{"id":713793,"date":"2026-04-19T08:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713793\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:54:46","slug":"dennis-rodman-honors-hulk-hogan-in-emotional-wwe-hall-of-fame-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713793\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Rodman Honors Hulk Hogan in Emotional WWE Hall of Fame Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Rodman honors Hulk Hogan with an emotional tribute during his WWE Hall of Fame induction speech. <\/p>\n<p>Former Chicago Bulls legend Dennis Rodman paid an <a href=\"https:\/\/ontapsportsnet.com\/pop-culture\/hulkamania-never-to-be-forgotten\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emotional tribute to the late Hulk Hogan<\/a> during his WWE Hall of Fame induction speech Friday night in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Rodman, inducted as part of the Class of 2026 for his memorable run in WCW as a member of the nWo, took time during his acceptance speech to praise Hogan and their friendship. He wore a Hollywood Hogan shirt, got choked up while talking about Hogan always standing by his son Nick Hogan no matter what, and questioned why it took WWE so long to honor Hogan with a statue.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/2045379027171500204?s=20\"><\/p>\n<p>Rodman ended his remarks with a classic \u201cnWo 4 Life!\u201d declaration.<\/p>\n<p>The moment was a reminder of Rodman\u2019s wild crossover days in wrestling, including the infamous 1998 incident when he <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/the-last-dance\/2020\/5\/18\/21262745\/last-dance-bulls-dennis-rodman-hulk-hogan-wrestling-wcw-monday-nitro-nwo\">skipped a Chicago Bulls practice during the NBA Finals<\/a> to appear on WCW Monday Nitro with Hogan.<\/p>\n<p>Bulls fans will always remember \u201cThe Worm\u201d as the flamboyant rebounding machine who helped Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen win three straight titles from 1996-98. His WWE Hall of Fame moment added another unforgettable chapter to his larger-than-life career.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dennis Rodman honors Hulk Hogan with an emotional tribute during his WWE Hall of Fame induction speech. Former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,3251,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-713793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-chicagobulls","13":"tag-dennis-rodman","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116430541067914427","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713793","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=713793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}