Happy Wrestling Land’s Adventures in Newslettering 2022
In March 2021, Happy Wrestling Land began publishing a weekly newsletter via Substack highlighting all the posts from the week(s)...
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AEW 75: The Best AEW Matches of 2022
Look man, I’m no wrestling expert. I just call it like I see it, or at least what I interpret...
Half McMahon, Half The Game Things: The Best and Worst WWE Matches of 2022
Welcome to Happy Wrestling Land's Best and Worst WWE Matches of 2022. These are guided mainly by Happy Wrestling Land's...
Top 10 WWE Matches of the Month – December 2022
2022 has got to be one of the top 10 contenders for craziest year in WWE history. In-ring MVPs like...
NXT Deadline (12/10/22): A Countdown Story
According to a conversation I had last night with chatGPT, "NXT is a brand of professional wrestling television programs that...
Dradition Tatsumi Fujinami 50th Anniversary (12/1/22): The Never Give Up Tour Final #LoveYourJob
People navigate every day the battle between their knowledge of reality and the knowledge replaced in their brains by whatever...
Stardom 12th Goddess of Stardom Tag League Finals (12/4/22): Yuu Got First?
The 12th Goddess of Stardom Tag League ran from October 23 to December 4, with stops on the way at...
Top 10 WWE Matches of the Month – November 2022
Triple H’s honeymoon phase had ended approximately a month ago but RAW and SmackDown still usually had a match worth...
Stardom in Showcase Vol. 3 (11/26/22): Canon, Collaboration and Coffins Explosions
The year 2022 was coming to a close. What lessons were learned? More importantly, how did they apply to pro...
WWE Survivor Series WarGames (11/26/22): Written Testimony Regarding Saturday’s Wrestling
In the last two decades sightings of 3-4 star matches have increased tenfold, which has enhanced curiosity and “everyday entertainment”...
NJPW/Stardom Historic X-Over (11/20/22): Mixed Match, No Challenge
Stardom's 2022 was already busy and productive with more events and bigger crowds than ever, more gimmick matches and new...
AEW Full Gear 2022 (11/19/22): Drama and The Devil Near Jersey City
Our 4-year-old came home one day declaring a new catchphrase: "No drama!" (or "NO! DRA-MA!") It was cute, funny, and...
Stardom Gold Rush 2022 (11/19/22): Moneyball Madness
Three PPVs in November continued Stardom’s busy year. Mid-November's Gold Rush came between early November's Hiroshima Goddess Festival (where Syuri...
Stardom Hiroshima Goddess Festival ~ Kinsai Stardom (11/3/22): A Good PPV. A Proper PPV.
Just over a week after a Pay-Per-View and in the middle of both the IWGP Women’s Title and Goddess of...
Stardom 12th Goddess of Stardom Tag League Day 1 (10/23/22): Hop On The Tournament Train, Choo Choo!
Less than a month after the 5-Star GP Tournament Finals, Stardom was back on Pay-Per-View with both IWGP Women’s Title...
Stardom IWGP Women’s Title First Champion Match Round 1 (10/22/22): Mayu Iwatani Re-Introduces Herself
Stardom doesn’t slow down. Just as the 2022 5-Star GP began in late-July a joint show with New Japan Pro...
Stardom 5★Star GP Tournament 2022 (8/6 – 9/24/22): 52 Sentences About Stardom, Plus Statistics
The 2022 Stardom 5★Star GP Tournament ran from the last two days of July to the first day of October,...
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 (11/5/22): Archeology! Amnesia! Apocalypse! What I Think About When I Watch New Japan
I don’t claim to be an archeologist or a scientist. I am a journalist, and the subject that I’m investigating...
WWE Crown Jewel 2022 (11/5/22): Here Comes The Money
Saudi Arabia. 1. Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley Because Braun Strowman likes to use Twitter it was his match with...
NJPW World TV Title Tournament Round 1 & 2 (10/14 – 10/30/22): The Ren-olution Will Be Televised
The NJPW WORLD TV Championship is New Japan’s tenth active title, and each match boasts two stipulations: 1) a 15-minute...