{"id":669616,"date":"2026-03-20T22:47:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/669616\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:47:34","slug":"detroit-bad-boys-legend-pistons-icon-dennis-rodman-to-be-inducted-into-wwe-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/669616\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Bad Boys legend, Pistons icon Dennis Rodman, to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">DETROIT \u2013 Detroit Bad Boys legend and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/topic\/Pistons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/topic\/Pistons\/\">Pistons<\/a> icon Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania made the announcement on Friday, March 20, that \u201cRodzilla\u201d will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA JULY 12:  Dennis Rodman poses with Hulk Hogan during WCW Bash on the Beach at the Cox Arena on July 12, 1998 in San Diego, California (Photo by WWE\/WWE via Getty Images.) (2025 WWE)<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crossover: Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in April, per ESPN sources. Rodman made his WCW debut in 1997 and famously skipped a practice during the 1998 NBA Finals for a wrestling match alongside Hulk Hogan. Two HOFs for Rodman.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2034978290809659401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Rodman is a five-time NBA champion and contributor with Chuck Daly, Isiah Thomas, and the Detroit Pistons (back-to-back) and the Chicago Bulls (three-peat) alongside Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Phil Jackson in the mid-90s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Speaking of the Bulls, Rodman skipped practice and a mandatory media session between Games 3 and 4 in 1998 to appear on WCW Monday Night Nitro with Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and the NWO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Rodzilla flew to Detroit to join the NWO before rejoining the Bulls to take down his future opponent, Karl Malone, and his Utah Jazz to cap off the three-peat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In 1998, Rodzilla appeared on Nitro and attacked fellow WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Malone, since their battle with the Bulls and Rodman in back-to-back NBA Finals, came in for the save and later teamed up with Page to face Hogan and Rodman at Bash at the Beach in 1998.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Rodman initially joined the New World Order during the 1997 season, making headlines as he teamed up with Hogan in a tag-team to face Lex Luger and the Big Show (The Giant) at Bash at the Beach in that same year.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond Page, Karl Malone, Dennis Rodman, &amp; Hulk Hogan (Photo by SGranitz\/WireImage) (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Rodzilla also wrestled against the \u201cMacho Man\u201d Randy Savage at WCE Road Wild in 1999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The 2026 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place on Friday, April 17, in Las Vegas as part of WrestleMania 42 week.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT \u2013 Detroit Bad Boys legend and Pistons icon Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,329,3861,3251,296,15007,188,3860,2036,935,6,3838,297,3837,85650,2999],"class_list":["post-669616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-pistons","tag-basketball","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chuck-daly","tag-dennis-rodman","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-bad-boys","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-detroitpistons","tag-isiah-thomas","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nba","tag-phil-jackson","tag-pistons","tag-scottie-pippen","tag-world-wrestling-entertainment","tag-wwe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116263940780285304","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}