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#3 Karl Malone
Karl Malone's appeared on WWE multiple times. The most notable appearance was in 1998 when he wrestled in the ring for the Bash at the Beach pay-per-view event. Malone, a two-time NBA MVP, teamed up with pro-wrestler Diamond Dallas Page in a fight against wrestling legend Hulk Hogan and fellow NBA star Dennis Rodman, who were both part of NWO at the time.
Malone and Page lost that fight, but it was one of the most brutal in-ring fights an NBA superstar was part of in the WWE.
The second instance when Malone made an appearance in the WWE was in 2017 on Smackdown. He did not fight this time, though, and appeared after the end of the program to show his support for WWE star Bobby Roode.
#2 Dennis Rodman
As mentioned earlier, Dennis Rodman made an appearance in WWE alongside his NBA rival Karl Malone. The two even battled in the NBA Finals just a month before clashing inside a wrestling ring.
Rodman missed a practice session with the Chicago Bulls during the 1998 NBA Finals once to appear on a WWE show. He made his first appearance for the wrestling company in March 2017 alongside the legendary Hulk Hogan.
Rodman's first match was also in the 1997 Bash at the Beach pay-per-view event, where he teamed with Hulk Hogan in a tag-team match against Lex Luger and The Giant. Rodman and Hogan lost that fight. He then went on to make another appearance during the 1997 Road Wild event. He helped Hulk Hogan win the world championship during that stint.
The Hall of Famer then faced Karl Malone and Diamond Dallas Page in the 1008 Bash at the Beach event. Rodman's last fight was in 1999 at the Road Wild event against Randy Savage.
#1 Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal was a part of plenty of adventures outside of the NBA. Wrestling was also an avenue that he made sure to explore. Shaq made his first appearance for the WWE in 1994. He presented the world title to Hulk Hogan after he beat Ric Flair at the Bash at the Beach event.
His second appearance was in 2009 on Monday night Raw as a guest host. This time, Shaq was involved in an in-ring feud with the Big Show, which ended with the former LA Lakers man pushing the latter out of the ring.
Shaq's last appearance in the WWE was on the grandest stage of all, the 2016 Wrestlemania pay-per-view. He participated in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Shaq combined with The Big Show to choke-slam Kane.
Shaq eliminated one of the contestants before being thrown out of the ring along with The Big Show by the rest of the participants.
