AEW Grand Slam is a series of professional wrestling television specials produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event was established in 2021 and is typically broadcast as special episodes of AEW's weekly television programs.

The event was originally held annually in late September. From 2021 to 2023, Grand Slam aired as a two-part special, encompassing the broadcasts of Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage, while in 2024, it aired as Dynamite and Saturday Night Collision. In 2025, the event became an international attraction with multiple Grand Slam events held per year. AEW held two separate Grand Slam specials in 2025. The first was Grand Slam Australia in February, which was a one-night standalone special, and then the second was Grand Slam Mexico in June, which aired as a special episode of Dynamite and was held in partnership with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Grand Slam Australia and Grand Slam Mexico returned in February and August 2026, respectively, with a third, Grand Slam France, scheduled for October at the Adidas Arena.

The inaugural 2021 event was AEW's first event to take place entirely within a stadium, which was the Arthur Ashe Stadium, as well as the promotion's first event held in New York City. Grand Slam would subsequently continue to be held annually at the Arthur Ashe Stadium until 2025. The respective February and June 2025 events were AEW's first events in Australia and Mexico. Three Grand Slams were scheduled to be held in 2026, with the first two returning AEW to Australia and Mexico, and the third marking the promotion's first event in France.

History Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in mid-March 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held the majority of their professional wrestling programs from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida; these events were originally held without fans, but the company began running shows at 10–15% capacity in August, before eventually running full capacity shows in May 2021. In June, AEW announced that they would be returning to live touring, beginning with a special episode of Wednesday Night Dynamite titled Road Rager on July 7. Shortly after, AEW announced that their September 22 episode would be another special episode of Dynamite titled Grand Slam. The event was scheduled to be held in the New York City borough of Queens, New York at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Grand Slam marked AEW's first event held in New York City, which is primarily known as home territory for WWE, as well as their first full event to be held in a stadium.

During the September 15 episode of Dynamite, AEW announced that Grand Slam was expanded to a two-part event. The second part was announced to air on tape delay as the September 24 episode of Friday Night Rampage, which also aired for two hours instead of its usual one-hour. Additionally, three dark matches were taped to be shown as the September 27 episode of AEW's YouTube show, Elevation.

On May 11, 2022, AEW president Tony Khan confirmed that Grand Slam would return to the Arthur Ashe Stadium later that year and the show would continue forward as an annual event at the same venue. During the Forbidden Door pay-per-view (PPV) on June 26, the 2022 Grand Slam's date was confirmed for September 21, with Dynamite airing live that night and Rampage airing on tape delay on September 23.

The 2024 event was announced on June 30, 2024, and scheduled for September 25. Unlike the prior three years, the 2024 event was announced to air as Dynamite on TBS and Saturday Night Collision, which premiered in June 2023 on TNT. Collision was taped the same night as Dynamite and aired on tape delay on September 28.

During All In on August 25, 2024, AEW announced Grand Slam Australia for February 15, 2025, at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, breaking Grand Slam's tradition of being held as an annual two-part special at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in late September. The event was also reduced to one night and was AEW's first event to be held in Australia. Reportedly due to low ticket sales, however, the event was relocated to the smaller Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Although it was never announced as such, it was originally believed that Grand Slam Australia would be broadcast as a PPV event. However, during the January 15, 2025, episode of Dynamite, it was confirmed that the event would again be a television special, simulcast on TNT and Max, airing on tape delay that night in place of Collision.

On April 16, 2025, AEW scheduled a second Grand Slam event for the year to be held on June 18 at Arena México in Mexico City, marking the company's first event in Mexico. Grand Slam Mexico was also held in partnership with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and it aired as a special episode of Dynamite with a runtime of 2.5 hours instead of Dynamites regular two hours.

Events #EventDateCityVenueMain eventRef.1Grand Slam (2021)Night 1:DynamiteSeptember 22, 2021Flushing, Queens, New YorkArthur Ashe StadiumDr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (c) vs. Ruby Soho for the AEW Women's World ChampionshipNight 2:RampageSeptember 22, 2021Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer) in a Lights Out match2Grand Slam (2022)Night 1:DynamiteSeptember 21, 2022Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley for the vacant AEW World ChampionshipNight 2:RampageSeptember 21, 2022Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Ricky Starks in a Lights Out match3Grand Slam (2023)Night 1:DynamiteSeptember 20, 2023MJF (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the AEW World ChampionshipNight 2:RampageSeptember 20, 2023Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona) (c) vs. The Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and "Hangman" Adam Page) for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship4Grand Slam (2024)Night 1:DynamiteSeptember 25, 2024Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin for Allin's AEW World Championship opportunity Night 2:CollisionSeptember 25, 2024Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Sammy Guevara in an AEW Continental Championship Eliminator match5Grand Slam Australia (2025)February 15, 2025Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaBrisbane Entertainment CentreMariah May (c) vs. "Timeless" Toni Storm for the AEW Women's World Championship6Grand Slam Mexico (2025)DynamiteJune 18, 2025Mexico City, MexicoArena MéxicoThe Beast Mortos, Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta), and The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) vs. Will Ospreay, Swerve Strickland, and The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata),7Grand Slam Australia (2026)February 14, 2026Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaQudos Bank ArenaMJF (c) vs. Brody King for the AEW World Championship8Grand Slam Mexico (2026)August 5, 2026Mexico City, MexicoArena MéxicoWill Ospreay vs. Mark Davis in a Mexico City Street Fight9Grand Slam FranceOctober 6, 2026Paris, FranceAdidas ArenaWill Ospreay (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the AEW World Championship

See also List of All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view events List of All Elite Wrestling special events List of AEW Collision special episodes List of AEW Dynamite special episodes List of AEW Rampage special episodes

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