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Ric Flair “Suffered” A Heart Attack On WCW Nitro 27 Years Ago Today (Video)

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• Ric Flair “Suffered” A Heart Attack On WCW Nitro 27 Years Ago Today (Video)

27 years ago today on WCW Monday Nitro, Ric Flair suffered a kayfabe heart attack after cutting a promo. Only a few people in WCW knew about this being a storyline. You can watch it below:

This episode was broadcasted from the Ice Palace in Tampa, Florida and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WCW Starrcade 1998’ PPV.

Below is the match-card:

– Raven vs. Scott Putski

– Eddie Guerrero vs. Villano V

– Wrath vs. Al Green

WCW World Cruiserweight Championship: Billy Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.

– Barry Windham vs. Emory Hale

– Norman Smiley vs. Perry Saturn

WCW World TV Championship: Konnan vs. Stevie Ray

– Scott Hall vs. Horace

• Update On John Cena’s WWE Future

John Cena’s retirement tour saw him being the runner-up in the Men’s Royal Rumble match, turning heel to align with The Rock, winning the Undisputed WWE Championship, main eventing WrestleMania and SummerSlam, and becoming a Grand Slam Champion.

He officially retired at Saturday Night’s Main Event at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. after tapping out to GUNTHER’s Sleeper Hold. Cena made the following social media post after retiring:

John Cena First Post After WWE Retirement

According to Fightful Select, John Cena will be making future WWE appearances, both off and on screen. There’s no word yet on what the extent of his on-screen appearances will be. Cena has previously noted in interviews that he will retire the jorts as well.

Cena recently revealed that he has signed a 5-year ambassador contract with WWE.

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