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Despite all their WWE achievements, here are five legends who are surprisingly not Grand Slam Champions.
Originally, WWE Superstars had to win a World Title, the Tag Team Titles, the Intercontinental Title, and the European Championship or the Hardcore Championship to become Grand Slam Champions. After retiring both the Hardcore and the European Championship, WWE recognized the United States Championship as the fourth title needed to complete the Grand Slam.
The likes of AJ Styles, Randy Orton and Roman Reigns already have this accolade. However, these five legends, who seem to have done it all in WWE, are not among that list. Each of them fell one or two titles short of becoming a Grand Slam Champion.
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A few of them have already missed their chance at capturing these missing titles, mainly because of their age. Others, however, still have the opportunity. Two of the five wrestlers recently returned to WWE.
Here are five WWE Legends who are surprisingly not Grand Slam Champions.
#5. The Rock
The Rock is a global icon and one of the most accomplished WWE Superstars of all time. He debuted in 1996 and soon became Intercontinental Champion. The Brahma Bull spent eight years as a regular competitor in WWE.
Besides winning the Intercontinental title for a second time, The Rock became a five-time Tag Team Champion, a two-time WCW Champion, and a seven-time WWE Champion.
In 2004, the 49-year-old retired to become an actor. In the following years, he made sporadic appearances. However, his feud with John Cena in 2011 led to a square-off between the two superstars a year later at WrestleMania 28.
In 2013, The Rock made another return to WWE to challenge CM Punk for the WWE Championship. He successfully defeated The Best in the World at the 2013 Royal Rumble pay-per-view to add another world title to his tally, becoming an eight-time WWE Champion. He lost the title less than four months later to Cena at WrestleMania.
The Great One wrestled his last match at WrestleMania 32 against Eric Rowan and has not competed since.
Throughout The Rock's career, he never won the European Championship, the Hardcore Championship, or the United States Championship. Failing to win any of these titles prevented The Most Electrifying Man in All of Entertainment from having his name on the list of Grand Slam Champions in WWE.
#4. Goldberg
Before becoming a WWE Hall of Famer, Goldberg made a name for himself in WCW. Like The Rock, Goldberg kicked off his wrestling career in the mid-1990s. He spent nearly four years in WCW, where he became one of its biggest stars.
During his time in WCW, Goldberg won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Tag Team Championships, and the WCW United States Championship. However, in 2001, he found himself out of a job following WWE's purchase of Ted Turner's company.
In 2003, Goldberg joined WWE for a brief run that lasted about a year and saw him win the World Heavyweight Championship once. He would not return to Vince McMahon's company until nearly 12 years later, in 2016. Following his return, he captured the Universal Title twice.
Despite all his accomplishments, Goldberg is not a Grand Slam Champion. He has never won the Intercontinental Championship or the WWE United States Title. Despite them being prestigious titles, the 54-year-old never chased them as he focused all his attention on capturing the major titles in WWE.
After a few months of absence, Goldberg recently returned to WWE to challenge Bobby Lashley for the WWE Title. The two powerhouses will go head-to-head at SummerSlam.
#3. Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan was WWE's alpha male in 1980s and early 1990s. The Hulkster left WWE in late 1993 and joined its rival WCW the following year. However, he returned to Vince McMahon's company in 2002 after the fall of WCW. His return saw him continue his successful runs.
Throughout his WWE career, Hogan won the WWE Championship six times and the Tag Team Titles once. He also won the World Heavyweight Championship six times in WCW.
Despite wrestling for decades, Hulk Hogan never won the Intercontinental Championship, the United States Championship, the European Title, or the Hardcore Title. That prevented him from becoming a Grand Slam Champion.
The 68-year-old has not competed in a WWE ring since 2006. His last match came against Randy Orton at the 2006 SummerSlam, in which he came out victorious. He had his last match nine years ago and has not competed since.
Hogan was recently inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame for the second time as part of the NWO. Considering his age, it is unlikely that he will ever become a Grand Slam Champion in WWE.
#2. Ric Flair
Like Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair is a two-time WWE Hall of Famer. He holds many accolades and records to his name, but he is not a Grand Slam Champion.
Flair kicked off his wrestling career in early 1970s. After working on different promotions, The Nature Boy joined WWE in 1991 to become one of its biggest stars. The 72-year-old had several runs with WWE, where he won the World Heavyweight Championship, Intercontinental Championship, and Tag Team Championships.
The Nature Boy also wrestled in NWA and WCW for several years. He won many titles, including the World Heavyweight Title and the NWA United States Championship.
Unfortunately for Flair, he never won the European Title or the Hardcore Championship. He also never won the United States Championship in WWE. Hence, he never became a Grand Slam Champion.
This month, WWE announced the release of Ric Flair from his contract. It seems impossible that the 72-year-old will ever become a Grand Slam Champion in WWE.
#1. John Cena
The WWE Universe might not believe it, but John Cena is not a Grand Slam Champion.
The Leader of the Cenation has won many titles since his debut on SmackDown in 2002. He is now a 16-time World Champion, five-time United States Champion, and four-time Tag Team Champion.
Despite all his achievements and being WWE's top guy for over a decade, one title is still missing from Cena's accolades, the Intercontinental Championship.
The 44-year-old has had a couple of shots at the Intercontinental Championship over the years. His first title match came against Bad News Barrett during WWE's 2015 tour in Abu Dhabi. Although Cena won the match by disqualification, he did not capture the championship.
Nearly two years later, the 16-time World Champion challenged then-Intercontinental Champion Roman Reigns for the title at the WWE MSG Show. The Tribal Chief pinned Cena to retain his title.
Cena and Reigns will square off again in a few days at SummerSlam. Cena recently returned to WWE after a long absence to challenge The Head of the Table for the Universal Championship.
