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.

Filmography (90 Appearances)

WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story

2014

Timeline: The History of WWE – 1981 – As Told By Rick Martel

2014

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

2014

WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams

2009

WCW SuperBrawl VIII

1998

WCW Souled Out 1998

1998

WCW Thunder

1998

WWE Royal Rumble 1995

1995

Razor Ramon

1994

WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams

1994

WWE WrestleFest '94

1994

WWE Royal Rumble 1994

1994

WWE Survivor Series 1993

1993

Best of The British Bulldog

1993

WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993

1993

WWE Bashed in the USA

1993

WWE WrestleFest '93

1993

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches

1993

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

1993

Raw

1993

WWE Survivor Series 1992

1992

WWE Rampage '92

1992

WWE SummerSlam 1992

1992

WWE World Tour 1992

1992

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992

1992

WWE WrestleFest '92

1992

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

1992

WWE Crunch Classic

1992

WWE UK Rampage

1992

WWE UK Rampage '92

1992

WWE WrestleMania VIII

1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

1992

WWE World Tour 1991

1991

WWE WrestleFest '91

1991

WWE Greatest Hits

1991

WWE WrestleMania VII

1991

WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII

1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

1991

WWE The Main Event IV

1990

WWE Survivor Series 1990

1990

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

1990

WWE Hottest Matches

1990

WWE SuperTape: Volume 2

1990

WWE WrestleFest '90

1990

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

1990

WWE WrestleMania VI

1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

1990

WWE Survivor Series 1989

1989

WWE SummerSlam 1989

1989

The Best of the WWF: volume 20

1989

Demolition: Witness the Power

1989

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89

1989

WWE WrestleMania V

1989

The Brains Behind the Brawn

1989

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

1989

The Best of the WWF: volume 17

1988

Hulkamania 3

1988

The Best of the WWF: volume 15

1988

WWE WrestleMania IV

1988

WWE The Main Event

1988

WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87

1987

WWE Survivor Series 1987

1987

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87

1987

The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver

1987

The Best of the WWF: volume 11

1987

WWE WrestleMania III

1987

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87

1987

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

1987

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986

AWA WrestleRock 1986

1986

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1986

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano

1986

Tag Team Champions

1986

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

1985

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

1985

AWA Super Clash

1985

AWA Wrestling For a Cure

1985

PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza

1985

Saturday Night's Main Event

1985

PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands

1985

PWUSA Star Wars

1985

Best of the WWF Volume 2

1985

AWA Christmas Show 1984

1984

AWA Christmas Show 1983

1983

AWA Christmas Night 1983

1983

AWA Super Sunday

1983 Debut

AWA Arena Shows

1981

WWF Championship Wrestling

1980

WWF All-Star Wrestling

1975

WWE Old School

1973
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