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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
WCW Thunder
7.9
Raw
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
6.8
Saturday Night's Main Event
8.2
WWF Wrestling Challenge
6.8
Movies
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
0
WWE WrestleMania III
7.5
WWE WrestleMania V
7.3
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
10
AWA Christmas Night 1983
0
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
0
WWE WrestleFest '90
0
WWE WrestleFest '91
0
WWE WrestleFest '92
0
WWE Crunch Classic
0
WWE U.K. Fan Favourites
0
WWF Hottest Matches
0
WWF SuperTape vol. 2
0
WWF Bashed in the USA
0
WWE Demolition
0
WWE Rampage '92
0
WWE World Tour 1991
0
WWE World Tour 1992
0
Razor Ramon
0
WWE WrestleMania VII
7.5
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
5.857
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
7
WWE SummerSlam 1989
6.6
WWE WrestleMania VI
8.4
WWE Survivor Series 1990
8.2
WWE Survivor Series 1992
8.4
WWE Survivor Series 1993
6.7
The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver
0
AWA Christmas Show 1983
0
AWA Christmas Show 1984
0
WCW Souled Out 1998
10
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
5
PWUSA Star Wars
0
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
0
PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands
0
WWF: WrestleFest '93
0
AWA Super Clash
7.9
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
0
Hulkamania 3
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 11
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 15
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
0
The Best of the WWF: volume 20
0
Best of the WWF Volume 2
0
Timeline: The History of WWE – 1981 – As Told By Rick Martel
0
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
0
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
0
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
0
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
0
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89
0
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
0
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
10
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
7.1
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
7.2
AWA Super Sunday
7.5
WWF WrestleFest '94
10
AWA: WrestleRock '86
10
Tag Team Champions
0
WWE WrestleMania IV
7.4
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
5
WWE Survivor Series 1989
7.9
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
0
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
4
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
10
WWE The Main Event
0
WWE Survivor Series 1987
8.731
WWE The Main Event IV
0
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
0
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992
0
WWE SummerSlam 1992
8.1
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
6.846
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
6.667
WWE WrestleMania VIII
8.2
WWE UK Rampage
5
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
6.857
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
7.031
WrestleMania III
0