{"id":246642,"date":"2017-08-13T14:34:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=246642"},"modified":"2017-08-13T14:34:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T21:34:02","slug":"report-wrestling-legend-ric-flair-hospitalized-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ric-flair\/report-wrestling-legend-ric-flair-hospitalized-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Wrestling Legend Ric Flair Hospitalized Over The Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunate news surfaced from the world of pro wrestling this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Wrestling legend Ric Flair was forced to be hospitalized for apparent heart trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully wrestling fans were able to let out a big &#8220;Wooooo&#8221; of relief when Legacy Talent CEO Melinda Morris Zanoni revealed that the 68-year-old wrestling legend was doing alright.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes,Ric in hosp 4routine monitoring.No reason2panic.Yes,many thx2his fianc\u00e9&amp;hospstaff.No excuses Ric wld want u2go out 2nite NaturBoy style!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MelindaMorrisZanoni (@LegacyTalentCEO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegacyTalentCEO\/status\/896546691381420032\">August 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Yes, Ric\u00a0checked into a hospital for routine monitoring, no reason to panic. Many thanks to his fiance, and hospital staff for providing care. No excuses\u2014Ric would want you to go out tonight and enjoy yourself, Nature Boy style!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That news is definitely worth a second &#8220;Woooooooo!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ric-Flair-300x156.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ric-Flair-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ric-Flair-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ric-Flair-390x203.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ric-Flair.png 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ric Flair has been open about his health issues in the past. In 2004, &#8220;The Nature Boy&#8221; revealed that he suffered from alcohol-related heart issues in his book <em>&#8220;Ric Flair: To Be the Man&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt takes a lot of pressure off me\u2026just trying to be just as good the next day as I was the day before,\u201d <\/em>Flair said of being away from the wrestling ring. <em>\u201cI tell you, it\u2019s by the grace of God that I have had the career that I had.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Flair&#8217;s daughter, Charlotte, has followed in her father&#8217;s footsteps and is currently one of the biggest stars on the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunate news surfaced from the world of pro wrestling this weekend. Wrestling legend Ric Flair was forced to be hospitalized for apparent heart trouble. 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