WRESTLE LAND

**WRESTLE LAND** also known as **Professional Wrestling Happy Land** was the developmental branch of professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which held events between May 2006 and 2007. The brand was launched in March 2006, it also featured wrestlers from other promotions. The goal of the concept was to reach out to a broader audience that reached fans who are unfamiliar with the actual New Japan. WRESTLE LAND was colorful with entertaining storylines and oriented projects, which is particularly interesting for people of other ages. When New Japan decided to create several "Brands", Tiger Mask was appointed as the 'ace' of Wrestle Land alongside Hiroshi Tanahashi but ended up wrestling two matches under the WRESTLE LAND brand, leaving the brand. They were quickly replaced by Milano Collection AT. and Manabu Nakanishi as the top ace of the branch. After the project closed NJPW created several projects with the same theme that included NEVER and the Lion's Gate Project, which saw the debut of several young lions.

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Tokyo, Japan

The first WRESTLE LAND event was held on June 13, 2006, in Tokyo at Shinjuku Face. The event featured five matches.

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Tokyo, Japan

The second WRESTLE LAND event was held on June 30, 2006, in Tokyo at Shinjuku Face. The event featured seven matches.

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Tokyo, Japan

The third WRESTLE LAND event was held on July 23, 2006, in Tokyo at Differ Ariake. The event featured seven matches.

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Tokyo, Japan

The fourth WRESTLE LAND event was held on September 3, 2006, in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall. The event featured seven matches.

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Tokyo, Japan

The fifth WRESTLE LAND event was held on October 8, 2006, in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall. The event featured eight matches.

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Fukuoka, Japan

The sixth WRESTLE LAND event was held on November 21, 2006, in Fukuoka at ACROS Fukuoka. The event featured seven matches, the event didn't feature any outside wrestler.

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Osaka, Japan

The seventh WRESTLE LAND event was held on December 8, 2006, in Osaka at Osaka Central Public Hall. The event featured seven matches, which involved four outsiders; Voodoo Murders ("brother" YASSHI, Shuji Kondo and TARU) from All Japan Pro Wrestling, Daigoro Kashiwa from Kaientai Dojo and Tigers Mask from Osaka Pro Wrestling.

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Tokyo, Japan

The eight WRESTLE LAND event was held on December 23, 2006, in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall. The event featured seven matches, which involved four outsiders; TARU from All Japan Pro Wrestling and Shinjitsu Nohashi and Gran Naniwa and Jinsei Shinzaki from Michinoku Pro Wrestling.

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Tokyo, Japan

This was the last WRESTLE LAND event was held on May 1, 2007, in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall. The event featured seven matches, which involved five outsiders; Voodoo Murders ("brother" YASSHI, Shuji Kondo and TARU) from All Japan Pro Wrestling, Daigoro Kashiwa from Kaientai Dojo and Jinsei Shinzaki from Michinoku Pro Wrestling.

## See also

* New Japan Pro-Wrestling
* Lion's Gate Project
* NEVER

## External links

* The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website