Ric Flair Interview/Article

[TheTruth916]

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[Lintyfresh85]

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its sad that even he admits he now has to work for the money. But at the same time I think he is putting all his energy back into it and it may be getting exciting for him again. I say as long he's ok with how his character is going let the man wrestle. By the way does anyone else expect Flair to die in ring of a heart attack? I swear that's the way the man wants to go out.

[CaptainZombie]

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its sad that even he admits he now has to work for the money. But at the same time I think he is putting all his energy back into it and it may be getting exciting for him again. I say as long he's ok with how his character is going let the man wrestle. By the way does anyone else expect Flair to die in ring of a heart attack? I swear that's the way the man wants to go out.

I bet that's what happens.

[Lintyfresh85]

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remember when he faked a heart attack as an angle in WCW? That actually scared me for a bit when it first happened. Of course you had Schiavone in the backround shouting this is the greatest heart attack in the history of wrestling! That's when I kinda realized it was fake...lol.

[SPTO]

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remember when he faked a heart attack as an angle in WCW? That actually scared me for a bit when it first happened. Of course you had Schiavone in the backround shouting this is the greatest heart attack in the history of wrestling! That's when I kinda realized it was fake...lol.

I kinda thought that was real too.

I admire Flair's re-dedication to the mat game. I bet that that's how he wants to go out. Just die doing what he loves to do. At least he's re-energized and is enjoying what he does.

[TheTruth916]

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remember when he faked a heart attack as an angle in WCW? That actually scared me for a bit when it first happened. Of course you had Schiavone in the backround shouting this is the greatest heart attack in the history of wrestling! That's when I kinda realized it was fake...lol.

That actually wasn't fake. I remember reading things on him when that happened. But at this rate he will have another one in no time.

[SPTO]

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That actually wasn't fake. I remember reading things on him when that happened. But at this rate he will have another one in no time.

That wasn't fake? Hold on IIRC that was on Thunder and I believe that show was taped. If that was the case I doubt they'd show Ric Flair having an honest to goodness real life heart attack.

[TheTruth916]

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That wasn't fake? Hold on IIRC that was on Thunder and I believe that show was taped. If that was the case I doubt they'd show Ric Flair having an honest to goodness real life heart attack.

I swore like everywhere I read. It was real, but maybe they used the internet to make it seem real, which wouldn't surprise me...and I swore it was on Nitro and he was walking towards one of the turnbuckles taking off his jacket..

[SPTO]

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Ok you were right it was on NITRO.

BTW here's an answer to the question at hand from a Flair FAQ

Summary of events for the uninformed:

On the December 14, 1998, edition of Nitro, Eric Bischoff came out to do an interview. Flair comes out a minute later and chases him around the ring and eventually Bischoff gets away. Flair returns to the ring for a chat with Gene Okerlund. Flair delivers a very spirited interview, complete with him doing a few elbow drops, a knee drop, and a flip over the turnbuckles. At the end of the interview after Flair talks about ripping out Bischoff's heart, he clutches his left arm and falls back into a corner. Security goes over to him and Arn Anderson sprints down to the ring. A few executives come out, including Dusty Rhodes and David Crockett. Flair gets carted out on a stretcher and to an ambulance. As the show progresses, Schiavone is trying to get updates on his condition, and says that trainer Danny Young says that Flair was having shortness of breath and chest pains. Bischoff, later in the show, delivers a remorseful interview in which he says Ric had a mild heart attack.

The heart attack didn't happen. The real question that has been presented is whether or not the [falling to the ground] spot was real or not. Flair claimed two days in the Charlotte Observer later that his left arm went numb. Then, Bret Hart, in his Calgary Sun column, gave a more detailed reason, claiming that Flair had the numbness as a result of nerve damage due to his back injury that sometimes caused spasms in his arm and chest. Hart claimed that the symptoms closely resembled a heart attack. Others have said that Flair re-injured his left shoulder.

In a recent interview with Mark Madden, Flair said it was an angle. I’ll leave it at that.

[TheTruth916]

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Ok you were right it was on NITRO.

BTW here's an answer to the question at hand from a Flair FAQ

Well then like you said..that was one heck of a acting job.