JBL Is Mad at WWE For Their “Grand Slam Champions” List

WWE.com posted a list of their “Grand Slam” championship winners, meaning wrestlers who have won “every active championship.” Their description is:

What exactly qualifies a Grand Slam Champion in WWE has changed several times as the roster of championships has, and only eight Superstars had managed to meet the current set of criteria: Intercontinental Champion, United States Champion, either the Raw (formerly WWE) or SmackDown Tag Team Championship and either active heavyweight title — as in, WWE Championship or, now, the Universal Championship. That is, until Raw, when the ranks of Grand Slam Champions grew by one.

There are 9 wrestlers who have won in the “current format,” which includes the US title and is after the European and Hardcore titles became defunct. JBL is a grand slam champion in the “original format,” which includes the European and Hardcore titles. The original format includes 11 other guys who were also not on WWE’s list. WWE’s article was listing only the 9 in the current format, as they point out in the opening text, but JBL obviously did not realize that and posted this on Twitter:

Only a handful of Superstars have managed to pull this off! https://t.co/emDJPGmGOf

— WWE (@WWE) November 25, 2017

Hey @WWE you sure this list is complete? Might should check your facts. Leave a Wrestling God off the list? https://t.co/jjFi8roJmV

— John Layfield (@JCLayfield) November 25, 2017

I win US Title, Intercontinental Title, Tag Titles and WWE Title-Grand Slam Champion, and @WWE puts out a list and omits me? Come on man!

— John Layfield (@JCLayfield) November 25, 2017