International Wrestling Association of Japan, more commonly known as IWA Japan, was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion operating from 1994 to 1996. It was formed by Victor Quiñones as a successor to the W*ING promotion, which was folding at the time. Most of the wrestlers jumped ship to Quiñones' new IWA Japan group. He found a sponsor in Tatsukuni "Kinroku" Asano, a business man who owned several restaurants in Tokyo and had bought and run several wrestling shows prior to IWA Japan. After the failure of IWA Japan Victor Quiñones founded an omonimous federation in Puerto Rico in 1999, the International Wrestling Association.
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