Eric Maher[7] (born December 30, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, who is known by the ring name "Diehard" Eddie Edwards. [99] On February 23 Edwards and Richards defeated TheBroMans to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On the June 25 episode of Impact Wrestling, Edwards and Alisha defeated Richards and Love in a mixed tag team match. On the June 29 episode of Impact Wrestling in India, Edwards teamed with Alberto El Patron, James Storm and Mahabali Shera to defeat Richards, Ethan Carter III, Kongo Kong and Lashley. Thoughts: In the few months since Slammiversary when I started officially covering IMPACT Wrestling, this has to be the best-built feud and match so stakes are high. With one decision each, Edwards and Strong competed in a 15-minute Iron Man match for the third decision, which Edwards won during overtime. Eddie Edwards, Actor: CZW Cage of Death XVI. [28] Edwards then formed a new partnership with Bobby Fish, with whom he took part in the 2012 Nippon TV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League and 2013 Global Tag League. Eddie Edwards is your new Impact World Champion! [73] At Final Battle 2011, Severn accompanied Edwards to the ring for his rematch with Richards, in which Edwards was unsuccessful in regaining the ROH World Championship. [21][22] In the 2010 edition of the tournament, Edwards and Roderick Strong made it to the finals, before losing to the team of Atsushi Aoki and Kenta. On the October 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Edwards defeated Lashley to win his first TNA World Heavyweight Championship. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is a former two-time Impact World Champion, two-time TNA X Division Champion and a five-time TNA World Tag Team Champion with Davey Richards. 9 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, Global Tag League Technique Award (2012) – with, Nippon TV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League Outstanding Performance Award (2010) – with Roderick Strong, NTV G+ Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League Fighting Spirit Award (2011) – with, NTV G+ Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League Fighting Spirit Award (2012) – with, 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Davey Richards, Wrestling Superstar Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Davey Richards, This page was last edited on 8 May 2021, at 13:05. However, a week later, Edwards failed to win the championship. His World Championship victory made him the first wrestler to win the ROH Triple Crown and the only wrestler to ever hold both the Impact Wrestling and ROH Triple Crowns. On June 25, 2015 (aired July 1, 2015) The Wolves defeated Dirty Heels to win the Tag Team Titles. During the tour, which lasted until September 18, Edwards wrestled mainly opening matches, losing all of them. On November 6, 2017 in Canada, Edwards made his second defense for the GHC Heavyweight Championship against El Hijo del Fantasma, defeating him.[119]. At Fear on December 10, Edwards and Richards reunited to defeat the Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied). [33] On October 1, he defeated Naomichi Marufuji for his first successful title defense. Before seeing it I thought I was lucky, now I KNOW IM LUCKY. IMPACT World Championship Match – Eddie Edwards (C) vs. Eric Young Result: Eric Young wins via pinfall to become the NEW IMPACT World Champion. After the match, Edwards and Alisha were attacked by Richards and Love. Will Eddie Edwards win the Impact World Championship? The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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. On January 5, 2017, Edwards successfully defended his title against EC3 and Lashley in a three-way match after interference from Davey Richards. Following the match, Edwards was attacked by The Decade (Whitmer, Strong, and Jimmy Jacobs). On July 28, (aired September 2, 2015) they lost the titles to Brian Myers and Trevor Lee. For nearly a decade, Richards and tag team partner Eddie Edwards were a decorated duo, winning two ROH World Tag Team Titles and five in TNA Wrestling. Anderson, Samoa Joe, and challenged Slyck Wagner Brown for the 2CW Title in August 2008. [111] As a result of the injury, The Wolves vacated the Tag Team Championship at the television tapings on March 13. In January 2007, Edwards started wrestling for Squared Circle Wrestling (2CW). He has been married to Alisha Inacio since April 11, 2015. On October 30, 2011, Edwards made an appearance in Chikara, losing to Jigsaw. save. In the following week he defended with success the title in singles matches against Trey Miguel, Sami Callihan, Brian Myers and Rob Van Dam. The Wolves won the first 2 matches and Dirty Heels won the next two. [60] Later that week, he successfully defended the ROH World Television Championship against two members of The Embassy. The following week, Edwards defeated Bound for Gold winner Eli Drake to retain his title. On June 12 at Slammiversary, Edwards defeated Lee, DJ Z and Andrew Everett in a four-way match to win the TNA X Division Championship, marking his first singles title in TNA. He suffered a broken eye socket and orbital bone in the incident. TNA opened with Eddie Edwards coming to the ring with the TNA Heavyweight Championship in tow. [52][53] On his return to ROH on December 19 at Final Battle 2009, The American Wolves lost the Tag Team Championship to the Briscoe Brothers. [66][67] His victory made him the first person to win the ROH Triple Crown, having held the World Tag Team, World Television and World championships in the promotion. Richards has also worked internationally in Pro Wrestling Noah through ROH's involvement in the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance, a global organization of cooperative promotions that allow their competitors to travel abroad to other companies, and in New Japan Pro Wrestling. [88] Edwards received his first PWG World Championship title shot on March 17, 2012, at World's Finest. [63] The following month on December 9, Edwards defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the ROH World Television Championship at the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings, before losing it to Christopher Daniels at the second night of television tapings the following day. Mostly known as a tag team competitor, the former TNA World Tag Team Champion’s rise to the main event scene was a welcome change. Whitmer defeated Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong. This led to a House of Hardcore match at Slammiversary where Eddie defeated Dreamer. Title at 7:46 via pin. He is also an eight-time world tag team champion, having won the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times, as well as a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team … [74] At the January 7, 2012, tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Edwards formed a new partnership with Adam Cole, opposite Davey Richards and Kyle O'Reilly. On the April 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Edwards was defeated by Richards in a Last Man Standing match. [44] 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". Moose reflects on his victory over James Storm to qualify for the 6-Way #1 Contenders match at Under Siege, plus more in these exclusive scenes you won't see on television! He aligned himself with heel group Stinger, joining the tag team of Atsushi Kotoge and Chris Ridgeway against Masaaki Mochizuki, Minoru Tanaka, and Super Crazy. As part of their debut storyline, they revealed they had signed contracts with a new investor in TNA. In August 2013, after their contracts with ROH had expired, Edwards and Davey Richards took part in a tryout camp for WWE, where they were described as "standing out". He then sets up the chair on Edward's neck before attempting to hit the chair into the throat with the bat. At Bound for Glory, The Wolves successfully retained their titles against Brian Myers and Trevor Lee in a rematch. Between Impact, ROH and Noah, Edwards has won 14 total championships (including four world championships) and is the only wrestler to have held the Impact, ROH and GHC world championships. On May 25, 2007, Edwards and Ted DiBiase, Jr. unsuccessfully challenged Kentaro Shiga and Kishin Kawabata for the GHC Hardcore Tag Team Championship,[19] and on November 28, 2008, Edwards also unsuccessfully challenged Kenta for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Sean Ross Sapp (@SeanRossSapp) and Eddie Edwards (@TheEddieEdwards) speak before IMPACT Rebellion on April 25! Eddie gains the upper-hand with a … [81] On September 20 at Death Before Dishonor XI, the American Wolves unsuccessfully challenged Forever Hooligans for New Japan Pro-Wrestling's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. After a series of matches for Impact Wrestling Xplosion and Impact Wrestling specials episodes, Edwards showed support for Moose during his feud against Lashley and the American Top Team on the January 11 episode of Impact Wrestling. [77], On December 16 at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, Edwards reunited with Davey Richards in a tag team match, where they defeated Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly. He was also a regular for the Southern California-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and has made several tours of Japan with Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion, and is, to date, the only foreigner ever to win said championship. [18] During the next years, Edwards continued making two tours of Noah per year and now had begun earning himself title matches in the promotion. On the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, Eddie faced Davey in a Street Fight, however the match ended in a no-contest. [8] He has also competed for MXW Pro Wrestling, Defiant Pro Wrestling, Power League Wrestling, Showcase Pro Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling.[8]. [92] On March 23, 2013, the Dojo Bros. received a shot at the PWG World Tag Team Championship, now held by The Young Bucks, but were defeated by the defending champions. [93] On December 21, the Dojo Bros. defeated AR Fox and Rich Swann in Edwards' PWG farewell match. After the match, Eddie cried and apologized to Dreamer for his actions. Eddie went for a garbage can that Ace tried to avoid, but in the end, Eddie caught him by tossing the garbage can at him. [79] On August 3, the American Wolves defeated the Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the second time. Edwards gets up and Lashley charges but Edwards hits a Boston Knee Party out of nowhere and covers Lashley for the win. Edwards wrestled the match alone, until Moose came to the ring to "help". [85][86] On August 20, Edwards took part in the 2011 Battle of Los Angeles, defeating Roderick Strong in the opening round before losing against PWG World Champion Kevin Steen in a non-title semifinal match.[87]. During the tour, which lasted until September 18, Edwards wrestled mainly opening matches, losing all of them. The signings of Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards as the American Wolves saw TNA getting positive attention for going with a top young duo instead of former WWE stars. He defeated Kyle O'Reilly in the opening round, before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Adam Cole, who ultimately won the tournament. (#627) On November 30, 2012, he and Roderick Strong, billed as the Dojo Bros., won the Premiere Wrestling Xperience's Tag Team Championship. Eddie Edwards is an actor, known for CZW Cage of Death XVI (2014), Best of the MWF (2008) and MWF: Soul Survivor II (2004). The team of Edwards lost the match. [104][105] They also retained the championship in matches against Bram and Magnus and The Hardys (Matt and Jeff Hardy). Vote. Posted by just now. Edwards was taking on Sami Callihan in … Broke face broke nose but ill be ok.". [108] At the Impact Wrestling tapings on September 19, Edwards and Richards lost the championship to James Storm and Abyss, but regained the title on January 30, 2015, from The Revolution. [100] 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, also including Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo). The following week, Edwards and Johnny Impact ruined Drake's championship celebration, which led to a tag-team match in the main event, which by Drake and Chris Adonis won. At Bound for Glory, he replaced Drew Galloway in his match against Aron Rex for the inaugural Impact Grand Championship, but was ultimately defeated. [117] The next day, Edwards successfully defended his title against EC3 at the One Night Only: Live 2 event. Edwards said it still did not feel real to be the TNA Champion. Eddie jumped Ace Austin during the entrance and started brawling. On August 20, 2005, Edwards started his first tour with Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. Debuting in 2002 as Eddie Edwards, Maher 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). Edwards made his Ring of Honor (ROH) debut on December 22, 2006 at International Challenge, losing to Austin Aries. 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