Kazakhstani professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler (born 1993)
Oleg Igorevich Boltin
[a] (
Japanese : ボルチン・オレッグ,
Hepburn : Boruchin Oreggu
[b] ) (born 10 February 1993) is a
Kazakh
professional wrestler and former
freestyle wrestler currently signed to
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he performs under Boltin Oleg . As a freestyle wrestler, he was
the gold medalist at the
2021 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 125
kg (275
lb ) division.
Biography
Oleg was born on 10 February 1993
[1]
[2] in
Ridder ,
East Kazakhstan Region .
[3]
[4] He speaks
Japanese fluently.
[5] He is of
Russian descent .
Wrestling career
Since the early 2010s, Oleg has been training in Japan.
[4] In 2017, he joined the Bushiroad Club (now Team New Japan).
[5]
In 2020, Oleg 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] Oleg finished in fifth-place at the
2021 World Wrestling Championships .
[9]
[10] In October 2022, he retired from amateur wrestling when he signed a contract with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion
New Japan Pro-Wrestling .
[11]
Professional wrestling career
On October 10, 2022, at
Declaration of Power ,
Yuji Nagata introduced Oleg as a future NJPW wrestler. Oleg, in turn, expressed a desire to become as "strong and famous as possible", and cited
The Rock and
Brock Lesnar as role models.
[5] Oleg'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 in the pre-show. The match ended in a draw.
[12]
[13] He made his full in-ring debut on April 2, at night two of Road To
Sakura Genesis , where he,
Ryusuke Taguchi ,
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 , Oleg has his first win when he teamed up with
Togi Makabe to defeat Yuto Nakashima and
Oskar Leube .
[16]
In March 2024, Oleg 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 Oleg 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 New Japan occasionally references Oleg as "Oleg Boltin"
[7] , several promotional graphics with Oleg has his in-ring name correctly written as "Boltin Oleg".
[3]
Championships and accomplishments
Freestyle wrestling
Professional wrestling
Notes
References
^
a
b
c
d
"Boltin Oleg" .
New Japan Pro-Wrestling . Retrieved 20 June 2023 .
^
"Олег Болтин (спортсмен, вольная борьба, Казахстан)" . vesti.kz (in Russian).
Archived from the original on 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2021-01-31 .
^
a
b
"«Даст Бог, возьмем реванш!» Казахстанский борец нацелен выиграть Азиаду-2018" . Sports.kz (in Russian). 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2023-01-03 .
^
a
b
"ВОЛЬНАЯ БОРЬБА - ОЛЕГ БОЛТИН. ЖИЗНЬ И ТРЕНИРОВКИ В ЯПОНИИ" .
YouTube (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-02 .
^
a
b
c NJPW.
"Yuji Nagata Introduces Oleg Boltin in Ryogoku! | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING" . NJPW . Retrieved 2023-01-02 .
^
"Олег Болтин стал чемпионом Казахстана по вольной борьбе" . www.inform.kz (in Russian). 2020-11-23.
Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-01-31 .
^
a
b
"Олег Болтин завоевал "золото" Чемпионата Азии по вольной борьбе" . olympic.kz (in Russian). 2021-04-18.
Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-01-31 .
^
"2021 Asian Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF) . United World Wrestling .
Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021 .
^
"Олег Болтин уступил в поединке за "бронзу" на ЧМ по видам борьбы" . olympic.kz (in Russian). 2021-10-04.
Archived from the original on 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2021-01-31 .
^
"Freestyle - Seniors - 125 kg" (PDF) .
Oslo :
United World Wrestling . 2021. p. 78. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 16 October 2021.
^
"Казахстанский борец Олег Болтин завершил карьеру по вольной борьбе" . Prosports.kz (in Russian). 3 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-02 .
^
"NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17" . VSplanet (in Russian). 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-01-04 .
^ Radican, Sean (January 4, 2023).
"1/4 NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 17 REPORT: Radican's results and analysis of entire card including Ospreay vs. Omega, White vs. Okada" . Pro Wrestling Torch . Retrieved January 17, 2023 .
^ Tessier, Colin (April 2, 2023).
"NJPW Road To Sakura Genesis Night Two Results (4/2): KOPW Provisional Title Bout Headlines" . Fightful.
Archived from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023 .
^
"NJPW Road To Sakura Genesis Night Two Results (4/2): Shingo Takagi And More" . Yahoo . April 2, 2023.
Archived from the original on April 3, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023 .
^ Fritts, Chick (May 28, 2023).
"NJPW Best of the Super Juniors finals live results: Master Wato vs. Titan" . Wrestling Observer.
^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 14, 2024).
"Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, And Oleg Boltin Win NEVER Openweight Six-Man Titles" . Fightful.
^ Fritts, Chick (June 9, 2024).
"NJPW Dominion live results: Double main event" . f4wonline.com . Retrieved June 9, 2024 .
^ Fritts, Chick (June 15, 2024).
"New Japan Soul live results: IWGP Junior title steel cage match" . f4wonline.com . Retrieved June 15, 2024 .
External links
2010s
Chaos (
Jay Briscoe ,
Mark Briscoe and
Toru Yano )
Bullet Club (
Bad Luck Fale ,
Tama Tonga and
Yujiro Takahashi )
The Elite (
Kenny Omega ,
Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson )
Hiroshi Tanahashi ,
Michael Elgin and
Yoshitatsu
Matt Sydal ,
Ricochet and
Satoshi Kojima
David Finlay ,
Ricochet and
Satoshi Kojima
Los Ingobernables de Japón (
Bushi ,
Evil and
Sanada )
Taguchi Japan (
Hiroshi Tanahashi ,
Manabu Nakanishi and
Ryusuke Taguchi )
Taguchi Japan (
Hiroshi Tanahashi ,
Ricochet and
Ryusuke Taguchi )
Bullet Club (
Bad Luck Fale ,
Tama Tonga and
Tanga Loa )
Chaos (
Beretta ,
Tomohiro Ishii and
Toru Yano )
Bullet Club (
Marty Scurll ,
Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson )
Bullet Club (
Tama Tonga ,
Tanga Loa and
Taiji Ishimori )
Ryusuke Taguchi ,
Togi Makabe and
Toru Yano
2020s