surgery hahaha.

[owenbrown]

Mean Gene would be given all kinds of Hell if there was a WCW holiness still in this day and age.

[#1-norm-fan]

Amazing. lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Update from the Observer about Flair's current medical condition:

We have an update Ric Flair. Flair is doing significantly better than he was earlier in the week, but he is still in critical condition. He was given an external pacemaker and his heart is beating at normal levels and getting stronger. He is still battling an infection and on kidney dialysis. This is going to be a very slow process.

[Destor]

Hate

[Destor]

Dont like my heroes being mortal