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Eddie Edwards
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Eddie Edwards
Billed height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Billed weight214 lb (97 kg)[2]
Billed fromBoston, Massachusetts[2]
Trained byKiller Kowalski[1]
Debut2002[2]

Eddie Edwards is an American professional wrestler, who is best known for wrestling with Ring of Honor.[2] He is a former ROH World Tag Team Champion with his partner Davey Richards, and is the current and inaugural ROH World Television Champion.[3][4]

Professional wrestling career

Independent promotions

Edwards has competed for numerous independent promotions throughout his career, most notably New England Championship Wrestling (NECW), Top Rope Promotions (TRP), Maryland Championship Wrestling, and the Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF).[5] He has also competed for MXW Pro Wrestling, Defiant Pro Wrestling, Squared Circle Wrestling, Power League Wrestling, Showcase Pro Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling.[5]

On February 5, 2003, Edwards became the first MWF Television Champion, by defeating Jerelle Clark in the final of a tournament to crown the inaugural champion.[6] He held the title for over two and a half years, before losing it to Tommaso Ciampa in a three-way match, also involving A.J. Styles.

In January 2007, Edwards started wrestling for Squared Circle Wrestling (2CW) based in Upstate New York, and quickly become one of the most popular wrestlers on the roster. As part of 2CW he wrestled name like John Walters, C.W. Anderson, Samoa Joe, and challenged Slyck Wagner Brown for the 2CW Title in August 2008. Edwards won his first title in 2CW, the 2CW Tag Titles alongside Davey Richards, on April 2, 2010.[7]

On June 9, 2007, Edwards competed in NECW's annual Iron 8 Championship Tournament, where he defeated Gary Cassidy in his first round match.[8] Later that night, he beat Bobby Fish, Brandon Locke, and Brian Fury in the final, in a four-way Iron Man match, to win the Tournament.[8] The time limit had been reached with a fourway tie with each wrestler on two pinfalls, so Edwards won in sudden death overtime, during which time Fish broke his ankle.[8]

Ring of Honor

Edwards made his Ring of Honor (ROH) debut on December 22, 2006 at International Challenge, losing to Austin Aries.[9] His second ROH appearance was over a month later, when he lost to Jack Evans at Dedicated on January 26, 2007.[10]

Edwards at a 2CW show in August 2008

On April 11, 2008 at Bedlam In Beantown, after defeating Jigsaw, Edwards accepted Larry Sweeney's proposal to join his faction, Sweet and Sour, Inc.[11][12] His first match as part of Sweet and Sour, Inc was a tag team match against Erick Stevens and Pelle Primeau on April 12 at Injustice, which Edwards and fellow faction member Chris Hero won.[13] Following this match, he went on a hiatus from ROH until Up For Grabs in June, when he lost to Claudio Castagnoli.[14] In September 2008, Sweet and Sour, Inc, and Edwards in particular, became embroiled in a feud with Erick Stevens, leading to various combinations of the faction members taking on Stevens and an assortment of tag team partners.[15][16] This included a match where Stevens and Brent Albright defeated Edwards and Adam Pearce at the Driven pay-per-view.[17]

Later that year, in December, Edwards began teaming with fellow Sweet and Sour, Inc member, Davey Richards, as the American Wolves.[5] Their first match as a team was on December 26, at All Star Extravaganza IV, where they lost to the Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) in a three way elimination tag team match, which also involved Claudio Castagnoli and Nigel McGuinness.[18] The following night at Final Battle 2008, the American Wolves, along with Go Shiozaki, lost to Brent Albright, Roderick Strong, and Erick Stevens in a "New York City Street Fight". Later that night, they attacked and injured Mark Briscoe.[19] As 2009 began, they began challenging for the ROH World Tag Team Championship, losing to the champions Kevin Steen and El Generico on numerous occasions.[20][21] They eventually won the Championship on April 10, at an Ring of Honor Wrestling taping, in a "Tables are Legal" match.[3][22] Edwards and Richards went on to successfully defend the Championship against teams made up of ROH's top wrestlers including Tyler Black and Bryan Danielson, and against former champions Kevin Steen and El Generico at Manhattan Mayhem III in a submission match.

On September 25, Edwards suffered a broken elbow in an Anything Goes match against Kevin Steen.[23][24] Despite the injury, he was able to compete the following night in a Ladder War against Steen and Generico, in which The American Wolves retained the championship.[25] Edwards underwent successful surgery on October 6, after the surgery was postponed from October 1.[26][27] On his return to ROH on December 19 at Final Battle 2009, The American Wolves lost the Tag Team Championship to the Briscoe Brothers.[3][28]

In 2010, Edwards competed in a tournament to determine the inaugural ROH World Television Champion. He defeated Colt Cabana and Kevin Steen en route to the final, where he defeated his tag team partner Richards to become the inaugural champion on March 5.[4][29][30] He made his first defense of the championship at the Ring of Honor Wrestling television tapings the following night, by defeating Cabana, and went to successfully defend the championship again on March 20 by defeating Petey Williams at Epic Encounter III.[30]

In wrestling

Edwards in the ring before a match in 2007

Championships and accomplishments

Edwards (left) with Davey Richards (right) after winning the 2CW Tag Team Championship
  • Squared Circle Wrestling
    • 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Davey Richards[7]

References

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