Editing Muhammad Ali (section)

===Professional wrestling===
Ali was involved with [[professional wrestling]] at different times in his career.

On June 1, 1976, as Ali was preparing for his bout with Inoki, he attended a match featuring [[Gorilla Monsoon]]. After the match was over, Ali removed his shirt and jacket and confronted [[professional wrestler]] [[Gorilla Monsoon]] in the ring after his match at a [[World Wide Wrestling Federation]] show in [[Philadelphia Arena]]. After dodging a few punches, Monsoon put Ali in an [[airplane spin]] and dumped him to the mat. Ali stumbled to the corner, where his associate [[Butch Lewis]] convinced him to walk away.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxinghalloffame.com/muhammad-ali-boxing-a-monsoon/ |title=Muhammad Ali Boxing a Monsoon – Boxing Hall of Fame |date=December 29, 2012 |publisher=boxinghalloffame.com |access-date=June 9, 2016 |archive-date=September 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916221053/http://boxinghalloffame.com/muhammad-ali-boxing-a-monsoon/ }}</ref>

[[File:Pat Patterson and Muhammad Ali Wrestlemania.png|thumb|Ali (right) as a special guest referee along with [[Pat Patterson]] (middle) at [[WrestleMania I]], with [[Liberace]] (left) as timekeeper]]
On March 31, 1985, Ali was the special guest referee for the main event of the [[WrestleMania I|inaugural WrestleMania]] event.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | title=Historical Cards: WrestleMania I (03-31-1985) | magazine=PWI 2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of facts | location= Blue Bell, Pennsylvania | publisher= [[London Publishing]] | date=2007 | editor-first=Harry | editor-last=Burkett | page=84 | isbn=978-25274-00389}}</ref>

In 1995, Ali led a group of Japanese and American professional wrestlers, including his 1976 opponent Antonio Inoki and [[Ric Flair]], on a sports diplomacy mission to [[North Korea]]. Ali was guest of honor at the record-breaking [[Collision in Korea]], a wrestling event with the largest attendance of all time.<ref name="NK"/>

Ali was inducted into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] by [[The Undertaker]] at the [[WWE Hall of Fame (2024)|2024 ceremony]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/muhammad-ali-to-be-inducted-into-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024|title=Muhammed Ali to be inducted into WWE Hall of fame class of 2024|work=wwe.com|access-date=March 11, 2024|archive-date=March 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311144539/https://www.wwe.com/article/muhammad-ali-to-be-inducted-into-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Colin |first1=Tessier |title=The Undertaker Inducts Muhammad Ali Into WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/undertaker-inducts-muhammad-ali-wwe-041142029.html |work=[[WrestleZone]] |publisher=[[Y! Entertainment]] |access-date=June 5, 2024 |date=April 6, 2024 |archive-date=April 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406222952/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/undertaker-inducts-muhammad-ali-wwe-041142029.html |url-status=live }}</ref>