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The Grand Slam is an accomplishment recognized by various professional wrestling promotions in the United States and Japan. It is a distinction given to a professional wrestler who has either won four specific championships within a promotion throughout their career, or all available championships.[a] Promotions that recognize this include WWE (since 1997), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (since 2009), Ring of Honor (since 2018), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (since 2021). The four titles typically include three singles championships, one of them usually being a world title, plus a tag team championship.
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WWE
In WWE (formerly WWF), the term "Grand Slam" was originally used by Shawn Michaels to describe himself upon winning the European Championship on September 20, 1997. Michaels previously held the WWF Championship, Intercontinental Championship, and the World Tag Team Championship—the titles that composed the Triple Crown.[1]
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] Also in 2006, WWE revived the ECW Championship and established it as a third world championship in its promotion but was never considered as a world title that was part of their Grand Slam eligibility.
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 December 16, 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).
| Text | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| —— | Indicates future reigns are impossible due to retirement, death, or title discontinuation |
| Colors | |
| Won all Grand Slam eligible titles under either format | |
| Won title as a member of the Raw brand | |
| Won title as a member of the SmackDown brand | |
| Won title as a member of the ECW brand | |
| Won title as a member of the NXT brand | |
| Won title when the brand extension was not in effect | |
Original format (established 1997)
| Champion | Primary championships (either needed) | Tag team championships (either needed) | Secondary championship | Tertiary championships (either needed) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWF/WWE | World Heavyweight | WWF/World Tag Team | WWE/Raw/World Tag Team | Intercontinental | European | Hardcore | |
| Shawn Michaels[1] | March 31, 1996 | November 17, 2002 | August 28, 1994 (with Diesel) |
December 13, 2009 (with Triple H) |
October 27, 1992 | September 20, 1997 | —— |
| Triple H[11][7] | August 23, 1999 | September 2, 2002 | April 29, 2001 (with Stone Cold Steve Austin) |
December 13, 2009 (with Shawn Michaels) |
October 21, 1996 | December 11, 1997 | —— |
| Kane[3][4] | June 28, 1998 | July 18, 2010 | July 13, 1998 (with Mankind) |
April 19, 2011 (with Big Show) |
May 20, 2001 | —— | April 1, 2001 |
| Chris Jericho[12] | December 9, 2001 | September 7, 2008 | May 21, 2001 (with Chris Benoit) |
June 28, 2009 (with Edge) |
December 12, 1999 | April 2, 2000 | May 28, 2001 |
| Kurt Angle[5] | October 22, 2000 | January 10, 2006 | —— | October 20, 2002 (with Chris Benoit) |
February 27, 2000 | February 8, 2000 | September 10, 2001 |
| Eddie Guerrero | February 15, 2004 | —— | —— | November 17, 2002 (with Chavo Guerrero Jr.) |
September 4, 2000 | April 3, 2000 | —— |
| Rob Van Dam[6][7] | June 11, 2006 | —— | March 31, 2003 (with Kane) |
December 7, 2004 (with Rey Mysterio) |
March 17, 2002 | July 22, 2002 | July 22, 2001 |
| Booker T | —— | July 23, 2006 | October 30, 2001 (with Test) |
—— | July 7, 2003 | —— | May 4, 2002 |
| Jeff Hardy[7] | December 14, 2008 | June 7, 2009 | June 29, 1999 (with Matt Hardy) |
April 2, 2017 (with Matt Hardy) |
April 10, 2001 | July 8, 2002 | July 10, 2001 |
| John Bradshaw Layfield[13] | June 27, 2004 | —— | May 25, 1999 (with Faarooq) |
—— | March 9, 2009 | October 22, 2001 | June 3, 2002 |
| Christian[14] | May 1, 2011 | April 2, 2000 (with Edge) |
September 23, 2001 | October 30, 2001 | March 17, 2002 | ||
| Big Show | November 14, 1999 | December 18, 2011 | August 22, 1999 (with The Undertaker) |
July 26, 2009 (with Chris Jericho) |
April 1, 2012 | —— | February 25, 2001 |
Revised format (established 2015)
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.
| Champion | Primary championships (either needed) | Tag team championships (either needed) | Secondary championships (both needed) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWF/WWE | Universal | WWE/Raw/World Tag Team | SmackDown/WWE Tag Team | Intercontinental | United States | |
| Kurt Angle[15] | October 22, 2000 | —— | October 20, 2002 (with Chris Benoit) |
—— | February 27, 2000 | October 22, 2001 |
| Eddie Guerrero[15] | February 15, 2004 | —— | November 17, 2002 (with Chavo Guerrero Jr.) |
—— | September 4, 2000 | July 27, 2003 |
| Edge[15] | January 8, 2006 | November 5, 2002 (with Rey Mysterio) |
July 24, 1999 | November 12, 2001 | ||
| Big Show[15] | November 14, 1999 | July 26, 2009 (with Chris Jericho) |
April 1, 2012 | October 19, 2003 | ||
| The Miz[10] | November 22, 2010 | November 16, 2007 (with John Morrison) |
January 27, 2019 (with Shane McMahon) |
July 23, 2012 | October 5, 2009 | |
| Daniel Bryan[15] | August 18, 2013 | September 16, 2012 (with Kane) |
May 7, 2019 (with Rowan) |
March 29, 2015 | September 19, 2010 | |
| Chris Jericho[15] | December 9, 2001 | June 28, 2009 (with Edge) |
December 12, 1999 | January 9, 2017 | ||
| Dean Ambrose[15] | June 19, 2016 | August 20, 2017 (with Seth Rollins) |
December 13, 2015 | May 19, 2013 | ||
| Roman Reigns[15] | November 22, 2015 | August 19, 2018 | May 19, 2013 (with Seth Rollins) |
November 20, 2017 | September 25, 2016 | |
| Randy Orton[15] | October 7, 2007 | August 21, 2021 (with Riddle) |
December 4, 2016 (with Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper) |
December 14, 2003 | March 11, 2018 | |
| Seth Rollins | March 29, 2015 | April 7, 2019 | May 19, 2013 (with Roman Reigns) |
April 8, 2018 | August 23, 2015 | |
| Jeff Hardy[16] | December 14, 2008 | April 2, 2017 (with Matt Hardy) |
April 9, 2019 (with Matt Hardy) |
April 10, 2001 | April 16, 2018 | |
| Kofi Kingston[17] | April 7, 2019 | August 22, 2011 (with Evan Bourne) |
July 23, 2017 (with Big E and Xavier Woods) |
June 29, 2008 | June 1, 2009 | |
| Rey Mysterio[18] | July 25, 2011 | November 5, 2002 (with Edge) |
May 16, 2021 (with Dominik Mysterio) |
April 5, 2009 | May 19, 2019 | |
| AJ Styles[19] | September 11, 2016 | April 10, 2021 (with Omos) |
June 8, 2020 | July 7, 2017 | ||
| Kevin Owens[20] | August 29, 2016 | April 1, 2023 (with Sami Zayn) |
April 1, 2023 (with Sami Zayn) |
September 20, 2015 | April 2, 2017 | |
| Finn Bálor[21] | August 21, 2016 | September 2, 2023 (with Damian Priest) |
September 2, 2023 (with Damian Priest) |
February 17, 2019 | February 28, 2022 | |
List of WWE Women's Grand Slam winners
In May 2019, Bayley (above) was announced as WWE's first-ever Women's Grand Slam champion, having won (from left to right) the Raw (now Women's Championship), SmackDown (now Women's World Championship), and NXT singles championships, and the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.[22][23][24]
As of December 6, 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.
| Champion | Singles championships | Tag team championship | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw/WWE Women's | SmackDown/ Women's World |
NXT | WWE Women's Tag Team | |
| Bayley[25] | February 13, 2017 | May 19, 2019 | August 22, 2015 | February 17, 2019 (with Sasha Banks) |
| Asuka[26] | April 15, 2020 | December 16, 2018 | April 1, 2016 | October 6, 2019 (with Kairi Sane) |
| Sasha Banks | July 25, 2016 | October 25, 2020 | February 11, 2015 | February 17, 2019 (with Bayley) |
| Charlotte Flair | April 3, 2016 | November 14, 2017 | May 29, 2014 | December 20, 2020 (with Asuka) |
| Rhea Ripley | April 11, 2021 | April 1, 2023 | December 18, 2019 | September 20, 2021 (with Nikki A.S.H.) |
| Becky Lynch | April 8, 2019 | September 11, 2016 | September 12, 2023 | February 27, 2023 (with Lita) |
TNA Wrestling (2009)
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 X pay-per-view event. At said event, then three-time TNA Triple Crown champion A.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
| Text | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| —— | Indicates future reigns are impossible due to the title being discontinued or no longer under Impact’s control |
| Champion | Primary championships (either needed) | Tag team championships (either needed) | Secondary championship | Tertiary championships (either needed) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Heavyweight | TNA/Impact World (Heavyweight) | NWA World Tag Team | TNA/Impact World Tag Team | X Division | Legends/Global/TV/KOTM | Grand | |
| A.J. Styles[27] | June 11, 2003 | September 20, 2009 | July 3, 2002 (with Jerry Lynn) |
October 14, 2007 (with Tomko) |
June 19, 2002 | March 15, 2009 | —— |
| Abyss | November 19, 2006 | —— | February 4, 2004 (with A.J. Styles) |
September 19, 2014 (with James Storm) |
May 16, 2011 | January 9, 2011 | —— |
| Samoa Joe | —— | April 13, 2008 | —— | July 15, 2007 (with no partner) |
December 11, 2005 | September 27, 2012 | —— |
| Eric Young | —— | April 10, 2014 | October 12, 2004 (with Bobby Roode) |
April 15, 2008 (with Kaz) |
December 7, 2008 | October 18, 2009 | —— |
| Austin Aries | —— | July 8, 2012 | —— | January 25, 2013 (with Bobby Roode) |
September 11, 2011 | —— | January 14, 2018 |
Ring of Honor (2018)
In 2018, Ring of Honor (ROH) established its own version of the Grand Slam, which consists of the ROH World Championship, ROH World Television Championship, ROH World Tag Team Championship, and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Christopher Daniels was the first wrestler to achieve this feat, doing so at the ROH 16th Anniversary Show, when he won the Six-Man titles to complete the Grand Slam.[32][33][34] After Jay Lethal won the ROH World Tag Team Championship, he was announced as a Grand Slam Champion since he had won the ROH Pure Championship in the past, indicating that the Pure and Six-Man Tag Team Titles are interchangeable as the fourth component to the ROH Grand Slam.[35][36]
List of ROH Grand Slam winners
| Text | |
|---|---|
| Dates in bold | The date the wrestler completed the Grand Slam |
| Champion | Primary championship | Tag team championship | Secondary championship | Tertiary championships (either needed) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | World Tag Team | World Television | Pure | World Six-Man Tag Team | |
| Christopher Daniels | March 10, 2017 | September 21, 2002 (with Donovan Morgan) |
December 10, 2010 | March 9, 2018 (with Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) | |
| Matt Taven | April 6, 2019 | September 18, 2015 (with Michael Bennett) |
March 2, 2013 | December 2, 2016 (with T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) | |
| Jay Lethal | June 19, 2015 | December 13, 2019 (with Jonathan Gresham) |
August 13, 2011 | March 5, 2005 | |
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Florida Championship Wrestling (2012)
In Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), WWE's former developmental territory, a Grand Slam winner was a wrestler who had won every championship that was available in FCW.[37] All FCW titles were retired when FCW changed its name to NXT.
List of FCW Grand Slam winners
| Text | |
|---|---|
| Dates in bold | The date the wrestler completed the Grand Slam |
| Champion | Primary championship | Tag team championship | Secondary championship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Heavyweight | Florida Tag Team | FCW Jack Brisco 15 Championship | |
| Seth Rollins | February 23, 2012 | March 25, 2011 (with Richie Steamboat) |
January 13, 2011 |
| Richie Steamboat | July 25, 2012 | March 25, 2011 (with Seth Rollins) |
January 13, 2012 |
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Explosive Pro Wrestling (2018)
In Explosive Pro Wrestling (EPW), the Grand Slam consists of the EPW Heavyweight Championship, the EPW Tag Team Championship, the EPW Coastal Championship and the EPW Hardcore Championship.[38]
List of Explosive Pro Wrestling Grand Slam winners
| Text | |
|---|---|
| Dates in bold | The date the wrestler completed the Grand Slam |
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2021)
In 2021, New Japan Pro-Wrestling retroactively established its own version of the Grand Slam, occasionally also referred to as the Quadruple Crown, consisting of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and the NEVER Openweight Championship. The NJPW Grand Slam is unique in Grand Slams as it consists of four singles championships. Jay White was the first to achieve this feat, completing the circuit on May 3, 2021 at Wrestling Dontaku 2021.[40][41] It is currently unknown if another NJPW Grand Slam will be established, as both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles were retired in 2021 in favor of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, and the United States Championship in 2023 in favor of the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.
List of NJPW Grand Slam winners
| Text | |
|---|---|
| Dates in bold | The date the wrestler completed the Grand Slam |
| Champion | Primary championship | Secondary championships (both needed) | Tertiary championship | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWGP Heavyweight | IWGP United States Heavyweight | IWGP Intercontinental | NEVER Openweight | |
| Jay White[40] | February 11, 2019 | January 28, 2018 | September 22, 2019 | May 3, 2021 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi[42] | July 17, 2006 | August 14, 2021 | January 4, 2014 | January 30, 2021 |
Ice Ribbon (2012)
In the joshi puroresu (women's professional wrestling) promotion Ice Ribbon, the Grand Slam consists of the ICE×60/ICE×∞ Championship, the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, the Triangle Ribbon Championship and the IW19 Championship.[43]
List of Ice Ribbon Grand Slam winners
| Text | |
|---|---|
| Dates in bold | The date the wrestler completed the Grand Slam |
| Champion | Primary championship | Tag team championship | Secondary championship | Tertiary championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICE×∞ | International Ribbon Tag Team | Triangle Ribbon | IW19 | |
| Tsukasa Fujimoto[44] | January 4, 2010 | December 23, 2010 (with Hikaru Shida) |
December 11, 2010 | June 1, 2012 |
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (2023–present)
In TJPW, the Grand Slam consists of all the available titles promoted by the company. They are the Princess of Princess Championship, the Princess Tag Team Championship, and the International Princess Championship. On March 18, 2023, during the Grand Princess event, Rika Tatsumi became the first Grand Slam champion in TJPW's history.[45]
List of Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Grand Slam winners
| Text | |
|---|---|
| Dates in bold | The date the wrestler completed the Grand Slam |
| Champion | Primary championship | Secondary championship | Tag team championship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess of Princess Championship | International Princess Championship | Princess Tag Team Championship | |
| Rika Tatsumi[45] | January 4, 2021 | March 18, 2023 | November 3, 2019 (with Miu Watanabe) |
| Miu Watanabe | March 31, 2024 | October 9, 2022 | November 3, 2019 (with Rika Tatsumi) |
World Wonder Ring Stardom (2022)
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In the joshi puroresu (women's professional wrestling) promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, the Grand Slam consists of all the available titles promoted by the company except the Future of Stardom Championship. They are the World of Stardom Championship, the Wonder of Stardom Championship, the Goddesses of Stardom Championship, the Artist of Stardom Championship, the High Speed Championship and the SWA World Championship. The notion of "grand slam" was first officially mentioned on May 5, 2022, when Mayu Iwatani became the second wrestler in the company to achieve the feat, after Io Shirai.[46]
List of World Wonder Ring Stardom Grand Slam winners
| Text | |
|---|---|
| Dates in bold | The date the wrestler completed the Grand Slam |
| Champion | Primary championships | Tag team championships | Junior division championship | Tertiary championship | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World of Stardom Championship | Wonder of Stardom Championship | Goddesses of Stardom Championship | Artist of Stardom Championship | High Speed Championship | SWA World Championship | |
| Io Shirai | April 29, 2013 | May 17, 2015 | May 6, 2015 (with Mayu Iwatani) |
December 7, 2014 (with Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha) |
May 6, 2014 | May 21, 2016 |
| Mayu Iwatani | June 21, 2017 | July 27, 2014 | May 6, 2015 (with Io Shirai) |
December 29, 2013 (with Hiroyo Matsumoto and Miho Wakizawa) |
October 11, 2015 | May 5, 2022 |
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