Rick Vigneault
Known for ActingBorn 1956-03-18Québec City, Québec, Canada
Richard Vigneault is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with WWE between 1980 and 1995 under the ring name Rick Martel. He is also known for his two-year-long reign as AWA World Heavyweight Champion. After retiring from the ring, Martel worked for WCW as a trainer, and as host of the French versions of WCW programming.
After the main event of a house show in Quebec City on May 3, 2003, then WWE Champion Brock Lesnar introduced Martel to the ring as a surprise, and shook his hand. Martel, who received a standing ovation from his home fans, said he was honoured to be associated with WWE and thanked the fans.
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At WWE's Vengeance: Night of Champions pay-per-view in 2007, Martel, along with his former teammate Tony Garea, saved Jimmy Snuka and Sgt. Slaughter from a post-match attack at the hands of Deuce 'n Domino.
Martel is a playable character in WWE 2K18 and WWE 2K19, the first video game appearance since 1993's Sega Mega drive/Genesis version of WWE Royal Rumble.
Known for
WWE WrestleMania III
1987 · as Rick Martel
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
2014 · as Rick Martel
WWE WrestleMania VIII
1992 · as Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE WrestleFest '91
1991 · as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE UK Rampage
1992 · as Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991 · as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE WrestleFest '93
1993 · as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990 · as Rick 'The Model' Martel
WWE SummerSlam 1992
1992 · as Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE Greatest Hits
1991 · as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE Crunch Classic
1992 · as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE WrestleMania V
1989 · as Rick Martel
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989 · as Rick Martel
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991 · as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988 · as Rick Martel
WWE Hottest Matches
1990 · as Rick Martel
Hulkamania 3
1988 · as Rick Martel
AWA WrestleRock 1986
1986 · as Rick Martel