Ric Flair has confirmed via his Twitter account that he’s resting comfortably back at home after a recent surgical procedure.
Fans can breath a sigh of relief now that “Nature Boy” Ric Flair is successfully out of surgery and back home recovering. It was only a few days ago that conflicting reports had the wrestling world concerned about the status of Flair’s health. Wednesday, on the official Twitter account of the Naitch, it’s been confirmed that his surgery was a success and he’s back at home.
Flair was originally scheduled to appear at Starrcast II in Las Vegas where he would be part of multiple panels, meet and greets and one of the biggest highlights of the weekend, a special Roast of Ric Flair. Unfortunately, due to some initial complications with the planned surgery, Flair was told by doctors he wouldn’t be able to make it for the event.
Starrcast issued a statement on the change and declared they’d be issuing a refund to fans.
"“Unfortunately Ric Flair’s medical condition will not allow him to fly to Vegas this weekend. Of course that means his Meet & Greets are cancelled and we have begun the refund process with EventBrite. We expect all refunds to be submitted by the end of this week.The Roast of Ric Flair will be postponed to a later date yet to be determined. As such we will also be refunding the Open Bar bracelets for the Roast that were purchased.Ric also had Meet & Greets with the Horsemen. These will be refunded as well but we will have an alternative option available during that same time: put on a real Ric Flair robe, hold the original Big Gold Belt, and have your picture made with the Horsemen against what looks like the old WTBS set. To be clear, the current Meet & Greet with the Horsemen will be refunded. But this new experience will be made available for purchase tonight at 8PM Eastern and offered at a greatly reduced price from the original Horsemen Meet & Greet.Steamboat will also have an option to get your photo with him against that same WTBS backdrop, with the Big Gold Belt, and you wearing a Ric Flair robe. Again the original Flair/Steamboat meet and greet will be refunded. But this new experience will also be available for purchase tonight at 8PM Eastern.Of course there is no replacing the Nature Boy but we believe these are truly unique experiences we hope you will enjoy.We can’t thank you enough for your continued support!”"
The Roast of Ric Flair has been replaced by a panel discussion on the life and career of Owen Hart hosted by Jim Ross with special guests expected to appear.
Flair and his wife Wendy Barlow praised the doctors who performed his surgery and stated that it was a complete success, adding that Naitch would be “back up and wooooing in no time!”