Rick Vigneault

Acting

Born Mar 18, 1956

From 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.

Rick Vigneault

Known For

WWE WrestleMania III

WWE WrestleMania IV

WWE WrestleMania V

WWE WrestleMania VII

WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE WrestleFest '91

WWE Survivor Series 1987

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

WWE WrestleMania VIII

Filmography — Acting

WWE WrestleMania III

WWE WrestleMania IV

WWE WrestleMania V

WWE WrestleMania VII

WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE WrestleFest '91

WWE Survivor Series 1987

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

WWE WrestleMania VIII

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

WWE Survivor Series 1993

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87

WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII

WCW Souled Out 1998

WWE WrestleFest '90

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

WWE Survivor Series 1989

WWE Royal Rumble 1994

WWE Rampage '92

WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

WWE Survivor Series 1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1995

WWE SummerSlam 1989

WWE SummerSlam 1992

WWE World Tour 1991

WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89

WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993

WWE UK Rampage '92

WWE World Tour 1992

AWA Super Sunday

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

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

WWE WrestleFest '93

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

WWE The Main Event

WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams

WCW SuperBrawl VIII

WWE UK Rampage

Demolition: Witness the Power

The Brains Behind the Brawn

WWE Hottest Matches

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992

WWE WrestleFest '92

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

WWE SuperTape: Volume 2

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

WWE The Main Event IV

WWE Bashed in the USA

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87

The Best of the WWF: volume 20

WWE Greatest Hits

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87

AWA Christmas Show 1984

Best of the WWF Volume 2

AWA Super Clash

Hulkamania 3

The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver

WWE Crunch Classic

WWE WrestleFest '94

Tag Team Champions