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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.
Events
WRESTLE LAND 5
The fifth WRESTLE LAND event was held on October 8, 2006, in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall. The event featured eight matches.
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsubo Genjin and Gran Naniwa defeated Makai Club (Makai Masked Hurricane #2 and Makai Rey Cobra #4) | Tag Team match | 5:19 |
| 2 | Makai Masked Canadian defeated Pegasus Kid | Singles match | 12:16 |
| 3 | Toru Yano and Makai #20 defeated El Purpose and Taichi Ishikari | Tag Team match | 8:24 |
| 4 | Milano Collection AT defeated Ryusuke Taguchi | Singles match | 11:02 |
| 5 | C.T.U (Gedo and Jado and Tanaka) and Voodoo Murders (TARU, Shuji Kondo and "brother" YASSHI) ended in a no contest | Six-Man Tag Team match | 15:10 |
| 6 | Manabu Nakanishi, Super Strong Machine and Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Big Van Vader, Makai #11 and Makai #14) | Six-Man Tag Team match | 8:53 |
| 7 | Masked Devilock defeated Makai Masked Devilock (with Kantaro Hoshino) | Singles match | 12:11 |
| 8 | Gedo, Jado, Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tanaka defeated Makai 11, Makai Masked Canadian, Milano Collection AT, TARU ansd Toru Yano | Ten-Man Tag Team Elimination match | 12:02 |
WRESTLE LAND 6
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.
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsubo Genjin defeated Asosan | Singles match | 6:43 |
| 2 | Ryusuke Taguchi and Pegasus Kid defeated El Purpose and Taichi Ishikari | Tag Team match | 12:52 |
| 3 | Super Strong Machine and Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Makai Club (Makai #2 and Makai #15) | Tag Team match | 8:12 |
| 4 | Gedo and Jado defeated Toru Yano and Makai #21 | Tag Team match | 7:57 |
| 5 | Manabu Nakanishi defeated Makai Masked Canadian | Singles match | 5:26 |
| 6 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tanaka defeated Makai Rey Cobra #5 and Milano Collection AT | Tag Team match | 15:14 |
| 7 | Toru Yano, Makai #2, Makai Rey Cobra #2 and Harakiri Katana #2 defeated Wrestle Lando, Happy Lando, Jado and Gedo | Eight-man Tag Team match | 8:31 |
WRESTLE LAND 7 - "HAPPY TOWN OSAKA FIRST LANDING"
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.
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran Naniwa defeated Tsubo Genjin | Tag Team match | 3:47 |
| 2 | El Purpose defeated Taichi Ishikari | Singles match | 7:01 |
| 3 | Toru Yano and Makai#21 defeated Daigoro Kashiwa and Tigers Mask | Tag Team match | 8:14 |
| 4 | Manabu Nakanishi and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Makai Club (Makai Masked Canadian and Makai #14) | Tag Team match | 11:09 |
| 5 | Voodoo Murders ("brother" YASSHI and Shuji Kondo) defeated Gedo and Jado | Tag Team match | 11:45 |
| 6 | TARU, Milano Collection AT and Makai #2 defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tanaka and Pegasus Kid | Six-man Tag Team match | 15:14 |
| 7 | Manabu Nakanishi defeated Makai #2, Makai #14, Makai #21 and "brother" YASSHI | Four-on-one Handicap match | 1:21 |
WRESTLE LAND 8 - "HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY CHRISTMAS"
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.
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran Naniwa and Tsubo Genjin defeated Makai Rey Cobra 5 and Asosan | Tag Team match | 9:40 |
| 2 | Makai Club (Makai #12 and Makai #13) defeated Michiyoshi Ohara and Taichi Ishikari | Tag Team match | 7:33 |
| 3 | BENTEN defeated El Purpose | Singles match | 6:26 |
| 4 | Gedo and Jado defeated Shinjitsu Nohashi and Jinsei Shinzaki | Tag Team match | 13:26 |
| 5 | TARU, Toru Yano and Makai #6 defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Tanaka and Ryusuke Taguchi | Six-man Tag Team match | 12:16 |
| 6 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Milano Collection AT | Singles match | 17:42 |
| 7 | Manabu Nakanishi, Jinsei Shinzaki, Tanaka, Jado and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated TARU, Toru Yano, Makai #6, Makai #12 and Makai #13 | Five-man Tag Team match | 2:42 |
WRESTLE LAND 9 - "DEADLY TARGET"
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.
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asosan defeated Tsubo Genjin | Singles match | 8:45 |
| 2 | El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Makai Masked Canadian and Milanito Collection at | Tag Team match | 9:39 |
| 3 | Toru Yano and Makai#21 defeated Jinsei Shinzaki and Daigoro Kashiwa | Tag Team match | 9:58 |
| 4 | Tanaka defeated BENTEN | Singles match | 9:21 |
| 5 | Gedo and Jado defeated Voodoo Murders ("brother" YASSHI and Shuji Kondo) | Tag Team match | 15:23 |
| 6 | Makai #2, Makai X and President Hoshino defeated Pegasus Kid, Super Strong Machine and Taichi Ishikari | Six-man Tag Team match | 9:59 |
| 7 | Manabu Nakanishi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and TARU | Three-way ladder match | 13:23 |