{"id":7103,"date":"2017-08-15T14:04:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T18:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=7103"},"modified":"2017-08-27T22:02:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T02:02:37","slug":"grand-slambrose-dean-ambrose-verge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/08\/15\/grand-slambrose-dean-ambrose-verge\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Slambrose: Dean Ambrose On The Verge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every since the Shield<\/strong> broke up in 2014, the three members have gone on to very successful singles careers. But while Dean Ambrose<\/strong> was the vocal leader of the trio during their run together, Roman Reigns<\/strong> and Seth Rollins<\/strong> began to accumulate major titles faster than Ambrose – Reigns and Rollins had both had World title runs prior to Ambrose claiming his. But this Sunday at SummerSlam<\/strong><\/em>, Dean Ambrose has a chance to hit a milestone – not just personally, but in the WWE – that neither Rollins nor Reigns have yet to accomplish: become the 16th member of the WWE Grand Slam club.<\/p>\n

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In professional wrestling (most notably the WWE and GFW), a Grand Slam Champion is someone who has one four titles with the company: a World title, a Tag Team title, and two secondary singles\u00a0titles (the Intercontinental and US titles) or a secondary and tertiary (the Intercontinental plus either the European or\u00a0Hardcore).<\/p>\n

While many have decried that the Cruiserweight title should be considered part of the Grand Slam eligibility list, it appears because it’s a specific weight class, it isn’t available to every wrestler, so therefore is ineligible.<\/p>\n

Grand Slambrose: Dean Ambrose On The Verge<\/h2>\n

The\u00a0first man to do it in the WWF was “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels<\/strong> in 1997, when he won the WWF European Championship, adding to his trophy case of a WWF World Heavyweight title, WWF World Tag Team title, and WWF Intercontinental title (Shawn Michaels himself coined the term “Grand Slam Champion”). Since Michaels accomplished the feat, only fourteen other men in WWE history have been able to lay claim to the Grand Slam Champion tag.<\/p>\n

Triple H, 2001<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the WWF World Tag Team Titles with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, April 29, 2001
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWE World Heavyweight, WWF Intercontinental, WWF European, WWF World Tag Team<\/p>\n

Kane, 2001<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the WWF Intercontinental title, May 20, 1991
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWF World Heavyweight, WWF Intercontinental, WWF World Tag Team, WWF Hardcore<\/p>\n

Chris Jericho, 2001<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the WWF World title, December 9, 2001
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWF World Heavyweight, WWF Intercontinental, WWF World Tag Team, WWF European<\/p>\n

Kurt Angle, 2002<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the WWE Tag Team titles with Chris Benoit, October 20, 2002
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWF World Heavyweight, WWF Intercontinental, WWE Tag Team, WWF European<\/p>\n

Eddie Guerrero, 2004<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the World Heavyweight title, February 15, 2004
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: World Heavyweight, WWF Intercontinental, WWE Tag Team, WWF European<\/p>\n

Edge, 2006<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the WWE World title, January 8, 2006
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWE World Heavyweight, WWF Intercontinental, WWF World Tag Team, WWE United States<\/p>\n

Rob Van Dam, 2006<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the WWE World Heavyweight title, June 11, 2006
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWE World Heavyweight, WWE Intercontinental, WWE World Tag Team, WWF Hardcore<\/p>\n

Booker T, 2006<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the World Heavyweight title, July 23, 2006
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: World Heavyweight, WWE Intercontinental, WWF World Tag Team, WWF Hardcore<\/p>\n

Jeff Hardy, 2008<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the WWE World title, December 14, 2008
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWE World Heavyweight, WWE Intercontinental, WWF World Tag Team, WWF Hardcore<\/p>\n

JBL, 2009<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the WWE Intercontinental title, March 9, 2009
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWE World Heavyweight, WWE Intercontinental, WWF World Tag Team, WWF European<\/p>\n

Christian, 2011<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the World Heavyweight title, May 1, 2011
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: World Heavyweight, WWE Intercontinental, WWF World Tag Team, WWF European<\/p>\n

Big Show, 2012<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the Intercontinental title, April 1, 2012
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWF World Heavyweight, WWE Intercontinental, WWF World Tag Team, WWF Hardcore<\/p>\n

The Miz, 2012<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the Intercontinental title, July 23, 2012
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWE World Heavyweight, WWE Intercontinental, WWE United States, WWE Tag Team<\/p>\n

Daniel Bryan, 2015<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Accomplished by<\/strong>: Winning the Intercontinental title, March 29, 2015
\nGrand Slam<\/strong>: WWE World Heavyweight, WWE Intercontinental, WWE United States, WWE Tag Team<\/p>\n

With Dean Ambrose already having held the WWE World Heavyweight title, WWE Intercontinental title and WWE United States title, he needs just the a run as WWE Tag Team champ to complete the circuit (Reigns and Rollins both only have World, United States and Tag Team). And this Sunday at SummerSlam, should the reunited Ambrose and Rollins defeat Sheamus and Cesaro for the Raw Tag Team titles, then WWE’s resident lunatic fringe will become the 16th man in WWE history to join the Grand Slam Championship club.<\/p>\n

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