Dennis Rodman
Real Name: Dennis Rodman
Height/Weight: 6'8", 220
Nicknames: "The Worm," "The Real Hot Rod," "Big Bad Dirty Dog," "Rod
the Bod"
Dennis Rodman is possibly the most high-profile athlete to participate
in the sport of professional wrestling since Muhammad Ali... Rodman is
the NBA's league-leading rebounder, and has won four NBA titles (two with
Detroit and two with Chicago)... signed a short-term contract with WCW
in early March of 1997 and joined the NWO, since Rodman is friends with
NWO leader "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan outside of wrestling ...it was Hogan
who influenced Rodman to try his hand at wrestling in WCW, though it is
widely believed that Rodman was courted first by the WWF... prior to his
signing, Rodman had earlier ties to Hogan and WCW, and he appeared with
Hogan at the 1995 Bash at the Beach pay-per-view when Hogan faced Ric Flair...Rodman
officially joined the NWO on the 3/10/97 Monday Nitro, where in a taped
segment, he accepted an NWO shirt from Hogan...Rodman later joined Hogan
and his other fellow NWO members at WCW Uncensored, where he spray-painted
the back of Lex Luger after the NWO team won the main event...since Rodman
could not participate in wrestling events due to his NBA committments,
Rodman did not appear with the nWo after Uncensored until the NBA season
ended...resurfaced on the 6/16/97 Monday Nitro in Chicago just one day
after the Bulls won the NBA title, and aided Hogan and several NWO members
in attacking Luger and the Giant...teamed with Hollywood Hogan for his
first ever wrestling match at Bash at the Beach '97, which marked the first
anniversary of the New World Order...though Rodman and Hogan lost to Luger
and the Giant in the main event, Rodman's participation created a flood
of mainstream publicity for World Championship Wrestling...besides a brief
appearance at the end of the Road Wild pay-per-view, Rodman has not appeared
on any other WCW broadcasts following the Bash at the Beach, though he
is rumored to have at least one more contractual wrestling appearance with
WCW...whether Rodman will decide to remain in wrestling after his signed
commitments have been fulfilled is still unknown, but it is clear that
Rodman's presence has given World Championship Wrestling a great deal of
newfound mainstream publicity...this publicity, after all, is possibly
the greatest reason why Rodman was signed in the first place.
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