SummerSlam 2017 saw numerous titles change hands. One of
those titles was the Raw Tag Team Championship. The team of Dean Ambrose and
Seth Rollins defeated Cesaro and Sheamus and were crowned as the new kings of
the tag team division. For Seth Rollins, the win marked the second time he was
part of a tag team championship team as he previously held the belts with Roman
Reigns. For Ambrose, this is the first time he has held tag team championship
gold, and it also granted him access to a very exclusive club in WWE: the grand
slam champion’s club.
In WWE, a grand slam champion is a wrestler who has won the
tag team championships, two secondary titles, and the world title. It is a very
short list that is filled with some of the most elite wrestlers in history.
Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Daniel Bryan,
and Chris Jericho are some of the wrestlers who have accomplished the feat.
While these wrestlers are current and future hall of famers, not every legend
and big name wrestler can call themselves a grand slam champ. As of the writing
of this post, there have only been 16 grand slam champions, and guys The Rock,
Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Randy Orton, and John Cena are not on that
list of grand slam champions.
As I said earlier, a grand slam champion must win two
secondary titles, the tag team titles and the world title. Dean Ambrose has won
the United States Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, the Raw Tag
Team Championship, and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The last jewel
in his grand slam crown was the Raw Tag Team championship which he won at
SummerSlam. The win not only made him the 16th grand slam champion,
but it also made him the youngest grand slam champion in history. Congrats to
Dean Amrbose on the accomplishment!
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