A Grand Slam Champion in professional wrestling is a distinction made to a professional wrestler who has won all of the major titles in a promotion. The Grand Slam typically consists of four titles, mirroring the grand slams found in golf and tennis. The four titles typically feature three tiers of heavyweight belts and a set of tag team belts. Because of this, a Grand Slam Champion is necessarily a Triple Crown Champion, which consists of the top two tiers of heavyweight belts and the tag team belts.
World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment
In the World Wrestling Federation (now known as "World Wrestling Entertainment") the term "Grand Slam Champion" was originally used by Shawn Michaels to describe himself upon winning the WWF Championship, the WWF Intercontinental Championship, the WWF European Championship and the WWF Tag Team Championship. As of 2007, only four wrestlers have held all four of those titles. As the European Championship was discontinued on July 22, 2002, the number of future potential Grand Slam Champions is limited to wrestlers who have already held the European Championship (see list of WWE European Champions).
In 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment stated, "Michaels was the first-ever Grand Slam Champion, capturing the European Championship once, the World Tag Team Championship four times, the Intercontinental Championship three times and the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships a total of four times." This indicates that WWE considers the World Heavyweight Championship to be an acceptable substitute for the WWF Championship (renamed the WWE Championship in 2002) in completing the Grand Slam. No wrestlers have completed the Grand Slam under this revised definition.
In April 2006, Kurt Angle was described as a "former Grand Slam Champion" on WWE.com, indicating that WWE considers the WWE Tag Team Championship to be an acceptable substitute for the World Tag Team Championship. Including Angle, two wrestlers have completed the Grand Slam under this revised definition.
Following WrestleMania 31 in 2015, WWE established a new version of the Grand Slam - consisting of the four currently active titles in WWE, which are the WWE World Heavyweight, Intercontinental, United States, and WWE Tag Team Championships. Fifteen 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). With the brand extension re-established, WWE indicated in 2017 that the WWE Universal Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship are acceptable substitutes for their counterpart titles as part of the Grand Slam.
In May 2019, Bayley was announced as the first Women's WWE Grand Slam champion. A WWE.com article only cited the WWE Raw Women's Championship, WWE SmackDown Women's Championship, and WWE Women's Tag Team Championship for the Grand Slam which are the same three titles that make up the women's Triple Crown of which Bayley is also the first, but the only other title Bayley has won is the NXT Women's Championship During Survivor Series 2017, Charlotte Flair referred to herself as a Grand Slam champion, having also won the now-retired Divas Championship in addition to the NXT, Raw, and SmackDown titles, however, this was never officially recognized by WWE.
On February 21, 2021, WWE acknowledged The Miz as the first (and presently only) wrestler to complete the Grand Slam twice after beating Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship. This indicates that under the revised format, a wrestler can win multiple Grand Slams.
As of October 16, 2024, 30 wrestlers have been recognized as WWE Grand Slam winners under its various incarnations.
WWF/E Grand Slam Champions
The title wins stated below are the respective wrestlers' first wins of each title. In most cases, it is not the only time the wrestler has won that title. Dates in italics indicate that the wrestler has won that title, but does not contribute to their Grand Slam because they had already won a title at that level. Dates in bold represent the title which established the wrestler as a Grand Slam champion.
Original format
| Name | World Championship | Tag Team Championship | Second-Tier Championship | Third-Tier Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWF/E Championship |
World Heavyweight Championship |
World Tag Team Championship |
WWE Tag Team Championship |
Intercontinental Championship |
European Championship |
Hardcore Championship | |
| Shawn Michaels | March 31, 1996 | November 17, 2002 | August 28, 1994 (with Diesel) |
December 13, 2009 (with Triple H) |
October 27, 1992 | September 20, 1997 | no future reign possible |
| Triple H | 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 | no future reign possible |
| Kane | June 28, 1998 | July 18, 2010 | July 13, 1998 (with Mankind) |
April 19, 2011 (with Big Show) |
May 20, 2001 | no future reign possible | April 1, 2001 |
| Chris Jericho | 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 | October 22, 2000 | January 10, 2006 | no future reign possible | October 20, 2002 (with Chris Benoit) |
February 27, 2000 | February 8, 2000 | September 10, 2001 |
| Eddie Guerrero | February 15, 2004 | no future reign possible | no future reign possible | November 17, 2002 (with Chavo Guerrero) |
September 5, 2000 | April 3, 2000 | no future reign possible |
| Rob Van Dam | June 11, 2006 | no future reign possible | March 31, 2003 (with Kane) |
December 7, 2004 (with Rey Mysterio) |
March 17, 2002 | July 22, 2002 | July 22, 2001 |
| Booker T | no future reign possible | July 23, 2006 | October 30, 2001 (with Test) | no future reign possible | July 7, 2003 | no future reign possible | May 4, 2002 |
| Jeff Hardy | 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 12, 2001 |
| John Bradshaw Layfield | June 27, 2004 | no future reign possible | May 25, 1999 (with Faarooq) | no future reign possible | March 9, 2009 | October 22, 2001 | June 3, 2002 |
| Christian | no future reign possible | May 1, 2011 | April 2, 2000 (with Edge) | no future reign possible | 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 | N/A (Title Defunct) |
February 25, 2001 |
Current men's format
| Name | WWE Championship | World Heavyweight Championship |
Intercontinental Championship |
WWE United States Championship |
World Tag Team Championship |
WWE Tag Team Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Angle | October 22, 2000 | February 27, 2000 | October 22, 2001 | October 20, 2002 (with Chris Benoit) |
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| Eddie Guerrero | February 15, 2004 | no future reign possible | September 3, 2000 | July 23, 2003 | November 17, 2002 (with Chavo Guerrero) |
no future reign possible |
| Edge | January 8, 2006 | July 24, 1999 | November 12, 2001 | November 7, 2002 (with Rey Mysterio) |
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| Big Show | Noverber 14, 1999 | April 1, 2012 | October 19, 2003 | July 26, 2009 (with Chris Jericho) |
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| The Miz | November 22, 2010 | July 23, 2012 | October 5, 2009 | November 16, 2007 (with John Morrison) |
January 27, 2019 (with Shane McMahon) | |
| Daniel Bryan | August 18, 2013 | March 29, 2015 | September 19, 2010 | September 16, 2012 (with Kane) |
May 7, 2019 (with Rowan) | |
| Chris Jericho | December 9, 2001 | December 12, 1999 | January 9, 2017 | June 28, 2009 (with Edge) |
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| Dean Ambrose | June 19, 2016 | December 13, 2015 | May 19, 2013 | August 20, 2017 (with Seth Rollins) |
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| Roman Reigns | November 22, 2015 | August 19, 2018 | November 20, 2017 | September 25, 2016 | May 19, 2013 (with Seth Rollins) |
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| Randy Orton | October 7, 2007 | December 14, 2003 | March 11, 2018 | August 2, 2021 (with Matt Riddle) |
December 4, 2016 (with Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper) | |
| Seth Rollins | March 29, 2015 | April 7, 2019 | April 8, 2018 | August 23, 2015 | May 19, 2013 (with Roman Reigns) |
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| Jeff Hardy | December 14, 2008 | April 10, 2001 | April 16, 2018 | April 2, 2017 (with Matt Hardy) |
April 9, 2019 (with Matt Hardy) | |
| Kofi Kingston | April 7, 2019 | June 29, 2008 | June 1, 2009 | August 22, 2011 (with Evan Bourne) |
July 23, 2017 (with Big E & Xavier Woods) | |
| Rey Mysterio | July 25, 2011 | April 5, 2009 | May 19, 2019 | November 5, 2002 (with Edge) |
May 16, 2021 (with Dominik Mysterio) | |
| A.J. Styles | September 11, 2016 | June 12, 2020 | July 7, 2017 | April 10, 2021 (with Omos) | ||
| Kevin Owens | August 29, 2016 | September 20, 2015 | April 2, 2017 | April 1, 2023 (with Sami Zayn) |
April 1, 2023 (with Sami Zayn) | |
| Finn Bálor | August 21, 2016 | February 17, 2019 | February 28, 2022 | April 1, 2023 (with Damian Priest) |
April 1, 2023 (with Damian Priest) |
Current Women's format
| Name | WWE Raw Women's/ WWE Women's Championship |
WWE Smackdown Women's/ Women's World Championship |
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship |
NXT Women's Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayley | February 13, 2017 | May 19, 2019 | February 17, 2019 (with Sasha Banks) |
August 22, 2015 |
| Asuka | May 10, 2020 | December 16, 2018 | October 6, 2019 (with Kairi Sane) |
April 1, 2016 |
| Sasha Banks | July 25, 2016 | October 25, 2020 | February 17, 2019 (with Bayley) |
February 11, 2015 |
| Charlotte Flair | April 3, 2016 | November 14, 2017 | December 20, 2020 (with Asuka) |
May 29, 2014 |
| Rhea Ripley | April 11, 2021 | April 1, 2023 | September 20, 2021 (with Nikki A.S.H.) |
December 18, 2019 |
| Becky Lynch | April 7, 2019 | September 11, 2016 | February 27, 2023 (with Lita) |
September 12, 2023 |
- Won Grand Slam under the original definition
- Won Grand Slam with an alternate title
- 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
- White indicates title was won before brand extension
Potential champions
The following active (or semi-active) WWE wrestlers are potential Grand Slam Champions, all having previously held three major titles:
Men
- Carlito and Shinsuke Nakamura require a WWE World Heavyweight Championship, or WWE Universal Championship reign to complete the Grand Slam.
- John Cena and Sheamus require an Intercontinental Championship reign to complete the Grand Slam.
- Drew McIntyre, Braun Strowman, Big E and Cody Rhodes require a United States Championship reign to complete the Grand Slam.
Women
- IYO SKY requires a WWE Women's Championship reign to complete the Grand Slam.
- Alexa Bliss and Bianca Belair require an NXT Women's Championship reign to complete the Grand Slam.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
The first Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) Grand Slam champion 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!, Impact! TV announcer Mike Tenay stated that Styles had become the first TNA Grand Slam champion by capturing the World Heavyweight (NWA or TNA), World Tag Team (NWA or TNA), TNA X Division, and TNA Legends/Global/Television Championships.
List of TNA Grand Slam Champions
The following is a list of TNA Grand Slam Champions with dates indicating when the wrestler first won the respective championship. Under TNA's definition of the Grand Slam Championship, wrestlers are eligible to be a multiple Grand Slam champion each time they complete a new circuit.
Thus far, only A.J. Styles has won the Grand Slam on more than one occasion, as well as being the only one to have held every eligible championship to qualify for the Grand Slam.
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.
The following wrestlers are potential Grand Slam Champions:
Current TNA wrestlers who are one title away from Grand Slam status include:
| Champion | Primary Championships | Tag Team Championships | Secondary Championships | Tertiary Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Heavyweight |
TNA World |
NWA World Tag Team |
TNA World Tag Team |
TNA X Division |
TNA Legends/Global/Television |
Impact Grand | |
| A.J. Styles | June 11, 2003 | September 20, 2009 | July 3, 2002 (with Jerry Lynn) |
October 14, 2007 (with Tomko) |
June 19, 2002 | March 15, 2009 | N/A
(not currently with Impact) |
| 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 | N/A (not under Impact control) |
April 13, 2008 | N/A (not under Impact control) |
July 15, 2007 (no partner) |
December 11, 2005 | September 27, 2012 | N/A
(not currently with Impact) |
| Eric Young | N/A (not under Impact control) |
April 10, 2014 | October 12, 2004 (with Bobby Roode) |
May 4, 2010 (with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) |
December 7, 2008 | October 18, 2009 | N/A (not currently with Impact) |
| Austin Aries | N/A (not under Impact control) |
July 8, 2012 | N/A(not under Impact control) | January 26, 2013 (with Bobby Roode) |
September 11, 2011 | N/A (title defunct) |
January 14, 2018 |
| Text | |
|---|---|
| Championships in italics | The title is an alternate title from the original definition of a Grand Slam Championship. |
| Dates | A date indicates the wrestlers first reign with that championship. |
| Dates in bold | The date the wrestler became a Grand Slam champion. |
| N/A | Indicates no future reigns possible due to the title no longer being under TNA control. |
Ring of Honor
In 2018, Ring of Honor (ROH) established their own version of the Grand Slam, which consists of the ROH World Championship, ROH World Television Championship, ROH Pure Championship, ROH World Tag Team Championship, and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Christopher Daniels is 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 Slam.
| Champion | Primary championships | Tag team championships | Secondary championships | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROH World | ROH World Tag Team | Six-Man | ROH World Television | ROH Pure | |
| Christopher Daniels | March 10, 2017 | September 21, 2002 (with Donovan Morgan) |
March 9, 2018 (with Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) |
December 10, 2010 | |
| Matt Taven | April 6, 2019 | September 18, 2015 (with Mike Bennett) |
December 2, 2016 (with TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) |
March 2, 2013 | |
| Jay Lethal | June 19, 2015 | December 13, 2019 (with Jonathan Gresham) |
August 13, 2011 | March 5, 2005 | |
Potential champions
The following active (or semi-active) ROH wrestlers are potential Grand Slam Champions, all having previously held three major titles:
- Samoa Joe requires the Tag Team Championship.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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.
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.
| Champion | Primary championship | Secondary championships | Tertiary championship | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWGP Heavyweight | IWGP United States Heavyweight | IWGP Intercontinental | NEVER Openweight | |
| Jay White | February 11, 2019 | January 28, 2018 | September 22, 2019 | May 3, 2021 |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | July 17, 2006 | August 14, 2021 | January 4, 2014 | January 30, 2021 |
Potential champions
The following active (or semi-active) ROH wrestlers are potential Grand Slam Champions, all having previously held three major titles:
- EVIL, Kota Ibushi and Tetsuya Naitō require the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.
Florida Championship Wrestling
List of FCW Grand Slam Champions
In FCW, a Grand Slam Champion is a wrestler who has won every championship that was available in FCW. All FCW titles were retired when FCW changed its name to NXT Wrestling.
| Champion | Primary Championship | Tag Team Championship | Secondary Championship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Heavyweight Championship | Florida Tag Team Championship | 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 |
