The Grand Slam Championship is an accomplishment in professional wrestling. It is a distinction made to a professional wrestler who has won four specific championships in World Wrestling Entertainment or Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The four titles typically feature three levels of singles championships and a tag team championship. As a result, a Grand Slam Champion is also inherently a Triple Crown Champion, which consists of only two levels of singles titles and a tag team title.

Contents 1 World Wrestling Entertainment 1.1 List of WWE Grand Slam Champions 1.2 List of potential WWE Grand Slam Champions 2 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 2.1 List of TNA Grand Slam Champions 2.2 List of potential TNA Grand Slam Champions 3 See also 4 References

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment

In World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the World Wrestling Federation) the term "Grand Slam Champion" was originally used by Shawn Michaels to describe himself upon winning the European Championship on September 20, 1997. Michaels was the current WWF Champion and European Champion and has previously held the Intercontinental Championship and the Tag Team Championship with Diesel.^[1]

In 2001, WWF.com 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 Champion 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 Champion on WWE.com, having won the WWE, WWE Tag Team, Intercontinental, and European Championship, indicating that WWE considers 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 Championship. They included the WWE, World Heavyweight, World Tag Team, Intercontinental, and European Championship. The inclusion of the World Heavyweight Championship indicated that WWE considers the title to be an acceptable substitute for the WWE Championship in completing the Grand Slam.^[1]

At ECW One Night Stand in 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. 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 WWE Great American Bash 2006. Booker has held the World Tag Team, Intercontinental, and Hardcore titles^[6]

As of November 20, 2009, ten wrestlers have held a combination of the four championships to complete the Grand Slam (six of them holding a modified version, as compared to the original definition). As the European Championship and Hardcore Championships were unified with the Intercontinental Championship on July 22 and August 27, 2002, respectively, the number of future potential Grand Slam Champions is limited to wrestlers who have held the European or Hardcore Championships (see list of WWE European Champions and list of WWE Hardcore Champions). WWE has yet to declare the ECW Championship or WWE United States Championship to be acceptable substitutes for Primary and Secondary Championships in order to complete the Grand Slam or Triple Crown Championships, possibly for not having originated in WWE.

[edit] List of WWE Grand Slam Champions

Champion	Primary Championships		Tag Team Championships		Secondary Championships	Tertiary Championships
	WWE	World Heavyweight	World Tag Team	WWE Tag Team	Intercontinental	European	Hardcore
Shawn Michaels[1]	March 31, 1996	November 17, 2002	August 28, 1994 (with Diesel)		October 27, 1992	September 20, 1997	no future reign possible1
Triple H[7]	August 23, 1999	September 2, 2002	April 29, 2001 (with Stone Cold Steve Austin)		October 21, 1996	December 11, 1997	no future reign possible1
Kane[3][4]	June 28, 1998		July 13, 1998 (with Mankind)		May 20, 2001	no future reign possible2	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[5]	October 22, 2000	January 10, 2006	no future reign possible3	October 20, 2002 (with Chris Benoit)	February 27, 2000	February 8, 2000	September 10, 2001
Eddie Guerrero	February 15, 2004	no future reign possible4	no future reign possible4	November 17, 2002 (with Chavo Guerrero)	September 5, 2000	April 3, 2000	no future reign possible14
Rob Van Dam[6]	June 11, 2006	no future reign possible3	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 possible3	July 23, 2006	October 30, 2001 (with Test)	no future reign possible3	July 7, 2003	no future reign possible23	May 4, 2002
Jeff Hardy	December 14, 2008	June 7, 2009	June 29, 1999 (with Matt Hardy)	no future reign possible3	April 10, 2001	July 8, 2002	July 12, 2001
John "Bradshaw" Layfield	June 27, 2004	no future reign possible3	May 25, 1999 (with Faarooq)	no future reign possible3	March 9, 2009	October 22, 2001	June 3, 2002

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.
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 that the same level.
no future reign possible	The wrestler cannot have a reign with this championship belt.
Name colors
	Won the Grand Slam under the original definition.
	Won the Grand Slam with an alternate title.
	Won the Grand Slam with an alternate title but has won all the titles under the original definition.
Date colors
	Won title as a member of the Raw brand.
	Won title as a member of the ECW brand.
	Won title as a member of the SmackDown! brand.
	Won title before the WWE Brand Extension.
Notes
1 ^ The Hardcore Championship was unified with the Intercontinental Championship on August 27, 2002, so future reigns with this championship are not possible.
2 ^ The European Championship was unified with the Intercontinental Championship on July 22, 2002, so future reigns with this championship are not possible.
3 ^ The wrestler is no longer employed by World Wrestling Entertainment, so future reigns are not currently possible.
4 ^ The wrestler is deceased, so future reigns are not possible.

[edit] List of potential WWE Grand Slam Champions

The following is a list of all WWE contracted wrestlers (with championships won at three levels, at a minimum) that can complete the Grand Slam by winning one championship. Those who are deceased, retired or otherwise not employed with WWE anymore are not listed.

Champion	Primary Championships		Tag Team Championships		Secondary Championships	Tertiary Championships
	WWE	World Heavyweight	World Tag Team	WWE Tag Team	Intercontinental	European	Hardcore
Big Show	Y	unneeded	Y	Y	N	inactive	Y
Christian	N	N	Y	unneeded	Y	Y	Y
Goldust	N	N	Y	unneeded	Y	inactive	Y
The Undertaker	Y	Y	Y	unneeded	N	inactive	Y
William Regal	N	N	Y	unneeded	Y	Y	Y

Y	The championship has been won.
N	The championship has not been won and is needed to complete their Grand Slam.
unneeded	The championship is not needed to complete their Grand Slam since a championship at the same level has already been won.
inactive	The championship is no longer in existence, so potential reigns are not possible.

[edit] 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, World Tag Team (NWA or TNA), TNA X Division, and TNA Legends Championships.^[8][9]

[edit] List of TNA Grand Slam Champions

The following is a list of TNA Grand Slam Champions with dates indicating the wrestler's first reign with the respective championship.

Champion	Primary Championships		Tag Team Championships		Secondary Championships	Tertiary Championships
	NWA World Heavyweight	TNA World Heavyweight	NWA World Tag Team	TNA World Tag Team	TNA X Division	TNA Global
A.J. Styles[8]	June 11, 2003	September 20, 2009	July 3, 2002 (with Jerry Lynn)	October 14, 2007 (with Tomko)	June 19, 2002	March 15, 2009

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.

[edit] List of potential TNA Grand Slam Champions

Champion	Primary Championships		Tag Team Championships		Secondary Championships	Tertiary Championships
	NWA World Heavyweight	TNA World Heavyweight	NWA World Tag Team	TNA World Tag Team	TNA X Division	TNA Global
Samoa Joe	inactive	Y	inactive	Y	Y	N
Kurt Angle	inactive	Y	inactive	Y	Y	N
Eric Young	inactive	N	Y	Y	Y	Y

Y	The championship has been won.
N	The championship has not been won and is needed to complete their Grand Slam.
inactive	The championship is no longer active in TNA, so potential reigns are not possible.

[edit] See also

• Triple Crown Championship

[edit] References

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