Oleg, in turn, expressed a desire to become as "strong and famous as possible", and cited The Rock and Brock Lesnar as role models.

[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.

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.