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Ric Flair Shares Graphic Photos Ahead Of Cancer Surgery

"Keep me in your prayers. It's all fragile"
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Ric Flair has shared some photos and asked for prayers ahead of his upcoming cancer surgery.

The Nature Boy revealed recently that he had been diagnosed with skin cancer for the second time in three years. And now he appears set for surgery, including a picture of his forehead, where his melanoma is located and another particularly gruesome picture of his stomach with surgical staples.

Flair wrote on X, "Surgery Coming Up. Keep Me In Your Prayers. It’s All Fragile."

Of course, Flair is no stranger to serious medical situations. In 2017 he was placed in a medically induced coma after being hospitalized with stomach pains. It was revealed he was experiencing kidney failure and was also close to congestive heart failure. At the time, Flair was given only a 20% chance of living.

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However, given this is a man who also survived a plane crash and went onto have one of the greatest wrestling careers of all time, Flair not only came out of the coma, he even wrestled one last match several years later, alongside his then son-in-law Andrade against Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett. Flair would later reveal he suffered a heart attack during the match.

Flair has cancelled recent appearances at events due to his cancer treatment, despite initially denying he was suffering from anything in May, as he attempted to keep his diagnosis private.

The former Four Horsemen member has also been keeping himself busy recently by hanging out with the likes of Post Malone and Shilo Sanders, sharing the experiences on his social media accounts.

The 76-year-old was most recently affiliated with AEW, becoming part of Sting's retirement storyline in which he was involved in his legendary rival's final ever match, which saw Sting team with Darby Allin to defeat The Young Bucks at Revolution to retain the AEW Tag Team Titles. The event was held at the Greensboro Coliseum, the site of Flair and Sting's famous 45-minute time limit draw at the first ever Clash of the Champions.

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Joe Baiamonte
JOE BAIAMONTE

Joe Baiamonte is a contributing writer for The Takedown On SI, joining the team in April, 2025. Joe has been covering professional wrestling, sports and entertainment for over a decade, serving as editor at SPORTbible between 2014 and 2018 - where he helped the team to three consecutive Football Blogging Awards - and as head of sport at Unilad. Joe has written for numerous outlets in the United Kingdom and United States, including The Sportsman, Sporf, Pubity, GiveMeSport and The Sportster, interviewing the likes of Neymar, Harry Kane, Ruud Gullit, Triple H, Ric Flair, Cody Rhodes, Becky Lynch, Rey Mysterio, Aaron Boone, Alex Cora, Chris Sale and Chase Uttley. He has a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism and Broadcasting from the University of Salford and currently resides in Manchester, England, having been raised just down the road in Burnley. He briefly moved to Croatia with his family after the birth of his son, where he spent an entire summer writing on the beach and eating squid.

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