Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in mid-March 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held the majority of their professional wrestling programs from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida;[1] these events were originally held without fans, but the company began running shows at 10–15% capacity in August, before eventually running full capacity shows in May 2021.

[2] In June, AEW announced that they would be returning to live touring, beginning with a special episode of Wednesday Night Dynamite titled Road Rager on July 7.

[6] On May 11, 2022, AEW president Tony Khan confirmed that Grand Slam would return to the Arthur Ashe Stadium later that year and the show would continue forward as an annual event at the same venue.

Unlike the prior three years, the 2024 event was announced to air as Dynamite on TBS and Saturday Night Collision, which premiered in June 2023 on TNT.

However, during the January 15, 2025, episode of Dynamite, it was confirmed that the event would be a television special, simulcast on TNT and Max, airing on tape delay that night in place of Collision.