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Hulk Hogan’s Former Partner Set For 2026 WWE Hall Of Fame Induction, Triple H Comments

By John Canton • Published Mar 20, 2026 14:40 EDT
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The WWE Hall of Fame will be adding a Basketball Hall of Famer who spent time in the wrestling ring.

Dennis Rodman is an NBA legend who is in the Basketball Hall of Fame and won five NBA Titles during his career. While Rodman was not a big scorer on the basketball court, he was an incredible rebounder and one of the best defenders in NBA history.

On Friday, March 20th, ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania posted on X about how Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.

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.

Since WWE PLEs air on ESPN in the US, and Charania is known for NBA reporting, that’s why the company likely used him to report the Rodman news.

The announcement was also made on WWE’s website:

Earlier today, it was announced by ESPN’s Shams Charania that Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2026.

A five-time NBA Champion and key member of iconic Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls teams, Rodman took over sports page headlines when he aligned with the New World Order in WCW in 1997. Known as Rodzilla, he teamed up with Hulk Hogan to face Lex Luger & The Giant in the highly publicized main event of WCW Bash at the Beach.

Following Chicago’s win over the Utah Jazz in Game 3 of the 1998 NBA Finals, Rodman famously missed a Bulls practice to appear on WCW Monday Nitro in Detroit, where he and Hogan attacked Diamond Dallas Page. Rodman once again tagged with Hogan to face on-court rival Karl Malone & DDP at WCW Bash at the Beach 1998.

Rodman also had a memorable match against the legendary “Macho Man” Randy Savage at WCW Road Wild in 1999.

The 2026 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place Friday, April 17 in Las Vegas as part of WrestleMania 42 week.

Those two matches with Hulk Hogan were massive at the time. Sadly, Hogan passed away in 2025 and won’t get to see his friend Dennis Rodman being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a celebrity.

Triple H Calls WWE Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman A Perfect Fit For The NWO

WWE’s Chief Content Officer, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, is part of the team that decides who gets to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Rodman will join Triple H’s wife Stephanie McMahon, along with AJ Styles and Demolition (Ax & Smash), in the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame.

Triple H wrote about Rodman’s Hall of Fame induction on X.

Everything about the nWo was in-your-face. Their music, the presentation, and of course their attitude… and no one fit in better than Dennis Rodman. He was able to transcend the heights of
@NBA success and become one of WCW’s biggest attractions.

For his unprecedented in-ring involvement and contributions to our industry, he is officially a member of the 2026 #WWEHOF class … 4 Life.