Otis (wrestler)
Otis 
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| Surname | Nikola Bogojevic |
| Ring name |
Otis Niko Bogojevic |
| height | 178 cm |
| Fighting weight | 150 kg |
| birth | December 21, 1991 Duluth , Minnesota |
| Announced from | Superior , Wisconsin |
| Trained by | Mercury Pro Wrestling Academy WWE Performance Center |
| debut | 2015 |
Otis (born December 21, 1991 in Duluth , Minnesota ) is an American wrestler . He is currently under contract with the WWE and appears regularly on their show SmackDown .
Wrestling career
First beginnings (2015-2016)
In 2015, Bogojevic trained as a professional wrestler at the Mercury Pro Wrestling Academy. He wrestled under the ring name Dozer for several regional promotions in Colorado and Utah, including Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero and New Revolution Wrestling, where he won the NRW Charged Championship.
World Wrestling Entertainment (since 2016)
On April 12, 2016, Bogojevic signed a contract with WWE and began training at the WWE Performance Center . He made his debut at an NXT house show on July 8, 2016.
During this time he formed a tag team with Tucker Knight called Heavy Machinery. In October, when he was renamed Otis Dozovic, the duo entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament and made their television debut on the October 19 episode of NXT, losing to Team Austin Aries and Roderick Strong . In the July 12 episode of NXT, Heavy Machinery unsuccessfully challenged The Authors of Pain for the NXT Tag Team Championship . In March 2018, Heavy Machinery returned to the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, but was eliminated in the first round by The Street Profits Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford .
On December 17th, 2018 it was announced that Heavy Machinery will debut on the main roster. They made their debut on the episode of Raw on January 14, 2019, interrupting an interview between Alexa Bliss and Paul Heyman . The following week on Raw, they defeated The Ascension Konnor and Viktor on their in-ring debut. Heavy Machinery was drafted into SmackDown as part of the Superstar Shake-Up . Heavy Machinery faced Daniel Bryan and Rowan at Stomping Grounds on June 23, 2019 for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles.
By the end of 2019, Otis entered into a romance with Mandy Rose . Otis won the Money in the Bank Match in the Money in the Bank Pay-Per-View.
Titles and awards
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New Revolution Wrestling
- NRW Charged Championship (1 ×)
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Number 179 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019
- Number 69 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020
- Rookie of the Year (2017)
Individual evidence
- ^ WWE Performance Center welcomes new class of recruits. wwe.com, April 12, 2016, accessed July 25, 2020 .
Web links
- Oti's profile on wwe.com
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| SURNAME | Otis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bogojević, Nikola (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duluth , Minnesota |