Rick Vigneault
Actor
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.
Filmography
WWE WrestleMania V
as Rick Martel 1989
WWE WrestleMania IV
as Rick Martel 1988
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Rick 'The Model' Martel 1990
WWE WrestleMania VII
as "The Model" Rick Martel 1991
WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Rick "The Model" Martel 1992
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
as Rick Martel 2014
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
as Rick "The Model" Martel 1995
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Rick "The Model" Martel 1992
WWE Survivor Series 1987
as Fab Rick Martel 1987
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
as "The Model" Rick Martel 1994
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
as "The Model" Rick Martel 1993
WWE SummerSlam 1992
as Rick "The Model" Martel 1992
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as "The Model" Rick Martel 1990
WWE Survivor Series 1992
as "The Model" Rick Martel 1992
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
as "The Model" Rick Martel 1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
as Rick Martel 1990