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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.
U.S. national promotions
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]
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 April 27, 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 WWE (now World) Tag Team Championships. Two other championships—the Universal and SmackDown (now WWE) Tag Team Championship—were added in 2016 as alternative titles to the WWE and WWE/Raw 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 second reign only counts as a result of this rule.
| 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 | 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 | July 25, 2011 | November 5, 2002 (with Edge) |
May 16, 2021 (with Dominik Mysterio) |
April 5, 2009 | May 19, 2019 | |
| AJ Styles[17] | September 11, 2016 | April 10, 2021 (with Omos) |
June 8, 2020 | July 7, 2017 | ||
| Kevin Owens | August 29, 2016 | April 1, 2023 (with Sami Zayn) |
April 1, 2023 (with Sami Zayn) |
September 20, 2015 | April 2, 2017 | |
| Finn Bálor | August 21, 2016 | September 2, 2023 (with Damian Priest) |
September 2, 2023 (with Damian Priest) |
February 17, 2019 | February 28, 2022 | |
Women's format (established 2019)
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.[18][19][20]
As of April 27, 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.