Rick Vigneault
Birthday: 1956-03-18
Birthplace: Québec City, Québec, Canada
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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2014-11-18 | WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story | Rick Martel |
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2014-03-11 | WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 | Rick Martel |
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2009-01-01 | WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams | Rick Martel |
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1998-02-22 | WCW SuperBrawl VIII | Rick Martel |
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1998-01-24 | WCW Souled Out 1998 | Rick Martel |
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1995-01-22 | WWE Royal Rumble 1995 | Rick "The Model" Martel |
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1994-10-05 | Razor Ramon | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1994-06-29 | WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1994-06-29 | WWF WrestleFest '94 | Rick Martel |
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1994-01-22 | WWE Royal Rumble 1994 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1993-11-24 | WWE Survivor Series 1993 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1993-08-09 | WWE U.K. Fan Favourites | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1993-06-23 | WWF Bashed in the USA | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1993-03-20 | WWF: WrestleFest '93 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1993-03-01 | WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1993-01-24 | WWE Royal Rumble 1993 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1992-11-25 | WWE Survivor Series 1992 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1992-10-22 | WWE Rampage '92 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1992-08-29 | WWE SummerSlam 1992 | Rick "The Model" Martel |
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1992-08-27 | WWE World Tour 1992 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1992-08-23 | WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992 | Rick "The Model" Martel |
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1992-07-23 | WWE WrestleFest '92 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1992-05-28 | WWE Crunch Classic | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1992-04-19 | WWE U.K. Rampage 1992 | Rick "The Model" Martel |
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1992-04-05 | WWE WrestleMania VIII | Rick "The Model" Martel |
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1992-01-19 | WWE Royal Rumble 1992 | Rick "The Model" Martel |
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1991-08-22 | WWE World Tour 1991 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1991-07-25 | WWE WrestleFest '91 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1991-03-24 | WWE WrestleMania VII | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1991-03-17 | WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1991-01-19 | WWE Royal Rumble 1991 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1990-11-23 | WWE The Main Event IV | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1990-11-22 | WWE Survivor Series 1990 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1990-11-18 | WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1990-10-25 | WWF Hottest Matches | Rick Martel |
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1990-07-25 | WWF SuperTape vol. 2 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1990-06-28 | WWE WrestleFest '90 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1990-04-13 | WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit | Rick Martel |
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1990-04-01 | WWE WrestleMania VI | Rick "The Model" Martel |
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1990-01-21 | WWE Royal Rumble 1990 | Rick Martel |
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1989-11-23 | WWE Survivor Series 1989 | "The Model" Rick Martel |
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1989-08-28 | WWE SummerSlam 1989 | Rick Martel |
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1989-08-09 | WWE Demolition | Rick Martel |
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1989-08-09 | The Best of the WWF: volume 20 | Rick Martel |
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1989-05-08 | WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89 | Rick Martel |
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1989-04-02 | WWE WrestleMania V | Rick Martel |
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1989-01-15 | WWE Royal Rumble 1989 | Rick Martel |
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1988-11-10 | The Best of the WWF: volume 17 | Rick Martel |
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1988-08-27 | Hulkamania 3 | Rick Martel |
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1988-04-13 | The Best of the WWF: volume 15 | Rick Martel |
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1988-03-27 | WWE WrestleMania IV | Rick Martel |
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1988-02-05 | WWE The Main Event | Rick Martel |
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1987-12-11 | WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87 | Rick Martel |
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1987-11-26 | WWE Survivor Series 1987 | Fab Rick Martel |
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1987-11-06 | WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87 | Rick Martel |
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1987-09-21 | The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver | Rick Martel |
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1987-06-24 | The Best of the WWF: volume 11 | Rick Martel |
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1987-03-29 | WWE WrestleMania III | Rick Martel |
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1987-03-15 | WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87 | Rick Martel |
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1987-01-05 | WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 | Rick Martel |
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1986-04-20 | AWA: WrestleRock '86 | Rick Martel |
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1986-04-19 | The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament | Rick Martel (Appearance) |
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1986-03-01 | Tag Team Champions | Rick Martel |
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1985-12-29 | AWA/NWA Night of Champions II | Rick Martel |
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1985-12-25 | Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 | Rick Martel |
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1985-09-25 | AWA Super Clash | Rick Martel |
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1985-08-16 | AWA Wrestling For a Cure | Rick Martel |
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1985-05-21 | PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza | Rick Martel |
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1985-04-19 | PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands | Rick Martel |
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1985-02-24 | PWUSA Star Wars | Rick Martel |
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1985-01-01 | Best of the WWF Volume 2 | Rick Martel |
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1984-12-25 | AWA Christmas Show 1984 | Rick Martel |
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1983-12-25 | AWA Christmas Night 1983 | Rick Martel |
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1983-12-25 | AWA Christmas Show 1983 | Rick Martel |
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1983-04-24 | AWA Super Sunday | Rick Martel |