Rick Vigneault
Actor
- Born
- March 18, 1956 (age 70) · Québec 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
March 29, 1987
WWE WrestleMania V
April 2, 1989
WWE WrestleMania IV
March 27, 1988
WWE WrestleMania VI
April 1, 1990
WWE WrestleMania VII
March 24, 1991
WWE WrestleMania VIII
April 5, 1992
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
January 22, 1995
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
November 18, 2014
WWE Survivor Series 1987
November 26, 1987
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
January 19, 1992
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
January 22, 1994
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
January 24, 1993
Acting83
- 2026WWE SummerSlam 2026: Sunday as Self
- 2014WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story as Rick Martel
- 2014Timeline The History of WWE – 1981 – As Told By Rick Martel as Himself
- 2014WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 as Rick Martel
- 2009WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams as Rick Martel
- 1998WCW SuperBrawl VIII as Rick Martel
- 1998WCW Souled Out 1998 as Rick Martel
- 1995WWE Royal Rumble 1995 as Rick "The Model" Martel
- 1994Razor Ramon as "The Model" Rick Martel