Author: Today in Pro Wrestling History: On July 18th, 1989, at a Saturday Night’s Main Event taping, The Brainbusters, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, defeated Demolition in a two-out-of-three fall match to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.
Today in Pro Wrestling History (July 18): The Brain Busters Make History on SNME
The bout would air on July 29, 1989. Their victory made Blanchard & Anderson the first team in history to have held both the WWF and NWA tag team championships.
We have another great article about Arn Anderson, take a look at it here: Arn Anderson on the nWo Spoof That Hurt His Family
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