Ric Flair Out of Hospital After Fall: "I Will Be Okay"
Ric Flair is out of the hospital and says he is going to be okay. The WWE Hall of Famer was taken to Tampa General Hospital on Friday after a fall outside a restaurant, hours after revealing that he is dealing with a blood clot in his leg.
Ric Flair's update
On Saturday, Flair posted on X to thank fans for their messages and prayers, and the staff at Tampa General Hospital, who he joked had to put up with him until 4:30 in the morning. "I am focused on my healing and recovery right now. I will be okay," he wrote.
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He also shared a photo of himself wearing an eyepatch after the eye injury, and said he no longer runs his own Facebook page, apologizing for what he called his reckless posting while he was in the hospital.
His daughter, Charlotte Flair, also reassured fans that her father is going to be okay, joking that he had told doctors the Ultimate Warrior was to blame for the fall.
What happened in Tampa
According to TMZ's sources, Flair fell suddenly after leaving a restaurant on Friday. The sources said he cut his head and his eye, that his eye was bleeding heavily and that he may have suffered a concussion. Emergency medical personnel treated him at the scene, and he was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
The details of the fall come from TMZ's sources. Flair's own update confirms that he was treated at Tampa General Hospital and released early on Saturday morning.
Flair's blood clot announcement
Earlier on Friday, Flair posted on X to apologize for canceling a scheduled appearance at Washington State Horror Con in Seattle. He explained that he is dealing with a blood clot in his leg and that his doctors have limited his travel to three to four hours, which rules out a trip to Seattle.
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In the post, Flair said he is scheduled to have a procedure to strip the affected vein, and that his doctors expect it to clear him for more travel afterward. No date has been given for the procedure. "Blood clots are extremely serious and can be life-threatening," he wrote, adding that he has to put his health and recovery first.
It is not yet clear whether the fall will change the timing of the procedure on his leg.
Not his first health scare
Flair is 77, and this is not the first time his health has worried fans. In 2017, he was hospitalized with a severe intestinal blockage that required surgery and kept him in the hospital for about a month. He later said he had been given only a 20 percent chance of surviving.
He recovered and went on to wrestle one final match in July 2022, years after his famous retirement match against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 24 in 2008.
One of the greatest of all time
For many fans, Ric Flair is the definition of a professional wrestler. The Nature Boy is a 16-time world champion, one of the founding members of the Four Horsemen and a two-time WWE Hall of Famer, inducted on his own in 2008 and again with the Four Horsemen in 2012. Few wrestlers have had a bigger influence on the business, and his catchphrases and style are still copied in rings all over the world today.
Get well soon, Naitch
Everyone at WrestleSeek is glad to see the Nature Boy back home and in good spirits, and we are wishing him a full and speedy recovery. We will keep this story updated.
