Marc Raimondi's excerpt from "Say Hello to the Bad Guys" looks at the nWo storyline involving two Hall of Famers.

Twenty years ago, Karl Malone and Dennis Rodman did battle. First on the basketball court. Then in a pro wrestling ring at WCW’s Bash at the Beach pay-per-view.

Bischoff noted that while Malone hadn't yet agreed to do a match with WCW at the time the 1998 NBA Finals were happening, discussions had taken place, so his instructions to Rodman were his way of ...

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SALT LAKE CITY, UNITED STATES: Karl Malone (R) ... While WCW had not yet made that storyline public, it had set a main event for its July 1998 Bash at the Beach pay-per-view in July, ...

In the late 1990s, the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz became one of the game's biggest rivalries. This is because of the two teams meeting in the NBA Finals in back-to-back years.

Title Match Wrestling. Eric Bischoff on Dennis Rodman, Karl Malone & Jay Leno in WCW. Posted: August 15, 2024 | Last updated: April 23, 2025 ...

Yes, Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone, who can each wield a maximum of one steel chair at a time, ... And now, the Best and Worst of WCW Monday Nitro for June 29, 1998.

Malone got Page tickets to the All-Star Game that year. After [Eric] Bischoff told him that Rodman was coming back to WCW, Page started recruiting Malone. "I told [Malone], 'I know you want to do ...

William Scott Goldberg is the new WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Scott Hall returned as an awkward obstacle, and Diamond Dallas Page gave Karl Malone the worst double high-five you’ve ever seen.

Both stars agreed to settle their differences in a high-profile WCW wrestling match. Malone teamed up with Diamond Dallas Page to take on Rodman and Hollywood Hogan at Bash at the Beach.