Photo credit: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Real Name: Oleg Igorevich Boltin
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 265 lbs.
Date of Birth: February 10, 1993
Hometown: Ridder, Kazakhstan
Pro Debut: April 2, 2023
Trained By: NJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: Kamikaze
– Boltin moved to Japan at a relatively young age to train as a freestyle wrestler
– In 2017, he joined the Bushiroad Club, an off-shoot of the New Japan dojo focusing on ‘real’ athletes, in much the same vein as WWE’s Next In Line program that would be founded four years later
– Boltin won gold medals in the 2020 Kazakhstani Wrestling Championships and the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships, before placing 5th at that year’s World Wrestling Championships
– In October 2022, Boltin officially signed with New Japan and would debut on screen at that month’s Declaration Of Power event
– Boltin wrestled his first match on the Wrestle Kingdom 17 pre-show, fighting Ryohei Oiwa to a draw in a 3-minute exhibition match
– On the NJPW Strong Independence Day 2023 pre-show, Bolton, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Takahiro Katori, Dragon Libre & Rekka
– On the Power Struggle 2023 pre-show, Boltin, Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC defeated Strong Machine J, Yoshiki Kato & Mochizuki Jr
– On the Sakura Genesis 2024 pre-show, Boltin, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano defeated Chicharito Shoki, Takuro Niki & Ayato Yoshida
– At Wrestling World Taiwan 2024, Boltin, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano defeated House Of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) in the final of a tournament to win the vacant NEVER Openweight Tag Team Titles
– On April 23, Boltin, Tanahashi & Yano defeated House Of Torture (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Satsuma No Kuni 2024, Boltin defeated Katsuya Murashima
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2024, Boltin & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated TAKA Michinoku & Taichi
– Boltin, Tanahashi & Yano lost the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles to Los Ingobernables de Japon at Dominion 2024, only to regain them one week later
– On September 14, Boltin, Tanahashi & Yano defeated House Of Torture (EVIL, Dick Togo & Yujiro Takahashi) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Kobe 2024, Boltin, Tanahashi & Yano defeated House Of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At New Year Dash 2025, Boltin fought Josh Barnett to a time-limit draw
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2025, Boltin & El Phantasmo defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero
– At Dominion 2025, Boltin defeated Konosuke Takeshita to win the NEVER Openweight Title
– At NJPW’s Death Pain Invitational, Boltin & Toru Sugiura defeated Toru Yano & Tomoya Hirata
– At Tanahashi Jam, Boltin defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the NEVER Openweight Title