Oleg Boltin
Kazakhstani professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oleg Igorevich Boltin[a] (born February 10, 1993) is a Kazakh professional wrestler and former freestyle wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he performs under the ring name Boltin Oleg[b] (ボルチン・オレッグ, Boruchin Oreggu). As a freestyle wrestler, he was the gold medalist at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 125 kg (275 lb) division.
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| Birth name | Oleg Igorevich Boltin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | February 10, 1993[1] Ridder, Kazakhstan[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Ring name(s) | Boltin Oleg Masked Boltin Oleg Boltin | ||||||||||||||
| Billed height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Billed weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Billed from | Almaty, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||
| Trained by | NJPW Dojo Yuji Nagata | ||||||||||||||
| Debut | April 2, 2023[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Personal life
Oleg Igorevich Boltin was born on February 10, 1993[1][2] in Ridder, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.[3][4] He is of Russian descent. Boltin speaks Japanese fluently.[5]
Freestyle wrestling career
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Boltin had been training in freestyle wrestling in Japan since the early 2010s.[4] In 2017, he joined the Bushiroad Club (later known as Team New Japan).[5]
In 2020, Boltin won the gold medal at the Kazakhstani Wrestling Championships in the 125 kg category.[6] In the same category, he won the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships.[7][8] Boltin finished in fifth-place at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships.[9][10] In October 2022, he retired from amateur wrestling after he signed a contract with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).[11]
Professional wrestling career
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Perspective
On October 10, 2022, at Declaration of Power, Yuji Nagata introduced Boltin as a future NJPW wrestler. Boltin, in turn, expressed a desire to become as "strong and famous as possible", and cited The Rock and Brock Lesnar as role models.[5] Boltin's first in-ring match took place on January 4, 2023, at Wrestle Kingdom 17, where he had a three-minute exhibition match against Ryohei Oiwa on the pre-show. The match ended in a draw.[12][13] He made his official in-ring debut on April 2, at night two of Road To Sakura Genesis, where he, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Shota Umino lost to TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Robbie Eagles, and Kosei Fujita).[14][15] On May 28, at day 12 of the 2023 Best of the Super Juniors, Boltin earned his first win when he teamed up with Togi Makabe to defeat Yuto Nakashima and Oskar Leube.[16]
In March 2024, Boltin began teaming up with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toru Yano. The trio defeated House of Torture (Evil, Sho, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) at Wrestling World 2024 in Taiwan to win the vacant NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[17] Yano, Tanahashi, and Boltin lost the titles to Yota Tsuji, Bushi, and Hiromu Takahashi at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, but regained them the following week at New Japan Soul 2024.[18][19]
Name clarification
Although NJPW had occasionally referred to Oleg by his birth name "Oleg Boltin",[7] the promotion has since given him the ring name "Boltin Oleg".[3] This ring name follows Japanese language naming customs.
Championships and accomplishments
Freestyle wrestling
- Asian Wrestling Championships
- 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships gold medalist (125 kg)
- Kazakhstani Wrestling Championships
- 2020 Kazakhstani Wrestling Championships gold medalist (125 kg)
Professional wrestling
Notes
- Kazakh: Олег Игоревич Болтин
- As it is custom in Japan when it comes to Slavic languages (akin to Japanese language names and customs), the name as stated is ordered Boltin Oleg.
References
External links
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