Today in Wrestling History (June 26th)

JUNE 26th 1983

The Sheik's Army (Ken Patera and Jerry "Crusher" Blackwell) defeat the High Flyers (Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell) to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship in Minneapolis, MN.

Patera and Blackwell would hold the title for 315 days.

They would lose the titles on May 6th 1984 Green Bay, WI to 

The Crusher and Baron Von Raschke.

AWA World Tag Team Title

1983 -  its the AWA Tag Team Champions, The Sheiks (Jerry Blackwell and Ken Patera) managed by Sheik Adnan Al Kassie  defending against the team of Mad Dog Vachon and Dick the Bruiser.

Minneapolis Minnesota
(this is near the end but its still fun to watch to crazies like Bruiser and Vachon tag together.  What are the odds a match involving those 2 would end in a double DQ with them just beating the daylights out of Blackwell and Patera, such good stuff.