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The 2025Grand Slam Australia was aprofessional wrestling television special produced by the American companyAll Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was the fifthGrand Slam event and took place on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at theBrisbane Entertainment Centre inBrisbane, Queensland, Australia. The special wassimulcast onTNT andMax in the United States, airing ontape delay later that same day in place of AEW's regular Saturday night program,Collision.^[a] This was the first expansion of AEW's Grand Slam brand of events, which previously aired as special episodes of AEW's weekly programs, as well as AEW's first event inAustralia. A second Grand Slam in 2025 was subsequently scheduled for June asGrand Slam Mexico.

Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Australia's own"Timeless" Toni Storm defeatedMariah May to win her record-setting fourthAEW Women's World Championship. In another prominent match, which was the opening bout,Will Ospreay andKenny Omega defeatedThe Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher andKonosuke Takeshita).

Production

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Background

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Grand Slam is an annualprofessional wrestling television special produced by the American promotionAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2021. From its inception until 2024, the event was held in late September at theArthur Ashe Stadium in theNew York City borough ofQueens. It also originally aired as a two-part special—from 2021 to 2023, it encompassed the broadcasts ofWednesday Night Dynamite andFriday Night Rampage, while in 2024, it aired asDynamite andSaturday Night Collision.^[2]^[3]^[4]

DuringAll In on August 25, 2024, AEW announced that the fifth Grand Slam would be moved up towards the beginning of the year, taking place on Saturday, February 15, 2025. Additionally, the 2025 event was announced to be broadcast as a one-night event inBrisbane, Queensland, marking AEW's first event inAustralia, with the event subsequently branded as Grand Slam Australia.^[5] This announcement came shortly after AEW presidentTony Khan confirmed that the company were scouting venues to potentially hold an event in Australia in 2025.^[6]Suncorp Stadium, with a listed capacity of over 52,500, was originally slated to host the event,^[5] but on November 25, it was reported that AEW would be moving Grand Slam Australia, citing low ticket sales.^[7]^[8] The new venue was subsequently confirmed as theBrisbane Entertainment Centre, with a listed capacity of 13,500.^[9]

During the January 15, 2025, episode ofDynamite, it was confirmed that Grand Slam Australia would air on February 15 at 8:00 p.m.Eastern Time (ET) ontape delay in place ofCollision,simulcast onTNT andMax in the United States.^[10] However, due to a scheduling conflict with TNT's annualNBA All-Star Weekend coverage, Grand Slam Australia was slated to air at 10:30 p.m. ET, or whenever the All-Star coverage concluded, which ended up being 10:52 p.m.^[11]^[12] According to Khan, the opportunity to air Grand Slam Australia after the All-Star coverage was presented to AEW byWarner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of TNT and Max.^[13] On February 12, it was revealed thatGlobal Wars Australia, a co-promoted show with sister promotionRing of Honor, would be taped back-to-back with Grand Slam Australia.^[14]

There was some confusion among fans whether Grand Slam Australia would be alive pay-per-view (PPV) event, as AEW's original announcement never stated what kind of event it would be; according to Khan, the show was always planned to be a television special. He also stated that producing a live PPV from Australia would have been challenging, thinking that many U.S. viewers would not have watched it live due to thetime difference^[15]—the event occurred at 6:30 p.m.Australian Eastern Standard Time, which is 3:30 a.m. ET.^[16] This series of events sparked backlash among many attending fans, who felt scammed into believing Grand Slam Australia would be a bigger event, citing its original promotional presentation, while traveling fans reported increased costs and lack of refund options from the show's venue change.^[17]

Storylines

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Grand Slam Australia featuredprofessional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs,Dynamite andCollision.^[18]

On the July 10, 2024, episode ofDynamite,Mariah May, protégé of then-AEW Women's World Champion "Timeless" Toni Storm, won theOwen Hart Foundation Tournament to earn a title shot against Storm. Immediately after winning the tournament, May turned on Storm and then defeated her atAll In for the title. After losing the title, Storm went on hiatus for nearly four months. She returned on December 11 atDynamite: Winter is Coming, reprising her "Rockstar" persona, and acted as if she had just made her AEW debut. AtDynamite: Maximum Carnage, Storm won aCasino Gauntlet match to earn a title shot against May. AtCollision: Homecoming on January 25, 2025, during a face-to-face with May, Storm revealed that her reprisal of her "Rockstar" persona was a ruse and that she had been "Timeless" the entire time.^{[citation needed]}

Results

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Results

Stipulations

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Will Ospreay andKenny Omega defeatedDon Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher andKonosuke Takeshita) (withMark Davis) bypinfall

Tag team match^[19]