Richard Young (wrestler)

Infobox Wrestler
name =Ricky Ortiz


names =Ricky Ortizciteweb|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superstars/rickyortiz/bio/|accessdate=2008-08-15|title=Official WWE Bio|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment] Atlas Ortizciteweb|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/ricky-ortiz.html|accessdate=2008-08-15|title=Ricky Ortiz profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling] citeweb|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/07012008/|title=Extreme Mismatch|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment] Atlas DaBone Rich Young
height =height|ft=6|in=4
weight =convert|254|lb|kg|abbr=on|lk=on
birth_date =birth date and age|1975|5|12
death_date =
birth_place =Phoenix, Arizona
death_place =
resides =
billed =Paradise Valley, Arizona
trainer =OVW Staff
FCW Staff
debut =2006
retired =|

Richard "Rich" Young(born May 12, 1975) is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player who is currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment performing in the ECW brand under the ring name Ricky Ortiz.

Young spent time in the XFL, the Canadian Football League (CFL), the Arena Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL).

Career

College

Young attended the University of Tulsa as a transfer student after two years at Glendale Community College and was a two year letter winner. He played 22 career games and was credited with 177 tackles as a linebacker. [http://arenafootball.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=3500&ATCLID=96570 Rich Young - ArenaFootball.com — The Official Web site of the Arena Football League AFL] ]

Football

After college, Young spent training camp of the 1998 season with the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs. He would be on the team's practice squad during the season. After the year, he went to the Canadian Football League (CFL) and played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons in the Arena Football League with the Milwaukee Mustangs. In the AFL, Young played both fullback and linebacker. Following the AFL, Young joined the short-lived XFL with the Orlando Rage. After the league folded, Young attempted to make the Jacksonville Jaguars roster, but was waived during training camp. He rejoined the AFL, this time with the Indiana Firebirds, in 2002. He would spend the next two years in Indiana before joining the Colorado Crush in 2004. In 2003, he led all AFL middle linebackers with 4.0 sacks.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Developmental territories

Young made his professional wrestling debut with Ohio Valley Wrestling on January 20, 2007 as Atlas DaBone. DaBone was billed as one of the most charismatic superstars in OVW. DaBone was expected to be called up to the main roster soon after with Ashley Massaro as his valet. [ [http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2008/articles/1200186237.php WWE House Show Results from Jacksonville, Florida 1-11-08] ] [http://www.wrestling-edge.com/wwenews.php?subaction=showfull&id=1199610048&archive=] On January 12, 2008, DaBone became #1 contender to the OVW title after beating Mike Kruel (Michael Mayo, Jr.) in a best of 3 series. [ [http://www.ovwrestling.com/tv_results.htm Ohio Valley Wrestling - Tomorrow's Superstars...Today!] ] On March 3, 2008 it was reported that DaBone suffered a torn ligament in his knee, but returned to action in Florida Championship Wrestling on April 17.

ECW

On July 1, 2008, Young made his WWE debut as a face under the name Atlas Ortiz on the "ECW" brand, winning his first match against Armando Estrada (Hazem Ali) . On the July 8, 2008 edition of ECW, Tazz (Peter Senerchia) and Mike Adamle referred to him as Ricky Ortiz. He acknowledged the name change in an interview segment on the same show; Lena Yada called him Atlas and he responded by saying, "My friends call me Ricky" and claiming to be undefeated. On the July 15, 2008 edition of ECW, he used the nickname, "The Latin Assassin." Ricky Ortiz defeated Chavo Guerrero (Salvador Guerrero III) by disqualification on July 29 2008 edition of "ECW". [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/07292008/|title=Proof of Strength|date=2008-07-29| last=Medalis|first=Kara A.|accessdate=2008-08-15|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment] The next week he beat Guerrero and Bam Neely (Justin LaRouche) in a tag team match with Evan Bourne ( Matthew Korklan). [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/08052008/|title=The Dirt Spat |date=2008-08-05| last=Burdick |first=Michael|accessdate=2008-08-15|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment] Ortiz faced Gavin Spears (Ronnie Arneill) on the August 19th edition of ECW and defeated him with the "Big O" and improved his undefeated streak to 4-0.On the September 2 edition of ECW, Ortiz defeated Ryan Braddock (Brad Bradley), improving his undefeated streak to 5-0. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/09022008/|title=Dirty Scrambles|date=2008-09-02|last=DiFino|first=Lennie|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=WWE] On October 8 Ricky Ortiz would team with Kofi Kingston (Kofi Mensah), CM Punk (CM Punk) and Evan Bourne in a against John Morrison and The Miz John Hennigan (Morrison) and Mike Mizanin (The Miz) and Cody Rhodes (Cody Runnels) and Ted Dibiase (Ted Dibiase Jr) in a 8 man tag match losing effort after a distraction from Manu (Afa Anoa'i, Jr.), Morrison would then perform a Moonlight Drive on Punk and pin him for the victory. This would be Young's first loss since coming to ECW although he's still undefeated in singles competition.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves
**"Big O"cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/6613/105/|accessdate=2008-09-09|date=2008-09-02|last=DiLiegro|first=Phil|title=Phil DiLiegro's ECW TV report for September 2|publisher=Wrestling Observer Newsletter] (WWE) / "Boneyard Boogie" (OVW) (Running jumping splash, with theatrics)
**360° corkscrew forearm smash
**Diving shoulder block
**Dropkick
**Sitout side powerslam
**Kip–up
*Nicknames
**The Latin Assassin
**Ricky–O

*Entrance themes
**Splatitude

Notes

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superstars/rickyortiz/bio/ Official WWE.com profile]
* [http://www.arenafan.com/players/?page=players&player=2451 Arena Fan Profile]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/a/atlas-dabone.html Online World Of Wrestling Profile]