Background in
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Grand Slam is an annual
professional wrestling television special produced by the American promotion
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since
2021. After holding two Grand Slam specials in 2025, first in
February in Australia and then in
June in Mexico, on August 24, 2025, at
Forbidden Door, AEW announced that they would return to Australia for the seventh Grand Slam event, scheduled for Saturday, February 14, 2026, at the
Qudos Bank Arena in
Sydney, New South Wales, with the event also promoted as Grand Slam Sydney. This was AEW's second Grand Slam held in the country, after the February 2025 event. AEW also announced House Rules: Brisbane, a
house show taking place the following day on February 15, 2026, at the
Brisbane Entertainment Centre in
Brisbane, Queensland, the same venue that hosted the February 2025 special. Tickets for the 2026 Grand Slam Australia went on sale on September 1.
Storylines Grand Slam Australia featured
professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and
storylines. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs,
Dynamite and
Collision. After
MJF successfully defended his the
AEW World Championship against
Bandido at
Dynamite: Maximum Carnage, he launched a post-match assault on Bandido.
Brody King charged the ring to save his partner, forcing MJF to flee. On the January 21 episode of
Dynamite, King confronted MJF, demanding a title shot. MJF dismissed him, claiming King was "all bark and no bite" and needed to beat "elite level talent" before earning a shot at the title. On the January 28 epsisode, King revealed he had met with Tony Khan to bypass MJF's stalling. They agreed on a World Title Eliminator Match the following week, where a victory for King would guarantee a title shot at Grand Slam Australia. King defeated MJF following a distraction from
"Hangman" Adam Page. During the
2025 Continental Classic,
Konosuke Takeshita defeated
Jon Moxley in a league match; Moxley ended up winning the overall tournament at
Worlds End in December 2025 to win the
AEW Continental Championship. On the January 31 episode of
Collision, Moxley publicly addressed the loss stating that Takeshita's victory motivated him. He then laid out a challenge to Takeshita for Grand Slam Australia with his Continental Championship on the line. ==Results==