In May 2001, the promotion's website indicated that the Hardcore Championship was an acceptable substitute for the European Championship in the Grand Slam. Kane, who had defeated Triple H for the Intercontinental Championship at Judgment Day on May 20, 2001,[2] was acknowledged as a Grand Slam winner as he had "become the only superstar in World Wrestling Federation history that has held the Intercontinental title as well as the Hardcore, Tag Team and WWF titles".[3][4]
In April 2006, Kurt Angle was noted as being a former Grand Slam winner on WWE.com, having won the WWE, WWE Tag Team, Intercontinental, and European Championship, indicating that WWE considered the WWE Tag Team Championship to be an acceptable substitute for the World Tag Team Championship.[5] In August 2007, WWE.com published an article listing Shawn Michaels' championship reigns that completed the Grand Slam. They included the WWE, World Heavyweight, World Tag Team, Intercontinental, and European Championship. The inclusion of the World Heavyweight Championship indicated that WWE considered the title to be an acceptable substitute for the WWE Championship in completing the Grand Slam.[1]
At ECW One Night Stand in June 2006, Rob Van Dam became the first superstar acquired by WWE after the purchase of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling in 2001 to complete the Grand Slam when he defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship. Booker T became the second star acquired by the purchase to complete the Grand Slam when he defeated Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash in July 2006. Booker has held the World Tag Team, Intercontinental, and Hardcore titles.[6]
Following WrestleMania 31 in 2015, WWE (which four years earlier ended the brand extension and unified several titles before that) established an updated version of the Grand Slam consisting of the four then-active men's titles in WWE: the WWE World, Intercontinental, United States, and WWE Tag Team Championships.[7] Thirteen wrestlers have been recognized as Grand Slam winners under these new parameters (including five who were already recognized as Grand Slam winners under the original guidelines). The brand extension was re-established in 2016 and WWE indicated that two new championships that had been introduced, the Universal Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, count as acceptable substitutes for their counterpart titles (WWE Championship and WWE Tag Team, now World Tag Team, respectively) as part of the Grand Slam.[8][9]
Chris Jericho completed the original format the fastest, completing it in 728 days between December 1999 and December 2001, while Kurt Angle completed the modern format the fastest, completing it in 966 days between February 2000 and October 2002.
On February 21, 2021, WWE acknowledged The Miz as the first wrestler to complete the Grand Slam twice under the revised 2015 format after winning his second WWE Championship.[10]Seth Rollins would become the second two-time Grand Slam Champion by winning the WWE United States Championship a second time in October 2022.
In May 2023, WWE added a third world championship with a new version of the World Heavyweight Championship. It is unclear if this title would be added as an acceptable substitute for the Grand Slam.
List of WWE Grand Slam winners
As of June 26, 2024, there have been 22 individual Grand Slam Champions. 17 wrestlers have only achieved it once, seven under the original format and 10 under the modern format, while five wrestlers have achieved the Grand Slam under both formats, three of whom automatically became modern Grand Slam champions at the introduction of the modern format (with the same titles they won while becoming original Grand Slam champions), and two who became modern Grand Slam champions after the modern format was introduced (with different titles won to complete both formats).
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Dates in bold
The date the wrestler completed the Grand Slam
Names in bold
Indicates Grand Slam winner under both formats
Championships in italics
The title is an alternate title in the original Grand Slam format
Dates in italics
The wrestler has won that title, but does not contribute to their Grand Slam because they had already won the Grand Slam or they had already won a title at the same level
Names in italics
The wrestler has completed the Grand Slam more than once (revised format only)
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Indicates future reigns are impossible due to retirement, death, or title discontinuation
Colors
Won all Grand Slam eligible titles under either format
The modern WWE Grand Slam consists of the WWE, Intercontinental, United States, and World Tag Team (formerly WWE/Raw Tag Team) Championships. Two other championships—the Universal and WWE Tag Team (formerly SmackDown Tag Team) Championships—were added in 2016 as alternative titles to the WWE title and Tag Team Championships respectively following the reintroduction of the brand extension. In regards to the United States Champion, due to its lineage, WWE only counts United States Championship reigns that took place in WWE, whether it bore the WCW or WWE moniker. Edge and Kurt Angle held the title when it was the WCW United States Championship. Eddie Guerrero’s first reign does not count as a result of this rule, since it took place in WCW.
As of June 26, 2024, there have been six individual Women's Grand Slam champions. Rhea Ripley has completed the Grand Slam the fastest, completing it in 1,200 days between December 2019 and April 2023, while Becky Lynch took the longest time to complete the Grand Slam, doing so in 2,257 days between September 2016 and September 2023.
A.J. Styles – the first Impact Wrestling Grand Slam winner and the only man to be a Grand Slam Champion in both TNA and WWE
The first Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA - known as Impact Wrestling from 2017–2023) Grand Slam winner was crowned on March 15, 2009, at TNA's Destination Xpay-per-viewevent. At said event, then three-time TNA Triple Crown championA.J. Styles defeated Booker T for the TNA Legends Championship. On the March 19 episode of TNA's primary television program, TNA Impact!, announcer Mike Tenay stated that Styles had become the first TNA Grand Slam winner by capturing the World Heavyweight (NWA or TNA), World Tag Team (NWA or TNA), X Division, and Legends Championships (The Legends Championship was subsequently renamed the Global, Television, and King of the Mountain Championship, before being fully retired).[27][28]
Under TNA's definition of the Grand Slam, wrestlers are eligible to be a multiple Grand Slam winner each time they complete a new circuit. Thus far, only A.J. Styles has won the Grand Slam on more than one occasion. On August 15, 2016, the TNA King of the Mountain Championship was once again retired when Lashley unified the title into his TNA World Heavyweight Championship. In a March 26, 2018, article on the Impact Wrestling website, the eligibility of the Impact Grand Championship, which replaced the King of the Mountain Championship, as a Grand Slam title was confirmed.[29][30] Since 2018, any future Grand Slam winners are limited to those who had already held either the Legends/Global/TV/King of the Mountain title or Grand Championship, as during a press conference on June 4, 2018, Austin Aries unified the Impact Grand Championship with the Impact world title.[31]
List of TNA Grand Slam winners
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Dates in bold
The date the wrestler completed the Grand Slam
Championships in italics
The title is an alternate title from the original definition of a Grand Slam
Dates in italics
The wrestler has won that title, but does not contribute to their Grand Slam because they had already won the Grand Slam or they had already won a title at the same level
Names in italics
The wrestler has completed the Grand Slam more than once
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Indicates future reigns are impossible due to the title being discontinued or no longer under Impact’s control
^Oftentimes both, as was the case during WWE's original 1997 introduction of the term, and during its 2015 revision.
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^ ab"WWF.com Headlines". World Wrestling Entertainment. May 26, 2001. Archived from the original on May 26, 2001. Retrieved March 11, 2009. In a rare interview with WWF.com, Kane discussed the chain match Sunday at Judgment Day and his feelings on being the only "Grand Slam Champion" of his variety.
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^"The new Grand Slam winners". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved May 28, 2019. When a Superstar captures every active title, they become a Grand Slam Champion. These Superstars accomplished the latest iteration of the feat by winning either the Raw (formerly WWE) or SmackDown Tag Team Title, the Intercontinental Title, the United States Title, and either the WWE or Universal Title.
^"Randy Orton "Grand Slam Champion" 23 x 27 framed plaque w/ ring canvas". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved May 28, 2019. On March 11, 2018 Randy Orton defeated Bobby Roode to become the United States Champion and the latest WWE Grand Slam winner. By holding a world championship, a tag team championship, and both the Intercontinental and United States Championships, the Viper has cemented himself in WWE history.
^"Triple H". WWE.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2007. Such dedication has provided him with the fortitude to become a Grand Slam champion.
^"JBL Milestone 04-05-09". WWE. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015. After defeating CM Punk on Raw to win his first Intercontinental Championship, JBL becomes the tenth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history.
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