Richard Young ( wrestler ) Richard " Rich " Young ( born May 12 , 1975 ) is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment performing 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 ) . Football 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 . Professional football . After college , Young spent training camp of the 1998 season with the NFL ' s Kansas City Chiefs , and was 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 . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling Entertainment . Developmental territories ( 2006 - 2008 ) . Young made his professional wrestling debut with Ohio Valley Wrestling in late 2006 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 . On January 12 , 2008 , DaBone became the number one contender to the OVW title after beating Mike Kruel in a best of 3 series . 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 ( 2008 - 2009 ) . 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 . The next week on " ECW " , Tazz 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 " . On the July 15 edition of " ECW " , he used the nickname , " The Latin Assassin " . Ortiz defeated Chavo Guerrero by disqualification on the July 29 edition of " ECW " . The next week he beat Guerrero and Bam Neely in a tag team match with Evan Bourne . Although enjoying a streak of 5 - 0 , on October 7 , Ortiz would team with Kofi Kingston , CM Punk , and Evan Bourne against John Morrison , The Miz , Cody Rhodes , and Ted DiBiase in an 8 man tag match losing effort . After a distraction from Manu , Morrison would then perform a Moonlight Drive on Punk and pin him for the victory . This would be Young ' s first televised loss since debuting on ECW , although he was still undefeated in singles competition . On the December 2 episode of " ECW " , he suffered his first pinfall loss at the hands of Jack Swagger , who was also undefeated at the time . SmackDown ( 2009 ) . On April 15 , 2009 , Ortiz was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft . On the May 15 episode of " SmackDown " , Ortiz made his debut for the brand as a heel , losing to Jeff Hardy . His last match for WWE was the August 7 episode of " SmackDown " when he was squashed by The Great Khali . He was released from his WWE contract on August 8 , 2009 . Independent circuit . A week after his WWE release , on August 15 , 2009 , Young appeared at a World Wrestling Council show , using the name ' Ricky Ortiz ' and challenging Shane Sewell for the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship . He failed to win , and attacked Sewell after the match . In early 2010 , Ortiz appeared for the Combat Championship Wrestling promotion , wrestling against Shawn Spears and Sinn Bodhi . He then began competing for Florida - based promotions , including I Believe in Wrestling and WWA . On January 14 , 2011 Young appeared at Vintage Pro Wrestling with Scott Hall using the Wolfpac theme at WrestleBrawl 2 took on Kennedy Kendrick despite winning the match Young would lose due to refusing to release a hold . In 2011 , it was revealed that Ortiz would take part in a new hiphop / pro wrestling collaboration , the Urban Wrestling Federation , with taping of the first event " First Blood " taking place on June 3 . Other media . Young appeared on the November 25 , 2008 episode of " Cha $ e " as a hunter . Young also appeared on Scott Hall ' s web show " Last Call with Scott Hall " . Young trains at Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling .