Dennis Rodman is set to be a two-time Hall-of-Famer. Yes, a two-time Hall-of-Famer.
Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 17 as part of WrestleMania Weekend, ESPN reported Friday.
The five-time NBA champion with the Bulls and Pistons had a run with World Championship Wrestling beginning in 1997.
He will join the WWE Hall of Fame’s celebrity wing, which includes pro athletes like Pete Rose, William Perry, Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali.
The unique distinction will make him the only player in the Basketball and WWE Hall of Fame.
Rodman wrestled alongside the legendary Hulk Hogan in a pair of tag team matches.
Controversially, he also missed a Bulls practice before the 1998 NBA Finals for a “Monday Night Nitro” prior to a pay-per-view match, in which the duo faced Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone at Bash at the Beach in 1998.
His last match with WCW came in 1999 at the Road Wild event.
Rodman will be inducted alongside Stephanie McMahon, A.J. Styles and the tag team Demolition in Las Vegas.
But Rodman will be the only one of the five to have experienced such glory before. He was one of 10 members of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011 after a 14-year career.
Rodman led the NBA in total rebounds seven times, averaging 13.1 for his career. He was also named Defensive Player of the Year twice and was an eight-time All-Defensive Team member.
He won back-to-back titles with Detroit in 1989 and 1990 and three consecutive from 1996-98 with Chicago.
Rodman wrapped up his career with one-year stints with the Lakers and Mavericks before retiring in 2000.
Recently, Rodman has come under fire from his daughter, Trinity — who plays for the NWSL’s Washington Spirit — for his partying lifestyle as she was growing up.
“We had an expedition and we kind of lived in that for a little bit,” Trinity said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in 2024. “We tried to live with him but he’s having parties 24/7, he is bringing random b—hes in. He loves the spotlight. He loves the cameras.”
Still, Rodman will have another turn in the spotlight with his WWE recognition.
