better known as Ricky Santana, is a professional wrestler of Cuban descent who has worked for World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, World Wrestling Council and the National Wrestling Alliance, All Japan,IWA Japan,EMLL Mexico,AAA Mexico. rtiz debuted as a wrestler in 1982 being trained at The Great Malenko wrestling school in south Florida.In 1985 Ortiz worked for NWA Texas Allstar Wrestling in San Antonio in June 1985 won the Texas Allstar Tag Team Championship as the Hoods with Tony Torres defeating Shawn Michaels and Paul Diamond known as the American Force.In March 1986 began wrestling in NWA Florida Championship Wrestling where he met Fidel Sierra who would later become his Tag Team partner for many years. On October 4, 1986, he won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles with Brady Boone from Mike Miller and Abdudah Dein. He lost the titles back to them on November 10, 1986. He then won the titles with Cocoa Samoa, on January 7, 1987[2] but lost them to Miller and Rip Oliver in May 1987. He won the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title from Oliver in March 1987.