NBA Legend Dennis Rodman Reveals How Hulk Hogan Got Him Into WCW: “Hulk Said You Can Be My Tag Team Partner”

NBA player Dennis Rodman wrestled alongside WWE Legend Hulk Hogan for quite a while. Now, there’s a reason he chose The Hulkster to work with in pro-wrestling – Hogan got him into wrestling.

During a group conversation with fans, the NBA Legend revealed how he got a call during ‘Chicago 1997’ to work with Hogan.

“I’ve been into Hulk Hogan for a long time, since the 80s, when he was doing Hulkamania. So one day in Chicago, I got a phone call before the game in Chicago 1997. So they passed messages ‘Dennis, do you want to come to Detroit for, you know, nWo wrestling match, Hulk Hogan?’ I said ‘I agree’. After playing the game, I change clothes, we got a private plane, went to Detroit at the palace and I said, ‘what are we doing Hulk?’”

Little did Rodman know this was going to begin a new chapter of his life. Hogan convinced Rodman to go out to the ring with him and work with him in a tag team fight.

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“So, I got this big top black hat on. I got gloves and other stuff like that black vest stuff. He said, ‘hey we’re gonna walk out of there and beat some bada**.’ So, we went out there and Hulk said, ‘you could be my tag team partner’. I said ‘wait a minute, I just played basketball three hours ago’… Anyway, we went out there like 45 minutes. From that point on, I wrestled like 10, 11 years after that. I was wrestling when I was playing basketball. You know, after a game, after practice, I go wrestle and come back.”

Dennis Rodman left the NBA finals to wrestle alongside Hulk Hogan

The Netflix documentary, The Last Dance, highlighted one of the controversial moments when Rodman left practice for the 1998 NBA finals against Utah Jazz to work with Hulk Hogan.

This ended up becoming one of the controversial storylines in the documentary. However, it didn’t hurt the Bulls as much since they clinched the series in six.

Dennis Rodman, becoming a part of the industry, especially alongside Hulk Hogan, is probably one of the most renowned athlete collars in the pro-wrestling entertainment industry.

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Did you know the backstory of his wrestling appearance?