AEW Grand Slam is a series of

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s produced by the American

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(AEW). The event was established in 2021 and originally aired as a two-part special, encompassing the broadcasts of '' Wednesday Night Dynamite'' and '' Friday Night Rampage'' from 2021 to 2023, and then ''Dynamite'' and '' Saturday Night Collision'' in 2024. The event was also originally held annually in late September. For 2025, AEW scheduled two Grand Slam events, the first, Grand Slam Australia, which was held in February as a one-night standalone special, and then the second, Grand Slam Mexico, for June, which will be held in partnership with the Mexican promotion

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. The inaugural 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

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. Grand Slam would subsequently continue to be held annually at the Arthur Ashe Stadium until 2025. The February 2025 event was AEW's first event in

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, while the June 2025 event will be AEW's first event in

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History

Due to the

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that began affecting the industry in mid-March 2020,

(AEW) held the majority of their

programs from

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; 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

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at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Grand Slam marked AEW's first event held in

, which is primarily known as home territory for

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, 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

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es were taped to be shown as the September 27 episode of AEW's

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show, ''

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''. 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

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(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

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. ''Collision'' was taped the same night as ''Dynamite'' to air on tape delay on September 28. During All In on August 25, 2024, AEW announced that the 2025 Grand Slam would be held on February 15, 2025, at the

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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, with the event branded as Grand Slam Australia. Reportedly due to low ticket sales, however, the event was relocated to the smaller

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. 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,

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on TNT and

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, 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

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, marking the company's first event in

. Grand Slam Mexico will also be held in partnership with the Mexican promotion

(CMLL) and it will air as a special episode of ''Dynamite''.

Events

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* {{All Elite Wrestling events, Grand Slam Recurring events established in 2021

History

Events

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