Ric Flair placed in medically induced coma

UPDATE:

The surgery was a success!!

Ric had surgery today (not❤️related)am happy 2report it was a success.Still a long road ahead so plz keep 🙏🏻4Ric Charlotte Megan David&Wendy

— MelindaMorrisZanoni (@LegacyTalentCEO) August 14, 2017

Legendary wrestler Ric Flair has been placed in a medically induced coma and is being prepped for surgery for an undisclosed medical condition. The 68-year-old WWE Hall of Fame wrestler was admitted to the hospital over the weekend for “routine monitoring” and was placed in the coma after his condition worsened.

I saw @RicFlairNatrBoy before I flew to Boston yesterday
I can assure that he needs everyone's prayers and positive vibes. Thx in advance!!

— Michael PS Hayes (@MichaelPSHayes1) August 14, 2017

@RicFlairNatrBoy U have been my inspiration. U taught me so much, especially how to "give" to the biz, and not "take" from it. Praying 4 U!

— Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) August 14, 2017

My thoughts & prayers go out to the GOAT, @RicFlairNatrBoy.

We're all thinking about ya & pulling for ya, my friend. pic.twitter.com/ATuSaSfjoG

— #WOKEN Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) August 14, 2017

My thoughts and prayers are with Ric Flair and his family during this difficult time.

— Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) August 14, 2017

I love you very much @RicFlairNatrBoy pic.twitter.com/on45nwI0qk

— Sean Waltman (@TheRealXPac) August 14, 2017

With a wrestling career that’s spanned over 40 years, Ric Flair is widely considered the greatest professional wrestler of all time. So highly regarded by his peers is Flair that fellow WWE Hall of Famer Dustry Rhodes said, “nobody in the history of the business could lace Ric Flair’s boots.”

Some of Ric Flair’s signautre moves include the Figure-four leglock, the Chop block, the pile driver, multiple suplex variations and the eye-rake, but Flair is best known for his signature “Wooooo” yell, which has become a tribute to Flair in pop culture.

Flair’s inspiration for the “Woooo!” came in 1974 while he was listening to the song “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee, While Flair’s riff on Jerry Lee’s “Wooo” is a little different, it was Jerry Lee who incepted the idea into Flair’s head.

“Not exactly the way I do it, but it was enough to get me motivated to start saying it.”

Ric Flair

In an industry full of showmen, Ric Flair is a singular personality. For decades, he packed arenas night after night.

“They say every seat in an arena is 17 inches apart and putting asses in those seats is what it’s all about…I went seven days a week with Ric Flair for an hour every night and we sold them all out. But enough about me. Ric Flair had the ability to put an ass every 17 inches.”

Dusty Rhodes on Ric Flair

For now, all we can do is send our thoughts and well wishes out to Flair and his family. Get well soon, Ric.