Today in Wrestling History (July 18th)

July 18th 1989:

Demolition lost the WWF Tag Team titles to The Brain Busters on Saturday Night's Main Event.

Ending the longest reign in history to that point at 478 days.

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1989 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Year

The Brain Busters

(Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson)

Tag Team Champions (1980s)

Gino Hernandez and Tully Blanchard

5 time Southwest Tag Team Champions

Awarded the titles after they were vacated by Coloso Colosetti and Killer Tim Brooks in September 1981.

Defeated Wahoo McDaniel and Terry Funk for their 2nd reign 1981

Defeated Ricky Morton and Ken Lucas for the their 3rd reign  1982

Defeated Morton and Lucas again on August 24th 1982  for their 4th reign

Defeated The Grapplers (Len Denton and Tony Anthony) on March 21st 1983 for their 5th and final Southwest Tag Team championship.   The titles were vacated as Blanchard attacked Hernandez right after winning the belts.

10 Best WWE Tag Team Champions Ever

The Four Horsemen inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame 2012.

2012

The Four Horseman inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame

1988 Crockett Cup Champions

Sting and Lex Luger

1988 Crockett Cup Tag Team Tournament Champions

The Brain Busters

July 18th 1989

The Brain Busters, Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson
 (with Bobby Heenan) defeated 

Demolition to win the WWF Tag Team Titles 
during a taping of Saturday Nights Main Event

in Worcester, MA.

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Magnum T.A.

2 time NWA US Heavyweight Champion

(March 23rd 1985 defeated Wahoo McDaniel)

(November 28th 1985 defeated Tully Blanchard at "Starrcade 85")

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Day

June 1988

The Four Horsemen inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame 2012. (FULL SPEECH)

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The Four Horseman Part 13 and 14

The Four Horseman Series Parts 11 and 12

The Four Horseman

The Four Horseman Part 8, 9, 10

Four Horsemen part 7

Four Horsemen part 6

Four Horsemen part 5

Four Horsemen part 4

The Four Horseman Part 2

Here is the 2nd Part of the "Four Horseman" collection

Four Horsemen part 1

Part one of the "The Four Horseman"

Great American Bash 1987 on Tour

25 years ago this week the NWA was holding The Great American Bash on Tour and July 18th 1987 it was in  Charlotte  North Carolina at Memorial Stadium

Here is the match lineup
What you see in the video is the edited to 1 hour presentation on NWA Pro Wrestling TV

• Kendall Windham, Jimmy Valiant and LazerTron defeated Sean Royal, Gladiator #1 and Gladiator #2

LazerTron was Hector Guerrero and the Gladiators were Gary Royal and George South.

• Chris Adams defeated Black Bart (with Skandor Akbar)  (Not Shown)
• NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba Rogers (with Skandor Akbar)
• Steve Williams and Terry Gordy defeated Eddie Gilbert and Dick Murdoch in a Bunkhouse match
• (Not Shown)
• The Fabulous Freebirds defeated NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express (with Jim Cornette) by disqualification.
• NWA World Tag Team Champions The Rock 'n' Roll Express def. The MOD Squad
• Road Warrior Animal (with Paul Ellering) defeated Arn Anderson (with James J. Dillon) in a Taped Fist match  (Not Shown)
• NWA United States Champion Lex Luger (with James J. Dillon) defeated Nikita Koloff  (Not Shown)
• NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair (with James J. Dillon) defeated Road Warrior Hawk (with Paul Ellering) by disqualification to retain the title  (Not Shown)
• Dusty Rhodes (with Barry Windham) defeated Tully Blanchard (with James J. Dillon and Dark Journey) in a "lights-out" Barbed Wire Ladder match for $100,000.