Rick Vigneault
Acting · Born 1956-03-18 · 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. 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.
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Raw
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE WrestleMania III
WWE WrestleMania V
WWE WrestleMania IV
WWE WrestleMania VI
WWE WrestleMania VII
WWE WrestleMania VIII
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
WWE Survivor Series 1987
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
WWE Survivor Series 1990
WWE SummerSlam 1992
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
WWE Survivor Series 1992
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
WWE Survivor Series 1989
WCW Thunder
WWE SummerSlam 1989
WWF Superstars
WWE Survivor Series 1993
AWA Super Clash
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
WCW Souled Out 1998
AWA Super Sunday
WWE WrestleFest '94
AWA WrestleRock 1986
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
WWE UK Rampage
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
WWF Championship Wrestling
AWA Christmas Night 1983
WWE WrestleFest '90
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
WWE WrestleFest '91
WWE WrestleFest '92
WWE Crunch Classic
WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993
WWE Hottest Matches
WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
WWE Bashed in the USA
Demolition: Witness the Power
WWE Rampage '92
WWE World Tour 1992
WWE World Tour 1991
Razor Ramon
The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver
WWE WrestleFest '93
Hulkamania 3
The Best of the WWF: volume 11