Grand Slam Champion 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 . Seven wrestlers have been recognized as Grand Slam winners under these new parameters ( including four 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 . As of April 3 2017 , 15 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 . Potential champions . The following active ( or semi - active ) WWE wrestlers are potential Grand Slam Champions , all having previously held three major titles : 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 . Current TNA wrestlers who are one title away from Grand Slam status include : 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 .