Rick Vigneault
3/18/1956
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.
Rick Vigneault
Appeared In:
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AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
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WWE WrestleMania III
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WWE WrestleMania V
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WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
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AWA Christmas Night 1983
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WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
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WWE WrestleFest '90
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WWE WrestleFest '91
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WWE WrestleFest '92
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WWE Crunch Classic
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WWE U.K. Fan Favourites
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WWF Hottest Matches
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WWF SuperTape vol. 2
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WWF Bashed in the USA
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WWE Demolition
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WWE Rampage '92
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WWE World Tour 1991
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WWE World Tour 1992
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Razor Ramon
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WWE WrestleMania VII
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WWE Royal Rumble 1990
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WWE Royal Rumble 1991
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WWE SummerSlam 1989
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WWE WrestleMania VI
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WWE Survivor Series 1990
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WWE Survivor Series 1992
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WWE Survivor Series 1993
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The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver
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AWA Christmas Show 1983
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AWA Christmas Show 1984
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WCW Souled Out 1998
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WCW SuperBrawl VIII
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PWUSA Star Wars
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Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
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PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands
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WWF: WrestleFest '93
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AWA Super Clash
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PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
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Hulkamania 3
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The Best of the WWF: volume 11
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The Best of the WWF: volume 15
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The Best of the WWF: volume 17
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The Best of the WWF: volume 20
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Best of the WWF Volume 2
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Timeline: The History of WWE – 1981 – As Told By Rick Martel
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WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
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WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
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WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
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WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89
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WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
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WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
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WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
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WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
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AWA Super Sunday
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WWF WrestleFest '94
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AWA: WrestleRock '86
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Tag Team Champions
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WWE WrestleMania IV
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WWE Royal Rumble 1989
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WWE Survivor Series 1989
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AWA Wrestling For a Cure
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WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
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The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
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WWE The Main Event
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WWF Survivor Series 1987
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WWE The Main Event IV
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WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
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WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992
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WWE SummerSlam 1992
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WWE Royal Rumble 1992
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WWE Royal Rumble 1993
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WWE WrestleMania VIII
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WWE U.K. Rampage 1992
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WWE Royal Rumble 1994
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WWE Royal Rumble 1995