Rick Vigneault
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-03-18
Place of birth
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Images
Cast
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
1985
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WWE WrestleMania III
1987
7.30
WWE WrestleMania V
1989
7.30
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
1994
10.00
AWA Christmas Night 1983
1983
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WWE WrestleFest '91
1991
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WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
1993
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WWE WrestleFest '90
1990
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WWE WrestleFest '92
1992
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WWE Crunch Classic
1992
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WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993
1993
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WWE Hottest Matches
1990
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WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
1990
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WWE Bashed in the USA
1993
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Demolition: Witness the Power
1989
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WWE Rampage '92
1992
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WWE World Tour 1991
1991
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WWE World Tour 1992
1992
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Razor Ramon
1994
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WWE WrestleMania VII
1991
7.40
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991
7.10
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1990
6.00
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989
6.60
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
8.40
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
8.00
WWE Survivor Series 1992
1992
8.20
WWE Survivor Series 1993
1993
6.50
AWA Christmas Show 1984
1984
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AWA Christmas Show 1983
1983
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WCW SuperBrawl VIII
1998
5.00
WCW Souled Out 1998
1998
10.00
PWUSA Star Wars
1985
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PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands
1985
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WWE WrestleFest '93
1993
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AWA Super Clash
1985
7.90
Hulkamania 3
1988
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The Best of the WWF: volume 11
1987
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The Best of the WWF: volume 15
1988
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The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988
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The Best of the WWF: volume 20
1989
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Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985
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WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
1990
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AWA Super Sunday
1983
7.50
WWF WrestleFest '94
1994
10.00
AWA WrestleRock 1986
1986
10.00
Tag Team Champions
1986
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WWE WrestleMania IV
1988
7.40
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
1989
5.10
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989
7.70
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
1985
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WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
1990
4.00
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987
8.50
WWE The Main Event
1988
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WWE The Main Event IV
1990
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WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992
1992
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WWE SummerSlam 1992
1992
7.96
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992
6.80
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
1993
6.60
WWE WrestleMania VIII
1992
8.20
WWE UK Rampage
1992
5.00
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
1994
6.90
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
1995
7.00
WrestleMania III (Duplicated)
1987
8.30
WrestleMania IV (Duplicated)
1988
0.00
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989
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Best of The British Bulldog
1993
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WWE UK Rampage '92
1992
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WWE Greatest Hits
1991
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