Ric Flair had unique request after nearly losing his life, according to Hulk Hogan
After it wasn’t expected Ric Flair would make it through surgery, he made an unusual request to Hulk Hogan. The health scares of ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair over recent years have been well documented. This didn’t stop him having one “final” match last year, and even on that occasion he said he passed out twice during the contest. However, for one particular surgery he had Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart present, and they were told he only had a 5% chance of making it through the procedure. In a discussion on This Past Weekend, The Hulkster talked about what he was told when he arrived at the medical facility. When he had that really serious health issue, I got a call from Wendy and it didn’t look good. So we got a plane right away, flew up to Atlanta. I walked in and the doctor pulled me aside. He goes, ‘Hey, your buddy here has destroyed his body, some of his intestines and stuff inside were dying. He’s got a five percent chance of making it through this surgery. Continuing on, Hogan open...