Ric Flair On His Reaction To Hulk Hogan’s Passing, Attending His Funeral

Ric Flair recently spoke about his reaction to the legendary Hulk Hogan’s passing. The wrestling icon passed back in July, and Flair was asked about the matter in an interview with Johnny Manziel. You can see the highlights below (per Wrestling Inc):

On his reaction to Hogan’s passing: “It literally gave me anxiety for a week that Hogan died. I just talked to him. But a lot of people don’t realize he’d had eleven back operations, both hips replaced, both knees replaced, one shoulder replaced, and that shoulder got infected and caused a heart issue. And now he was just getting the second of two neck surgeries when they found out he had leukemia. They never should have been operating on him with leukemia.”

On being at Hogan’s funeral: “His daughter wrote me a letter, so I knew about some stuff that was going on, and I can’t share it with you because I’d be betraying her. I got the letter the day after he died from her, and I was just watching everybody. I mean, a lot of people — Kid Rock came, I mean, every wrestler — I think there were a lot of wrestlers who should have been there but didn’t come. But that’s, you know, everybody makes their own choices. He wrestled at a time when it was very political, and, you know, you had to stand up for yourself. It wasn’t like now, where it’s, ‘Hey, it’s this way or the highway.’ You had to fight for your position in life, and he did. He made some enemies along the way, and I think those guys didn’t show up.”