Any of you who have been wrestling fans for an extended period of time will be all too familiar with the feeling that comes with discovering someone you grew up watching has passed away. Long before you thought they would in far too many cases. In 2017, it seemed very likely that the wrestling world was going to have to say goodbye to Ric Flair.

A 5% Chance Of Survival

The Nature Boy was rushed to hospital and would spend an entire month in a coma, and for 13 of those days, he was on life support. Flair has spoken about that time in his life a lot but hadn't revealed until now that at one point, he was given just a 5% chance of survival.

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“The WWE made a package because it was, like, a 5% chance that I would make it through,” Flair said on The Pivot Podcast with Ryan Clarke. That's right, the odds of Naitch not making it through his illness in 2017 were so high, he claims WWE had a video package ready ro run should he pass away.

Preparing Packages

When someone notable from WWE's past or present passes away, the company manages to put together packages very quickly. The team in charge of that sort of thing is undoubtedly very talented. However, it seems they give themselves a head start when it looks like someone's life might be nearing its end. If what Flair says is true, it seems likely the same tactic was employed for Scott Hall earlier this year. Hall's death was confirmed as Raw went on the air, but a video package was ready to go later that same night.

As for Flair's life since we almost lost him, the 16-time World Champion talked openly about his constant fear of death every day for a year after he got out of the hospital. Since then, he has realized living that way isn't really any way to live, hence him leaning back into his old way of life. Flair wants to have fun while he's still here and also aimed to prove his doubters wrong recently via footage of him working in the ring with Jay Lethal.