Current Events > Ric Flair has been cleared to wrestle

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https://www.complex.com/sports/2018/12/ric-flair-cleared-to-get-back-in-ring-again

Ric Flair has been cleared to "take bumps again."

The Dirtiest Player in the Game relayed this potential source for plot lines during a conversation with Steve Austinon The Steve Austin Show, despite describing the fact that he's still alive as a "miracle" during that very same conversation. In fact, Flair described in detail the intense health scare he experienced after he collapsed after working hard signing what sounds like endless pairs of personalized alligator cowboy boots.

"I was in a coma for 12 days, ICU for 31 days," he said, as transcribed by Wrestling Inc. "I had kidney failure, respiratory heart failure, I was septic, and I had pneumonia all at one time, so I guess I was in so much pain they had to induce a coma because [wife Wendy Barlow] said I was just screaming. They couldn't give me enough medicine. And then, it took 12 hours to get me ready for surgery. And then, 12 days in a coma and 31 days I had to sit in intensive care. And then, I had to go to a rehab facility to learn how to walk and just starting from scratch again."

After he was released from his death bed he talked about the existential dread he experienced after learning how sick he was, and also what it was like to be sitting around thinking about his own mortality all the time.

If that sounds like a downer, it's probably because he is. But there was a silver lining in the form of doctors clearing Flair to take "bumps" again, meaning he's allowed once more to take hard falls in the ring. "The guys have cleared me to do anything. I've actually been cleared to get knocked down in the ring." Flair relayed, "I didn't know if they were going to use me in some capacity and [Austin] know[s] the clearances you have to have with the health policy, which is so adamant."
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But...why?
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dummy420 posted...

But...why?

He needs the money, Flair is notorious for blowing all of his cash

Glad to hear he's seemingly in good health, dude looked like he was at death's door not too long ago.
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Jesus just stay retired man. Its worse than how you hear how King still wrestles despite all of his heart attacks and strokes and whatnot (and who the fuck pays money to see Jerry Lawler wrestle nowadays?)

Dude was in a fucking coma. He needs to chill
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This man is determined to flop around the ring until he can't get up
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god damn how? the man was to old to wrestle when i actually watched wrestling 20 years ago!
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MC_BatCommander posted...

dummy420 posted...

But...why?

He needs the money, Flair is notorious for blowing all of his cash

Not to mention all the alimony he pays. Guy has been divorced 4-5 times.
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Strait out of The Wrestler script.
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Old fool needs to sit the hell down and call it a career.
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The reason he had so much longevity is his matches, he does his routine usually and that's it. He didn't take spectacular falls and stuff like Mick Foley did.
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MC_BatCommander posted...

dummy420 posted...

But...why?

He needs the money, Flair is notorious for blowing all of his cash

Glad to hear he's seemingly in good health, dude looked like he was at death's door not too long ago.

Don't the wrestlers get royalty/retirement pay or some shit?

jesus lmao
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Flair vs Hogan!
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KillerKhan420 posted...

The reason he had so much longevity is his matches, he does his routine usually and that's it. He didn't take spectacular falls and stuff like Mick Foley did.

foley destroyed his body in the ring but protected it outside

flair protected his body inside the ring but destroyed it outside

they're both probably fucked honestly

Dude is almost 70 wtf
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he is going to die in the ring

Let the man die in the ring if that's what he wants to do. He's spent his whole life there, it's what he knows and loves.
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Whoooooooooo

This is one of the issues with wrestling, they never know when to walk away.

There should be an age limit for this shit.