Dennis Rodman To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall Of Fame

Dennis Rodman shall be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the category of 2026, based on ESPN’s Shams Charania. Rodman joins AJ Styles, Demolition, and Stephanie McMahon on this yr’s class, with the induction ceremony set to happen throughout WrestleMania 42 weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rodman’s connection to skilled wrestling dates again to 1997 when he started showing in World Championship Wrestling alongside Hollywood Hulk Hogan as a member of the New World Order. He made his in-ring debut on the Bash on the Beach pay-per-view in July 1997, teaming with Hogan in a loss to Lex Luger and The Giant. He returned to the identical occasion the next yr in July 1998, this time alongside Hogan in opposition to Karl Malone and Diamond Dallas Page in a extensively mentioned celeb tag match. Rodman and Hogan picked up the victory in a match that drew mainstream consideration throughout one in every of skilled wrestling’s hottest intervals.

Rodman additionally appeared at Road Wild 1997 underneath the disguise of Impostor Sting, hitting Lex Luger with a baseball bat to assist Hogan win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He returned to WCW in 1999 for a feud with Randy Savage that culminated in a match at Road Wild, which Rodman misplaced. His most up-to-date skilled wrestling look got here in September 2023 when he confirmed up on an episode of AEW Collision, the place he aligned himself with The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn forward of All Out.

Outside of wrestling, Rodman is a five-time NBA champion who gained back-to-back championships with the Detroit Pistons in 1989 and 1990 earlier than including three extra titles with the Chicago Bulls alongside Michael Jordan in 1996, 1997, and 1998. He is extensively considered the best rebounder in NBA historical past and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

WrestleMania 42 takes place April 18 and 19 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Crossover: Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman shall be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in April, per ESPN sources. Rodman made his WCW debut in 1997 and famously skipped a apply in the course of the 1998 NBA Finals for a wrestling match alongside Hulk Hogan. Two HOFs for Rodman.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 20, 2026