Rick Vigneault

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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WWE Raw

(1993) "The Model" Rick Martel

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7

WWF Wrestling Challenge

(1986) "The Model" Rick Martel

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7

WWE WrestleMania IV

(1988) Rick Martel

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8

WWE WrestleMania VIII

(1992) Rick "The Model" Martel

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8

WWE WrestleMania VI

(1990) Rick "The Model" Martel

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5

WCW SuperBrawl VIII

(1998) Rick Martel

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7

WWE WrestleMania V

(1989) Rick Martel

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7

WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story

(2014) Rick Martel

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	Rick Martel	WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story 2014-11-18 Movie
	Himself	Timeline: The History of WWE – 1981 – As Told By Rick Martel 2014-11-10 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 2014-03-11 Movie
2009	Rick Martel	WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams 2009-01-01 Movie
1998	Rick Martel	WCW SuperBrawl VIII 1998-02-22 Movie
	Rick Martel	WCW Souled Out 1998 1998-01-24 Movie
	Rick Martel	WCW Thunder 1998-01-08 TV Show
1995	Rick "The Model" Martel	WWE Royal Rumble 1995 1995-01-22 Movie
1994	"The Model" Rick Martel	Razor Ramon 1994-10-05 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWF WrestleFest '94 1994-06-29 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams 1994-06-29 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Royal Rumble 1994 1994-01-22 Movie
1993	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Survivor Series 1993 1993-11-24 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE U.K. Fan Favourites 1993-08-09 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWF Bashed in the USA 1993-06-23 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWF: WrestleFest '93 1993-03-20 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches 1993-03-01 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Royal Rumble 1993 1993-01-24 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Raw 1993-01-11 TV Show
1992	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Survivor Series 1992 1992-11-25 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Rampage '92 1992-10-22 Movie
	Rick "The Model" Martel	WWE SummerSlam 1992 1992-08-29 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE World Tour 1992 1992-08-27 Movie
	Rick "The Model" Martel	WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992 1992-08-23 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE WrestleFest '92 1992-07-23 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Crunch Classic 1992-05-28 Movie
	Rick "The Model" Martel	WWE U.K. Rampage 1992 1992-04-19 Movie
	Rick "The Model" Martel	WWE WrestleMania VIII 1992-04-05 Movie
	Rick "The Model" Martel	WWE Royal Rumble 1992 1992-01-19 Movie
1991	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE World Tour 1991 1991-08-22 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE WrestleFest '91 1991-07-25 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE WrestleMania VII 1991-03-24 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII 1991-03-17 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Royal Rumble 1991 1991-01-19 Movie
1990	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE The Main Event IV 1990-11-23 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Survivor Series 1990 1990-11-22 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90 1990-11-18 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWF Hottest Matches 1990-10-25 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWF SuperTape vol. 2 1990-07-25 Movie
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE WrestleFest '90 1990-06-28 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit 1990-04-13 Movie
	Rick "The Model" Martel	WWE WrestleMania VI 1990-04-01 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE Royal Rumble 1990 1990-01-21 Movie
1989	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWE Survivor Series 1989 1989-11-23 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE SummerSlam 1989 1989-08-28 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE Demolition 1989-08-09 Movie
	Rick Martel	The Best of the WWF: volume 20 1989-08-09 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89 1989-05-08 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE WrestleMania V 1989-04-02 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE Royal Rumble 1989 1989-01-15 Movie
1988	Rick Martel	The Best of the WWF: volume 17 1988-11-10 Movie
	Rick Martel	Hulkamania 3 1988-08-27 Movie
	Rick Martel	The Best of the WWF: volume 15 1988-04-13 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE WrestleMania IV 1988-03-27 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE The Main Event 1988-02-05 Movie
1987	Rick Martel	WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87 1987-12-11 Movie
	Fab Rick Martel	WWE Survivor Series 1987 1987-11-26 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87 1987-11-06 Movie
	Rick Martel	The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver 1987-09-21 Movie
	Rick Martel	The Best of the WWF: volume 11 1987-06-24 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE WrestleMania III 1987-03-29 Movie
	Rick Martel	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 1987-01-05 Movie
1986	Rick Martel	WWF Wrestling Challenge 1986-09-07 TV Show
	"The Model" Rick Martel	WWF Wrestling Challenge 1986-09-07 TV Show
	Rick Martel	AWA: WrestleRock '86 1986-04-20 Movie
	Rick Martel (Appearance)	The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament 1986-04-19 Movie
	Rick Martel	Tag Team Champions 1986-03-01 Movie
1985	Rick Martel	AWA/NWA Night of Champions II 1985-12-29 Movie
	Rick Martel	Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 1985-12-25 Movie
	Rick Martel	AWA: SuperClash '85 1985-09-25 Movie
	Rick Martel	AWA Wrestling For a Cure 1985-08-16 Movie
	Rick Martel	PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza 1985-05-21 Movie
	N/A	Saturday Night's Main Event 1985-05-11 TV Show
	Rick Martel	PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands 1985-04-19 Movie
	Rick Martel	PWUSA Star Wars 1985-02-24 Movie
	Rick Martel	Best of the WWF Volume 2 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	Rick Martel	AWA Christmas Show 1984 1984-12-25 Movie
1983	Rick Martel	AWA Christmas Night 1983 1983-12-25 Movie
	Rick Martel	AWA Christmas Show 1983 1983-12-25 Movie
	Rick Martel	AWA Super Sunday 1983-04-24 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv