August 9th 1980
Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales defeated the The Wild Samoans at Shea Stadium in New York City to win the WWF Tag Team titles. They won a best 2 out of 3 falls match by winning the first 2 falls. However, Bob Backlund was the reigning WWF Heavyweight champion and thus is was ruled he could not hold 2 titles at the same time. He and Pedro vacated the belts the day. One month later the Wild Samoans would regain the belts by winning a tournament to fill the vacated belts.
