A moment of class by Mark Noble put West Ham on course for a 2-0 opening-day win at Wolves.
Noble stunned Mick McCarthy's Premier League new-boys on 22 minutes, when he fired the Hammers ahead from 25 yards.
The curling shot buried itself in the top corner.
Nenad Milijas looked a threat for Wolves, with two long range efforts.
But skipper Matthew Upson sealed three points for West Ham when he headed home from a corner on 69 minutes.
That ended the game as a contest.
Afterwards, Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola said: "I think it was excellent, we won away from home and played a good game.
There's a a few things we need to improve but for a first game, it was very encouraging.
"We knew the beginning was going to be tough, but the team prepared well and faced danger."
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