Ric Byrne Aric Byrne Connely ( April 13 , 1973 ) is an American wrestler and author best known under the ring name / pseudonym Ric Byrne . Career . Ric was trained at the Main Event Pro Wrestling Camp in Evendale , OH by head trainer Les Thatcher . He debuted as a wrestler on October 11 , 2001 against Crypt Cauldron for Violent Championship Wrestling under the ring name of Ric Byrne . In Violent Championship Wrestling , Ric often found himself allied with " Madman " Shirley Doe and squaring off against Al Snow ' s younger brother , Logan Caine . Simultaneously , Ric began his career in the Heartland Wrestling Association as a referee ( winning the Referee Of The Year award in HWA for 2001 ) until becoming an active wrestler on their roster as well . For the first few years , Ric wrestled primarily in singles competition , holding notable early victories over Dean Jablonski and Rory Fox . This changed after September 6 , 2003 when in a hardcore match against Brother Clay , Ric suffered significant head trauma . This was used to create a " regressed " caveman character for Byrne , who began competing as Ooga Booga . Ric continued to wrestle as Ric Byrne for the World Wrestling Coalition , defeating Fabulous Frederick in a steel cage match for the WWC Heavyweight Title in January 2005 . Ooga Booga continued tagging with various HWA wrestlers until finding a partnership that worked with Jon Moxley in June 2005 . Again , significant head trauma caused a character change for Ric , as multiple chairshots in a single match returned the Ric Byrne persona to activity in the Heartland Wrestling Association . Byrne and Moxley became the Heartland Foundation , managed by Hellena Heavenly , feuding with Foreign Intelligence ( Quinten Lee and Ala Hussein ) and winning the HWA Tag Team Titles for a very brief moment from that duo . Eventually , rivalry for the affections of Helena Heavenly caused a split , with Moxley and Hellena leaving Byrne . At the same time , Byrne was part of the creation of the Profit , Inc . group in the World Wrestling Coalition , holding both singles and tag titles with that company . During a " First Blood " match against Gotti on June 6 , 2006 , Ric ' s jaw was broken in multiple places at the midpoint of the match , and even though Byrne was able to continue wrestling for another ten minutes after the incident , he was sidelined for several months afterwards due to the extensive surgeries required to correct his shattered jawbone , and was forced to vacate the WWC Heavyweight Title during this period . Byrne returned to active competition in October 2006 , and currently performs regularly ( as Ric Byrne ) for the Heartland Wrestling Association , the World Wrestling Coalition , ( as Ooga Booga ) for Buckeye Pro Wrestling , the Northern Wrestling Federation , and American Championship Wrestling . In Wrestling . Theme . The theme song for Ric Byrne is " Low " by Fashion Bomb . Personal life . As a child , Ric was hospitalized for several months with third degree burns over his chest , arms , and face due to being intentionally set on fire by a family member . These scars are still visible today , and have been incorporated into his wrestling persona . Afterwards , Ric was adopted by a family with the last name Allen , although he has recently changed his last name back to the family name of Connely . Ric has been known to sponsor both an annual Toy Drive and fund raising events for the Shriner ' s Burns Institute , which he credits as having saved his life . He is also known as a creative mind , having written scripts for wrestling and other entertainment ventures .