The American Wolves

The American Wolves
The Wolves tag team - Eddie Edwards (left) and Davey Richards - posing
Tag team
Members	Davey Richards / Derek Billington Eddie Edwards / John Cahill
Name(s)	The American Pitbulls The American Wolves The Wolves
Combined weight	420 lb (190 kg)
Debut	December 26, 2008
Years active	2008–2017
Promotions	2CW AAW CZW IPW PWG ROH wXw WWE NXT TNA W-1 WS

The American Wolves were an American professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards, previously known as The Wolves. They are currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). They are seven-time world tag team champions being five-time TNA World Tag Team Champions and two-time ROH World Tag Team Champions.

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 the first to complete the Triple Crown Championship after winning the ROH World Championship, which he then went on to drop to Richards. They were originally managed by Shane Hagadorn when they portrayed villainous characters, but later abandoned him to become fan favorites. They left ROH in 2013, and debuted for TNA in January 2014, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship a month later.

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 September 27 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.