Rick Vigneault

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.

Acting

1998

WCW SuperBrawl VIII

Rick Martel

1998

WCW Souled Out 1998

Rick Martel

1998

WCW Thunder

Rick Martel

1995

WWE Royal Rumble 1995

Rick "The Model" Martel

1994

Razor Ramon

"The Model" Rick Martel

1994

WWE Royal Rumble 1994

"The Model" Rick Martel

1993

WWE Survivor Series 1993

"The Model" Rick Martel

1993

Best of The British Bulldog

Rick Martel

1993

WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993

"The Model" Rick Martel

1993

WWE Bashed in the USA

"The Model" Rick Martel

1993

WWE WrestleFest '93

"The Model" Rick Martel

1993

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

"The Model" Rick Martel

1993

Raw

"The Model" Rick Martel

1992

WWE Survivor Series 1992

"The Model" Rick Martel

1992

WWE Rampage '92

"The Model" Rick Martel

1992

WWE SummerSlam 1992

Rick "The Model" Martel

1992

WWE World Tour 1992

"The Model" Rick Martel

1992

WWE WrestleFest '92

"The Model" Rick Martel

1992

WWE Crunch Classic

"The Model" Rick Martel

1992

WWE UK Rampage '92

Rick "The Model" Martel

1992

WWE WrestleMania VIII

Rick "The Model" Martel

1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

Rick "The Model" Martel

1991

WWE World Tour 1991

"The Model" Rick Martel

1991

WWE WrestleFest '91

"The Model" Rick Martel

1991

WWE Greatest Hits

"The Model" Rick Martel

1991

WWE WrestleMania VII

"The Model" Rick Martel

1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

"The Model" Rick Martel

1990

WWE Survivor Series 1990

"The Model" Rick Martel

1990

WWE Hottest Matches

Rick Martel

1990

WWE SuperTape: Volume 2

"The Model" Rick Martel

1990

WWE WrestleFest '90

"The Model" Rick Martel

1990

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

Rick Martel

1990

WWE WrestleMania VI

Rick 'The Model' Martel

1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

Rick Martel

1989

WWE Survivor Series 1989

"The Model" Rick Martel

1989

WWE SummerSlam 1989

Rick Martel

1989

Demolition: Witness the Power

Rick Martel

1989

WWE WrestleMania V

Rick Martel

1989

The Brains Behind the Brawn

Rick Martel

1989

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

Rick Martel

1988

WrestleMania IV

Rick Martel

1988

WWE WrestleMania IV

Rick Martel

1987

WWE Survivor Series 1987

Fab Rick Martel

1987

WWE WrestleMania III

Rick Martel

1987

WrestleMania III

Self

1986

WWF Wrestling Challenge

Rick Martel

1986

WWF Wrestling Challenge

"The Model" Rick Martel

1986

WWF Wrestling Challenge

Rick 'The Model' Martel

1986

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

Rick Martel (Appearance)

1986

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano

Rick Martel

1985

Saturday Night's Main Event

Unknown

1985

Saturday Night's Main Event

Rick Martel

1985

Best of the WWF Volume 2

Rick Martel

1984

AWA Christmas Show 1984

Rick Martel

1983

AWA Super Sunday

Rick Martel

1981

AWA Arena Shows

Rick Martel

1980

WWF Championship Wrestling

Rick Martel

1975

WWF All-Star Wrestling

Rick Martel

1973

WWE Old School

Rick "The Model" Martel

1973

WWE Old School

Rick Martel

Infos

Full Name
Rick Vigneault
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
3/18/1956
Also Known As

Rick Martel

Gus Griffin

The Model

Ricky Martel