Wrestling icon and WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair has been hospitalized in Florida after taking a fall. Reports of his medical emergency came only hours after the legend disclosed a blood clot diagnosis that forced him to pull out of an event.

Ric Flair Was Taken to a Hospital After a Fall in Tampa

On October 23, 2026, TMZ reported that Ric Flair had been hospitalized in Florida hours earlier. The outlet cited sources with direct knowledge of the situation who told them that the beloved wrestling icon fell outside a restaurant. He reportedly got up and departed the bar in a Tampa restaurant called Wagamama, leaving behind his phone and drink. According to the source, he then crossed the street where he fell and injured his face.

After reporting about the incident, TMZ published bird’s-eye footage of Flair being attended to by emergency medical workers on X .

Ric Flair was taken to the hospital after he fell outside a restaurant in Florida on Friday.…