Rodman to take head-butts to pro wrestling
Associated Press
Dennis Rodman has signed with a professional wrestling promoter and will be in the ring as Hulk Hogan's tag-team partner on a pay-per-view card this summer.
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The Chicago Bulls' star will be cast as a bad guy.
"After getting the proper direction from Hollywood Hogan, we'll see how bad he really is," Hogan said.
Rodman's contract is with World Championship Wrestling, a division of Time-Warner.
Eric Bischoff, WCW executive vice president said "The Worm" will join a group of antihero wrestlers called the New World Order, which is led by good-guy-turned-bad-guy Hogan, professional wrestling's biggest star.
"Dennis is a guy who wants to have some fun," Hogan said. "And he sees that the (New World Order) are a bunch of guys who are kind of like him, not afraid to cross over the line, ready to kick butt and take names."
Rodman will make a ringside appearance at WCW's next pay-per-view event March 16, will begin training after the Bulls' season ends and then team with Hogan at a match July 13 in Daytona Beach, Fla., Bischoff said.
"It will be a team of Hulk Hogan, the best wrestler in the world, and Dennis Rodman, the best rebounder and one of the premier entertainers in the world," said Rodman's agent, Dwight Manley.
