It took Chelsea just four minutes to welcome Terry back as his central defensive partner Gary Cahill headed home from Juan Mata's free-kick.
Ryan Bertrand doubled Chelsea's lead with a close-range finish four minutes later and Mata increased the hosts' advantage when he slotted home in the 17th minute.
Oriol Romeu bagged his first Chelsea goal with a penalty after Victor Moses was fouled by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus de Vries in the 53rd minute.
A Fernando Torres header five minutes later piled on the misery for Wolves, who conceded for the sixth time when Victor Moses, a 9 million Pounds signing from Wigan last month, claimed his first goal for Chelsea in the 71st minute.
"We wanted John to start," Chelsea assistant manager Eddie Newton said. "We had a phone call saying he was making his way back from the FA nice and early.
"We'd covered all the bases, all the scenarios, and the best one happened."
Wigan recovered from a goal down to claim an impressive 4-1 win at West Ham.
Modibo Maiga's powerful strike put West Ham ahead in the seventh minute, but Wigan striker Mauro Boselli equalised from close-range in the 14th minute.
Ivan Ramis blasted his first goal for the Latics from long range in the 38th minute.
Boselli struck again four minutes before the break and Jordi Gomez added an 84th minute penalty.
Southampton eased to a 2-0 victory over Championship strugglers Sheffield Wednesday at St Mary's thanks to two goals from striker Jay Rodriguez.
Sunderland saw off League One outfit Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 despite playing over half the match with 10 men following Lee Cattermole's red card.
Craig Gardner and James McClean got the goals for the Black Cats.
Swansea avoided an embarrassing exit at League One side Crawley as Michael Laudrup's team fought back to win 3-2.
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