The Wolves The Wolves are the professional wrestling tag team of Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards . They are currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) where they former two time tag team champions . They are best known for their time in Ring of Honor ( ROH ) and Squared Circle Wrestling ( 2CW ) , where they have won the Tag Team Championships of both companies . The two started out as members of Larry Sweeney ' s alliance Sweet N ' Sour Inc but forged a tag team on their own . As well as being a tag team unit , the two wrestlers have had strong singles careers , with Edwards being ROH ' s first World Television Champion and Richards chasing the ROH World Championship . They were originally managed by Shane Hagadorn when they portrayed villainous characters , but later abandoned him to become fan favourites . History . Ring of Honor . On the hunt ( 2008 – 2009 ) . In April 2008 , Eddie Edwards joined Sweet N ' Sour Inc and later in June , Davey Richards attacked his No Remorse Corps teammate Roderick Strong to join the group . Despite being part of the group , the two teamed together for the first time on 27 September in England as part of the independent wrestling supercard , " Eve of Indypendence " against the Briscoe Brothers . It would not be until Boxing Day that Edwards and Richards formally wrestled as the American Wolves , unveiled by Sweeney and accompanied by him , competing in a Three - Way Elimination Tag Team match at " All - Star Extravaganza IV " . Though they eliminated the European Union ( Nigel McGuinness and Claudio Castagnoli ) , they lost the match after a Jaydrilla from the Briscoe Brothers . The following day at ROH ' s annual " Final Battle " event they teamed with Go Shiozaki on behalf of Sweet N ' Sour Inc only to lose again to Strong , Brent Albright and Erick Stevens in a Street Fight at the Hammerstein Ballroom . Later in the evening , the team attacked the Briscoe Brothers , handcuffing Jay to the ropes while attacking Mark as a storyline cover for an injury he had suffered . ROH World Tag Team Champions Kevin Steen and El Generico came to the Briscoes ' aid , with Strong and Albright also helping conquer the Wolves . The team picked up their first wins in January 2009 , beating Strong twice with different partners , Stevens and Jay Briscoe . This earned them a match for the Tag Team Championship against Kevin Steen and El Generico in the main event of " Motor City Madness " . During the match Sweeney tried to attack Kevin Steen with his boot , but Albright chased him to the back and the champions retained . Two months later , accompanied by stablemate Chris Hero in a Six - Man Tag match they beat Steen and Generico who had Bobby Dempsey on their tea and earned themselves another championship match at " Seventh Anniversary Show " . Before then , on 14 March , the Wolves attacked Steen ' s knee at " Insanity Unleashed " after a title defence ; Generico distracted them later in the night causing them to lose their match . On 21 March at the anniversary show , the title match was given a no - disqualification stipulation . During the match Steen sought revenge for his knee injury and attacked Richards ' knee with a chair before making him submit to the Sharpshooter . After the match the Wolves , with the help of Shane Hagadorn and Sara Del Rey from Sweet N ' Sour Inc , tied Steen to the ropes and attacked Generico , putting him through a table . With the rivalry escalating , the American Wolves began mocking Steen and Generico on ROH ' s new weekly television programme " Ring of Honor Wrestling " , until Steen put their manager Hagadorn through a table . This set up the show ' s first championship match on 10 April ( airing on delay 30 May ) , with the Wolves finally winning the ROH Tag Team Championship in a Tables Are Legal Tag Team match . Tag Team Champions ( 2009 – 2010 ) . Having become the new ROH Tag Team Champions , the American Wolves made their first title defence on 18 April in a match " Pro Wrestling Torch " rated as the best American independent circuit match of 2009 . Defending against former and future ROH World Champions Bryan Danielson and Tyler Black , respectively , the match saw the Wolves working smoothly as a team to combat Danielson and Black ' s individual prowess ending with the first time - limit draw in an ROH tag team match . Later that month , El Generico underwent a MRI scan that revealed he would need to take time off with a knee injury caused by the Wolves . This led to Steen chosing Jay Briscoe and later Danielson as his partners in a failed attempt to win back the championships . Finally on 13 June , Generico and Steen had their rematch for the championships in a Submission match at " Manhattan Mayhem III " with Generico tapping out to a half - Boston Crab . Later that month Steen and Generico beat the Wolves in a Last Chance Contendership match , giving them a final chance to win back the belts at ROH ' s premiere event of the year " Glory By Honor VIII : The Final Countdown " . The night before , Edwards wrestled lost an Anything Goes match to Steen and broke his elbow but still defended the championship the following night . Because of the length and intensity of the rivalry , it was decided that their final match would be only the second Ladder War in Ring of Honor . During the match , Hagadorn once again handcuffed Kevin Steen to the ropes while the Wolves focussed on Generico . After Generico freed Steen , tables were used along with ladders and the match ended with Edwards applying a half - Boston Crab to Generico through the ladder while Richards climbed over his partner to retrieve the belts . With one rivalry settled , another one quickly reopened as Mark Briscoe had returned from the injury given to him at " Final Battle 2008 " . A week before " Glory By Honor VIII " , the Briscoes defeated the Wolves but only by disqualification , by which titles do not change hands . Due to Edwards ' broken elbow , the rematch was delayed until ROH ' s first live pay - per - view ( PPV ) event , Final Battle 2009 . Despite Edwards feigning a reinjured arm , the Wolves lost the match and their titles to the Briscoes , ending their 253 - day reign after nine successful defences . Going into 2010 , the Wolves faced The Young Bucks ( Matt and Nick Jackson ) on the 8 February episode of " Ring of Honor Wrestling " for a rematch against the Briscoes but lost . Through their manager , Shane Hagadorn , they teamed with the Kings of Wrestling ( Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli ) who he also managed , to defeat the Briscoe Brothers and The Young Bucks at " SoCal Showdown " . They went on to have a championship match with the Briscoes in the main event of " From The Ashes " , which they lost . Splitting from the pack ( 2010 – 2012 ) . After this , the two wrestlers began to compete more as solo wrestlers , emphasised by both men entering the tournament for ROH ' s newly created ROH World Television Championship for their " Ring of Honor Wrestling " show . Both Richards and Edwards made it through the three - round tournament and into the final against each other , with Edwards defeating Richards to become the inaugural champion . Richards , meanwhile , earned himself into contendership for the ROH World Championship by entering the Pick 6 rankings with a win at April ' s The Big Bang ! PPV . He used this championship opportunity at the next PPV in July , Death Before Dishonor VIII during which Hagadorn tried to attack his opponent with a chair but Richards declined his help and sent him to the back . Once again , on the 16 August episode of " Ring of Honor Wrestling " , Richards refused Hagadorn ' s help in a contendership match for Roderick Strong ' s World Title opportunity and lost while dealing with his manager . Tension mounted through the rest of the year on " Ring of Honor Wrestling " , with Hagadorn taking responsibility for Richards ' previous success and trying to control who Edwards defended his World Television Championship against . This led to an in - ring confrontation on 1 November where Richards started attacking Hagadorn only to have the Kings of Wrestling save him before Edwards joined in the fray . This led to a rivalry between the Wolves and the Kings of Wrestling , exacerbated at the " Survival of the Fittest 2010 " tournament where Edwards defeated Hero in the first round but dislocated his shoulder . Due to this injury he was taken to the back in the final round ; after Castagnoli eliminated three wrestlers , Edwards returned and helped Kenny King eliminate Castagnoli before eliminating King himself to win the competition and a future ROH World Championship match . On March 19 , 2011 at " Manhattan Mayhem IV " , Edwards defeated defending champion Roderick Strong to win the ROH World Championship for the first time . At ROH Best in the World 2011 Richards defeated Edwards to win the ROH World Championship for the first time . Reunion and Tag Team Champions ( 2012 - 2013 ) . The American Wolves reunited on December 16 , 2012 , at Final Battle 2012 : Doomsday , where they defeated Bobby Fish and Kyle O ' Reilly in a tag team match . Following their win , the American Wolves received a shot at the ROH World Tag Team Championship , but were defeated by the defending champions , the Briscoe Brothers , on January 18 , 2013 . At All Star Extravaganza V the American Wolves defeated the Forever Hooligans ( Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero ) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the second time . They lost the title to reDRagon ( Bobby Fish and Kyle O ' Reilly ) on August 17 . On September 20 at Death Before Dishonor XI , the American Wolves unsuccessfully challenged the Forever Hooligans for New Japan Pro Wrestling ' s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . The American Wolves ' run in ROH came to an end on November 30 , when Richards announced he had parted ways with the promotion . Other promotions ( 2010 - 2013 ) . After being awarded Wrestling Observer ' s Tag Team of the Year award for 2009 , other promotions sought out the Wolves in 2010 . In March , German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling ( wXw ) held an event in Philadelphia and the Wolves were given a match for the wXw World Tag Team Championship . They lost to reigning champions The Switchblade Conspiracy ( Jon Moxley and Sami Callihan ) . They were also invited to Squared Circle Wrestling ( 2CW ) on 2 April to compete for the 2CW Tag Team Championship . At " Living On The Edge " they defeated the encumbent champions , Up In Smoke ( Cheech and Cloudy ) to start their reign . After holding the championship for four months , at " Live Or Let Die " on 22 August , they lost the championship to The Olsen Twins ( Colin Delaney and Jimmy Olsen ) . On January 1 , 2011 The American Wolves came to Insanity Pro Wrestling ( IPW ) for " Showdown In Naptown " to face the Irish Airborne of Dave and Jake Crist in a loosing effort . After the match Richards got on the mic congratulating the Irish Airborne on the victory , Davey then says that maybe it was time for them to return to ROH for a rematch . On 1 February 2011 , Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG ) announced that the American Wolves would be taking part in the promotion ' s " DDT4 " tournament on 4 March , which would also be Edwards ' debut for the promotion . In the first round of the tournament the American Wolves defeated the RockNES Monsters ( Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma ) , before losing in the semifinals of the tournament to The Young Bucks . On November 18 , 2013 , Edwards and Richards began a week - long tryout with WWE at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando , Florida . Three days later , they made their WWE NXT debut , losing to NXT Tag Team Champions The Ascension ( Konnor and Viktor ) in a non - title match , while billed as " The American Pitbulls " of Derek Billington ( Richards ) and John Cahill ( Edwards ) . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2014 - present ) . On January 16 , 2014 , Edwards and Richards appeared on the first week of Genesis special of " Impact Wrestling " as The Wolves . As part of their debut storyline , they revealed they had signed contracts with a new investor in TNA in a backstage segment with Dixie Carter . On January 30 , the Wolves revealed this investor to be MVP . The Wolves made their in - ring debut in a six - man tag team match , teaming with Samoa Joe to defeat The BroMans ( Jessie Godderz and Robbie E ) and Zema Ion . On February 23 , 2014 , The Wolves won the TNA World Tag Team Championship for the first time by defeating The BroMans . After a week - long reign , The Wolves lost the championship back to The BroMans at Wrestle - 1 ' s Kaisen : Outbreak event in Tokyo , Japan in a three - way match , which also included Team 246 ( Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo ) . On April 27 at the Sacrifice pay - per - view , The Wolves regained the championship by defeating Robbie E , Godderz , and DJ Z in a two - on - three handicap match . On June 15 , 2014 , at Slammiversary XII The Wolves competed in six way ladder match for TNA X Division Championship , which was won by Sanada . On June 26 , 2014 , at Destination X , The Wolves defeated The Hardys to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championships . The Wolves returned to Wrestle - 1 on July 6 , successfully defending the TNA World Tag Team Championship against the Junior Stars ( Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka ) , At the " Impact Wrestling " tapings on September 19 , Edwards and Richards lost the championship to James Storm and Abyss .