Ric Flair Says WWE Made Video Package Anticipating His Death In 2017

Peeling back the curtain, most news agencies will have a list of obituaries ready to be published as soon as someone famous passes away. They simply add a few extra details at the top to make sure it’s all up to date.

However, they don’t tend to make full video packages in anticipation of people dying, which is apparently what WWE did for Ric Flair back in 2017.

According to Flair, who appeared on the Pivot Podcast to discuss his life, Charlotte Flair, health issues and many other topics, WWE made a video package after Flair was given around 5% chance of surviving after falling into a coma.

He said:

“31 days later, I woke up in the ICU. For 13 days I was on life support. I had no memory for six months. I could remember going forward, but I had no memory of the past. They wrote me off. I was operated on Monday morning. The WWE made a package because it was, like, a 5% chance that I would make it through it. It makes you re-evaluate everything. But at the end of the day, I still think that if you’re not hurting anybody, and you’re certainly not being malicious, I don’t think it’s wrong to have fun. I’m not going to stop. I spent a year worrying that I was going to die every day. Once you’ve been that sick, I mean, all you do, and it’s kind of like getting over that anxiety, then you start feeling more comfortable. Then I had one beer, and one champagne, and then two beers and then a couple of years now and drinking the vodka once in a while. I guess the best way to put it is there’s nothing left for me to do. I’m going to have fun. My family is all in a good place.”

Flair recently shared a video on social media of him training in the ring, but there’s nothing to suggest he’s actually going to be cleared to wrestle.

Credit to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.

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