10 Wrestlers Who Totally Underprepared For Wrestling Matches
10. Ric Flair Was Not Hydrated Enough To Wrestle His Last Match
"70-something-year-old man wrestling one last match" already had disaster written all over it.
However, the eventual reveal that not only had Ric Flair injured his foot, but the veteran had also foolishly decided to keep himself purposefully dehydrated heading into his Last Match alongside son-in-law Andrade El Idolo opposite Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal, eventually left most just feeling thankful that The Nature Boy was able to actually walk out of the arena.
According to the retiring icon, Flair wanted to come into the event at a perfect 220lbs. And he felt that not hydrating was the best way to achieve that goal. Sure enough, the dehydrated septuagenarian passed out twice over the course of that July 31, 2022 encounter, producing a performance that was routinely difficult to watch.
Trying to get into bumping shape at 73 was always going to be a tall order for Flair. But deciding to deprive his decrepit body of fluids as he hobbled into his final contest simply made an already near-impossible task that little bit harder to execute.