Rick Vigneault
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. 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
- Acting
- Born
- 1956-03-18 · Québec City, Québec, Canada
Known for
- Raw (1993) — "The Model" Rick Martel
- WWE WrestleMania III (1987) — Rick Martel
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) — Rick Martel
- WWE WrestleMania V (1989) — Rick Martel
- WWE WrestleMania IV (1988) — Rick Martel
- WWE WrestleMania VI (1990) — Rick 'The Model' Martel
- WWE WrestleMania VII (1991) — "The Model" Rick Martel
- WWE WrestleMania VIII (1992) — Rick "The Model" Martel
- WWE Royal Rumble 1995 (1995) — Rick "The Model" Martel
- WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story (2014) — Rick Martel
- WWE Survivor Series 1987 (1987) — Fab Rick Martel
- WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992) — Rick "The Model" Martel
- WWE Royal Rumble 1994 (1994) — "The Model" Rick Martel
- WWE Royal Rumble 1993 (1993) — "The Model" Rick Martel
- WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990) — "The Model" Rick Martel
- WWE SummerSlam 1992 (1992) — Rick "The Model" Martel