WWE fans share same concern as 75-year-old legend teases sensational wrestling return

Ric Flair still has a little more fight left in him. The wrestling legend, 75, brought the curtain down on an incredible 50-year career back in July 2022. Ric Flair won his last match back in 2022YouTube He performed for the last time in a tag team match alongside his son-in-law Andrade – who is married to WWE superstar Charlotte Flair – taking on Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett. The bout, which went on for an impressive 27 minutes, ended in victory for Flair, with fellow legends Bret Hart, Mick Foley and The Undertaker all ringside to watch it unfold. He has since claimed that he suffered a heart attack during the match, in which he passed out twice. “I thought it was because I was dehydrated. So I went in the locker room with Kid Rock and ‘Taker, I just drank two bottles of Gatorade and went back out to Kid Rock’s place all night long,” Flair recalled last year. “But I had a heart attack.” Given his final match could have ended in disaster, ‘The Nature Boy’ would be forgiven for never wanting to step foot inside the ring again. But that isn’t the case. In fact, he thinks he has one more match left in him. Speaking to the Five Star Podcast, Flair insisted he wanted to wrestle in AEW but that boss Tony Khan turned down the idea after finding out he was ‘on blood thinners’. When one of the hosts then suggested the 75-year-old had another match in him, Flair replied, “Hell yeah, I do!” And while the wrestling legend seems keen to lace up his boots again, fans shared their concerns for his well-being. Flair had many iconic matches, and believes he has one more in him Now 75, fans are worried he would die in the ringGetty “I truly believe Ric Flair wants to die in the ring,” one person wrote on X. “If Ric Flair wrestles in 2025 that man is going to die,” another said. “Considering his heart gave out in his last ‘last match’, he could very likely die if he did another one. Nobody deserves to die like that, in front of thousands of people. I seriously hope this is just a bluff,” a third added. Back in 2023, even Vince Russo claimed that Flair would ‘love’ to die in the ring. “Ric Flair’s absolute dream is to go out in the middle of a wrestling ring. To him, that is the perfect story for the end of Ric Flair,” Russo said during a podcast appearance. “That is the perfect, final last chapter, ‘He died in a wrestling ring.’ I really believe that’s what he wants.” Ric Flair was told he suffered a heart attack during his last match Ric Flair is one of the most iconic wrestlers ever, but some believe he wants to die in the ringGetty Russo’s claim might sound bizarre, but it’s actually one that Flair agreed with. “I left my entire family behind trying to be the best I could be in professional wrestling,” he wrote on X at the time. “I totally agree with you that I would love to die in the ring. I spent my entire life there, so why not? Wooooo!”

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WWE fans share same concern as 75-year-old legend teases sensational wrestling return

Ric Flair still has a little more fight left in him.

The wrestling legend, 75, brought the curtain down on an incredible 50-year career back in July 2022.

Ric Flair won his last match back in 2022
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He performed for the last time in a tag team match alongside his son-in-law Andrade – who is married to WWE superstar Charlotte Flair – taking on Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett.

The bout, which went on for an impressive 27 minutes, ended in victory for Flair, with fellow legends Bret Hart, Mick Foley and The Undertaker all ringside to watch it unfold.

He has since claimed that he suffered a heart attack during the match, in which he passed out twice.

“I thought it was because I was dehydrated. So I went in the locker room with Kid Rock and ‘Taker, I just drank two bottles of Gatorade and went back out to Kid Rock’s place all night long,” Flair recalled last year.

“But I had a heart attack.”

Given his final match could have ended in disaster, ‘The Nature Boy’ would be forgiven for never wanting to step foot inside the ring again.

But that isn’t the case. In fact, he thinks he has one more match left in him.

Speaking to the Five Star Podcast, Flair insisted he wanted to wrestle in AEW but that boss Tony Khan turned down the idea after finding out he was ‘on blood thinners’.

When one of the hosts then suggested the 75-year-old had another match in him, Flair replied, “Hell yeah, I do!”

And while the wrestling legend seems keen to lace up his boots again, fans shared their concerns for his well-being.

Flair had many iconic matches, and believes he has one more in him
Now 75, fans are worried he would die in the ring
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“I truly believe Ric Flair wants to die in the ring,” one person wrote on X.

“If Ric Flair wrestles in 2025 that man is going to die,” another said.

“Considering his heart gave out in his last ‘last match’, he could very likely die if he did another one. Nobody deserves to die like that, in front of thousands of people. I seriously hope this is just a bluff,” a third added.

Back in 2023, even Vince Russo claimed that Flair would ‘love’ to die in the ring.

“Ric Flair’s absolute dream is to go out in the middle of a wrestling ring. To him, that is the perfect story for the end of Ric Flair,” Russo said during a podcast appearance.

“That is the perfect, final last chapter, ‘He died in a wrestling ring.’ I really believe that’s what he wants.”

Ric Flair was told he suffered a heart attack during his last match
Ric Flair is one of the most iconic wrestlers ever, but some believe he wants to die in the ring
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Russo’s claim might sound bizarre, but it’s actually one that Flair agreed with.

“I left my entire family behind trying to be the best I could be in professional wrestling,” he wrote on X at the time.

“I totally agree with you that I would love to die in the ring. I spent my entire life there, so why not? Wooooo!”