Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2026, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Rodman joins AJ Styles, Demolition, and Stephanie McMahon in this year’s class, with the induction ceremony set to take place during WrestleMania 42 weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rodman’s connection to professional wrestling dates back to 1997 when he began appearing in World Championship Wrestling alongside Hollywood Hulk Hogan as a member of the New World Order. He made his in-ring debut at the Bash at the Beach pay-per-view in July 1997, teaming with Hogan in a loss to Lex Luger and The Giant. He returned to the same event the following year in July 1998, this time alongside Hogan against Karl Malone and Diamond Dallas Page in a widely discussed celebrity tag match. Rodman and Hogan picked up the victory in a match that drew mainstream attention during one of professional wrestling’s hottest periods.
Rodman also appeared at Road Wild 1997 under the disguise of Impostor Sting, hitting Lex Luger with a baseball bat to help 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 lost. His most recent professional wrestling appearance came in September 2023 when he showed up on an episode of AEW Collision, where he aligned himself with The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn ahead of All Out.
Outside of wrestling, Rodman is a five-time NBA champion who won back-to-back championships with the Detroit Pistons in 1989 and 1990 before adding three more titles with the Chicago Bulls alongside Michael Jordan in 1996, 1997, and 1998. He is widely regarded as the greatest rebounder in NBA history 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 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.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 20, 2026
