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. Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... This article is about the sport. ... A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ... A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... In professional wrestling, a Triple Crown Champion is a term describing a wrestler who has won the three most prestigious belts of their promotion - typically a heavyweight belt, a tag team belt, and a second-tier belt. ...

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 World Tag Team Championship. As of 2006, only seven 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). World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Michael Shawn James Hickenbottom (born on July 22, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. ... The WWE Championship belt, April 11 2005 – August 20, 2006; September 18, 2006 – present The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship is a professional wrestling title. ... The WWE Intercontinental Championship belt The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling title. ... The WWF/E European Championship belt The WWE European Championship is a former title competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment. ... The World Tag Team Championship belt (2002 to present) The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The following is the title history of the WWE European Championship. ...

In 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment stated, "Michaels was the first-ever Grand Slam Champion, capturing the European Championship once, the World Tag Team Championship three times, the Intercontinental Championship three times and the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships a total of four times." ^[1] This indicates that WWE considers the World Heavyweight Championship to be an acceptable substitute for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship (renamed the WWE Championship in 2002) in completing the Grand Slam. No wrestlers have completed the Grand Slam under this revised definition. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Michael Shawn James Hickenbottom (born on July 22, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In April 2006, Kurt Angle was described as a "former Grand Slam Champion" in a WWE auction, indicating that WWE considers the WWE Tag Team Championship to be an acceptable substitute for the World Tag Team Championship. ^[2] Including Angle, two wrestlers have completed the Grand Slam under this revised definition. April 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Events 1 April 2006 (Saturday) Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ... Kurt Steven Angle (born on December 9, 1968) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). ... WWE Tag Team Championship belt. ...

On the August 4, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, John "Bradshaw" Layfield compared himself to golfer Tiger Woods, stating that just as Woods had won golf's Grand Slam, he (Layfield) had won "wrestling's Grand Slam". This indicates that WWE considers the WWE United States Championship to be an acceptable substitute for the Intercontinental Championship. Thus far, Layfield is the only wrestler to have completed the Grand Slam under this revised definition. WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... John Bradshaw Layfield, or JBL (born John Charles Layfield on November 29, 1967) is an American former professional wrestler. ... This list of golf players, known as golfers includes the most notable players of the sport, who are almost exclusively professionals in the sport. ... Eldrick Tiger Woods (born December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California) is an American golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. ... The Grand Slam in mens golf is an offical concept, having changed over time. ... WWE United States Championship belt. ...

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. Championships in italics are not under the original Grand Slam definition but are alternate titles. 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.

    --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

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Potential champions

• Val Venis, William Regal, Jeff Hardy, Test, Jeff Jarrett, and Christian Cage require to win either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship to complete the Grand Slam.

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World Championship Wrestling

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Though it was never officially designated as such, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) had a set of championships that could be viewed as analogous to the original WWE Grand Slam. Those titles are the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, the WCW United States Championship, the WCW World Television Championship, and the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt (1994-2001) The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was the primary championship in the World Championship Wrestling professional wrestling organization. ... The WWE United States Championship is formally the WCW United States Championship but is now a WWE title exclusive to the SmackDown! brand. ... WCW World Television Championship. ... The WCW World Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 2001, when the promotion closed. ...

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External links

• An article on the Grand Slam Champions