Ric Flair Shares Text from Hogan Widow Amid Backlash

Wrestling legend Ric Flair has reignited debate over Hulk Hogan's death by sharing a private text message from Hogan's widow, Sky Daily, amid backlash from his recent claims about the cause of Hogan's passing.

Flair, a WWE Hall of Famer known as the "Nature Boy," made the comments during an appearance on the Doubl3 Coverage podcast in late November 2025. He stated that he had spoken with Hogan the day before the wrestler's death on July 24, 2025, at age 71. Flair suggested that Hogan, who had undergone extensive surgeries including 10 back procedures, two knee replacements, two hip replacements and a neck operation that became infected, turned to street drugs for pain relief after his doctors stopped prescribing medication. "I shouldn't say this, but what killed him was street drugs," Flair said, adding that Hogan's body ultimately gave out under the strain.

Hogan's official cause of death was cardiac arrest, and he had been under medical care at Morton Plant Hospital in Florida leading up to his passing. Daily quickly refuted Flair's account in a statement to TMZ Sports, calling the street drugs assertion "completely untrue" and emphasizing that Hogan received careful...