Ric Flair says he actually had a heart attack during his last match.
On July 31, 2022, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair wrestled for the first time since 2011. At Ric Flair's Last Match, he and Andrade El Idolo defeated Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal.
Speaking on the JAXXON PODCAST, Ric Flair looked back on his last match, as he was asked whether he trained for his return to the ring.
“Oh god, I trained, I got in the best shape I’ve been in since I was 20 years old. Then I had a heart attack during the match. I had a heart attack in the match. I didn’t know myself until about six months ago. I go to the heart doctor every six months because I e got the pacemaker, and they put that on me when I was real sick, not because I had a problem with my heart, but they couldn’t get over the fact that my heart rate was so low. It was from all those hour-long matches, all their cardio. I used to do 500 free squats every day. 500 free squats, 500 pushups every day. Not every town you went to, not all of them had a gym. So my heart rate was always like 48, and they thought that it was so slow. So they put that on me. Then I went to get what’s called a calcium scan, which I never had before, because a couple guys died in our business of heart issues, so it kind of scared me, so I went. I blew a number on that, and the guy, they give you the stress test, shoot with the dye, put you on the treadmill, and it’s two days of three hours of testing. This is six months ago, and the guy takes me in. If you look at your heart like a round pie, there’s a piece of my heart right here that’s gone. The guy said, 'You’ve had a heart attack in the last two years.' I said, 'It never hurt me.' He said, 'Have you passed out in the last two years?' During my last match, I passed out three times. I thought it was because I was dehydrated. So I went in the locker room with Kid Rock and [Undertaker], 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. It didn’t hurt. I feel great," Flair said.
Ric Flair previously said that he passed out twice during his last match due to dehydration. Check out his comments here.
In August 2022, Flair said that faking a heart attack during his last match was not in good taste. Click here to see what he had to say.
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