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Rick Vigneault

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1956-03-18 (68 years old)

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

all 75

Movies 71

TV Shows 4

Rick Vigneault

Biography

Filmography

all 75

Movies 71

TV Shows 4

self 2

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)

WWF WrestleFest '94 (1994)

WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams (1994)

WWE Royal Rumble 1994 (1994)

WWE Survivor Series 1993 (1993)

Best of The British Bulldog (1993)

WWE U.K. Fan Favourites (1993)

WWF Bashed in the USA (1993)

WWF: WrestleFest '93 (1993)

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches (1993)

WWE Royal Rumble 1993 (1993)

WWE 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)

WWE Crunch Classic (1992)

WWE U.K. Rampage 1992 (1992)

WWE WrestleMania VIII (1992)

WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992)

WWE World Tour 1991 (1991)

WWE WrestleFest '91 (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)

WWF Hottest Matches (1990)

WWF SuperTape vol. 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)

WWE Demolition (1989)

WWE WrestleMania V (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 Survivor Series 1987 (1987)

The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver (1987)

The Best of the WWF: volume 11 (1987)

WWE WrestleMania III (1987)

WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986)

AWA: WrestleRock '86 (1986)

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1986)

Tag Team Champions (1986)

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II (1985)

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 (1985)

AWA: SuperClash '85 (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 1983 (1983)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1956-03-18 (68 years old)

Birth Place
Quebec City, Canada

Height
183-centimeter

Citizenships
Canada

Also Known As
Rick Martel, Gus Griffin, The Model, Ricky Martel