Ric Aptitude suffered a coronary heart assault in his final match, unbeknownst to him.
The Nature Boy stepped out of retirement one final time in 2022. Regardless of going out in a blaze of glory in opposition to Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 24, Ric Aptitude wrestled quite a few instances for TNA after moving into monetary bother.
It appeared like he stop the enterprise for good, nevertheless it was to not be. Two years in the past, 6,800 followers packed the Nashville Municipal Auditorium to see the 16-time World Champion wrestle for the ultimate time.
That match didn’t precisely go properly. Regardless of being buoyed by stars like Jeff Jarrett, Andrade and Jay Deadly, the 73-year-old legend struggled. He handed out twice within the ring, by some means ending the match with out dying in entrance of his adoring followers.
Nonetheless, he didn’t exit unscathed. Because it seems, Ric Aptitude suffered a coronary heart assault throughout his final match, one thing he found almost two years later. He spoke with Bert Kreischer on One thing’s Burning, and revealed his medical mishap at Ric Aptitude’s Final Match.
Aptitude instructed him about his coronary heart assault, and the way a physician solely found it throughout a current medical verify up. Aptitude thought he was dehydrated and in the end went out and partied with Child Rock all evening after the guts assault.
“I simply came upon two months in the past that I had a coronary heart assault I didn’t know I had.” Ric Aptitude stated. “I went in for a coronary heart take a look at, all of the stuff, the entire take a look at. The physician got here in, they put you within the ready room, proper? And he got here in, he sat down, crossed his legs, and stated, ‘How do you’re feeling?’ I stated, ‘I really feel nice.’ He stated, ‘You’ve had a coronary heart assault within the final two years.’”
“Throughout my final match in Nashville, I handed out twice. I simply went and drank some Gatorade after which went out with Child Rock all evening lengthy. I don’t know, perhaps it was two bottles of Gatorade as a result of I believed I used to be simply under-hydrated, after which I went out and partied with the Child all evening lengthy.”
