Nikola "Niko" Bogojevic (born December 21, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he competes in their developmental territory NXT under the ring name Otis Dozovic.
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Early life
Bogojevic attended Superior High School, where he was a successful amateur wrestler. He was a champion at the 2009 Greco-Roman junior Nationals. He placed third at the 2009 Junior Freestyle championships.
Originally committed to the University of Wisconsin, Bogojevic wrestled at collegiate level for Augsburg College and Colorado State University-Pueblo. He won the national title in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Junior Pan-American Games in 2011 and a Greco-Roman bronze at the 2014 Pan-American Games. He was at one point considered a prospect for the US Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2012 Summer Olympics and spent some time training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado.
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Professional wrestling career
Early career (2015-2016)
Bogojevic trained to become a professional wrestler at the Mercury Pro Wrestling Academy in Arvada, Colorado. He wrestled under the ring name Dozer for several regional promotions in Colorado including Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero and New Revolution Wrestling, where he won the NRW Charged Championship.
WWE
NXT (2016-present)
On April 12, 2016, Bogojevic was announced as one of 10 new recruits to begin training at the WWE Performance Center. He made his debut for WWE at a NXT live event on July 8, 2016, teaming with Adrian Jaoude in a defeat to The Authors of Pain. Later that month he formed a tag team with Tucker Knight at NXT live events. Using the name Heavy Machinery, the duo made their television debut on the October 19 episode of NXT, losing to the team of Austin Aries and Roderick Strong as part of the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, with Bogojevic now renamed Otis Dozovic. The duo returned and had their first televised victory on the March 29, 2017 episode of NXT, defeating the team of Mike Marshall and Jonathan Ortagun. On the July 12 episode of NXT, Heavy Machinery unsuccessfully challenged The Authors of Pain for the NXT Tag Team Championship.
Professional wrestling highlights
- Signature moves
- The Caterpillar (Jumping elbow drop with theatrics)
- With Tucker Knight
- Double team finishing moves
- The Compactor (Aided falling powerslam)
- Double team signature moves
- Dozovic scoop slams Knight onto their opponent
- Double team finishing moves
- Nicknames
- "Dozer"
- Entrance themes
- "Deny Them Pain" by Saltybeats (NXT; October 19, 2016)
- "Heavy" by CFO$ (NXT; March 29, 2017-present; used while teaming with Tucker Knight)
Championships and accomplishments
- New Revolution Wrestling
- NRW Charged Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #395 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
- Rookie of the Year (2017)
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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