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Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
Date | September 20, 2023 (aired September 20 and 22, 2023) | ||
City | Flushing, Queens, New York | ||
Venue | Arthur Ashe Stadium | ||
Attendance | 11,000 [1] | ||
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The 2023 Grand Slam was the third annual Grand Slam professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on September 20, 2023, at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City. The two-part event was broadcast as special episodes of AEW's weekly television programs, Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage . Dynamite aired live on TBS while Rampage aired on tape delay on September 22 on TNT and was expanded to two hours for the Grand Slam special.
A total of 12 matches were held across the two episodes, with five broadcast live on Dynamite and seven taped for Rampage. In the main event of the Dynamite broadcast, MJF defeated Samoa Joe to retain the AEW World Championship. In the main event of the Rampage broadcast, The Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and "Hangman" Adam Page) defeated Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona) to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.
Grand Slam is an annual television special produced every September by the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2021. The event is held at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in the New York City borough of Queens and airs as a two-part special, encompassing the broadcasts of Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage . [2] [3] [4] On the June 28, 2023, episode of Dynamite, it was announced that the third annual Grand Slam would be held on September 20, with Dynamite airing live that night on TBS and Rampage airing on tape delay on September 22 on TNT with Rampage expanded to two hours for the Grand Slam special. [5] [6]
Grand Slam featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. [7] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision .
On the August 30 episode of Dynamite, it was revealed that there would be a tournament in which the winner would receive an AEW World Championship match against MJF at Dynamite: Grand Slam. [8] The tournament was won by Samoa Joe. [9]
On the September 6 episode of Dynamite, it was announced that on the next episode, a four-way match between Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., Hikaru Shida, Nyla Rose, and Toni Storm would take place to determine Saraya's challenger for the AEW Women's World Championship at Dynamite: Grand Slam. [10] The match was won by Storm. [9]
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times [11] | ||
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1 | Eddie Kingston (Strong) defeated Claudio Castagnoli (ROH) (with Wheeler Yuta) | Singles match for the ROH World and Strong Openweight Championships [12] | 15:15 | ||
2 | Chris Jericho defeated Sammy Guevara | Singles match [13] | 16:10 | ||
3 | Rey Fenix (with Alex Abrahantes) defeated Jon Moxley (c) | Singles match for the AEW International Championship [14] | 11:35 | ||
4 | Saraya (c) (with Ruby Soho) defeated Toni Storm | Singles match for the AEW Women's World Championship [15] | 8:30 | ||
5 | MJF (c) defeated Samoa Joe by technical submission | Singles match for the AEW World Championship [16] | 18:40 | ||
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Quarterfinals Dynamite (September 6, 2023) Rampage (September 8, 2023) | Semifinals Collision (September 9, 2023) | Final Dynamite (September 13, 2023) | ||||||||||||
Darby Allin | Sub | |||||||||||||
Nick Wayne | 14:55 [10] | |||||||||||||
Darby Allin | 14:45 [21] | |||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | |||||||||||||
Trent Beretta | 11:00 [10] | |||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | |||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | 11:00 [9] | |||||||||||||
Samoa Joe | Sub | |||||||||||||
Penta El Zero Miedo | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jay Lethal | 12:07 [22] | |||||||||||||
Penta El Zero Miedo | 15:00 [21] | |||||||||||||
Samoa Joe | Sub | |||||||||||||
Samoa Joe | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jeff Hardy | 8:31 [22] |
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