Overview
- Speaking on the Doubl3 Coverage podcast on November 28, Ric Flair said he talked to Hulk Hogan the day before he died and claimed street drugs were "what killed him" after doctors stopped prescribing pain medication.
- Flair asserted that details about alleged illicit drug use would surface within 30 days, characterizing his comments as part of a broader story he expects others to report.
- Later the same day, Flair issued a social-media clarification and apology, saying he was relaying what he was told by family members and that he did not intend to demean Hogan.
- Pinellas County’s official finding remains acute myocardial infarction as the cause of death, and outlets report no public forensic revision or toxicology confirmation of illicit drugs.
- Coverage emphasizes Hogan’s extensive surgical history and chronic pain, which Flair linked to decades of performing the leg drop and to complications following recent neck surgery.