By Isaac
Wrestling legend Ric Flair was rushed to a Florida hospital Friday after a frightening fall outside a Tampa restaurant.
The 77-year-old WWE Hall of Famer reportedly suffered cuts to his head and eye. His eye was bleeding heavily, and emergency crews took him away by ambulance.
The first public look at the developing story came with a photo from the scene and the confirmation that Flair had been hospitalized:
TMZ reports that Flair had been at Wagamama in Tampa on Friday morning. According to sources cited by the outlet, he got up from the bar, left his phone and drink behind, walked across the street, and suddenly fell.
The fall reportedly left Flair with cuts to his head and around one eye. TMZ says a concussion is possible, but that has not been confirmed.
There is also no established cause of the fall, and no medical authority has linked it to the blood clot Flair disclosed earlier in the day.
Emergency medical personnel gathered around Flair at the scene before loading him into an ambulance. TMZ had not reported a discharge, prognosis, or confirmed diagnosis when it marked the report as a developing story.
TMZ published this 21-second video from the scene showing the emergency response and Flair being loaded into an ambulance:
The timing makes this especially alarming. Only hours before the fall, Flair announced that doctors had restricted his travel because of a blood clot in his leg.
Flair’s own same-day post is the key timeline marker. The visible X preview confirms that he said he was dealing with a blood clot in his leg after apologizing for canceling a scheduled Seattle appearance: