Rick Vigneault
Acting · Born Mar 18, 1956 · 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.
Known for
Films
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Sunday
20267.3
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
20147.6
Timeline The History of WWE – 1981 – As Told By Rick Martel
2014
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
20097.1
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
19987.0
WCW Souled Out 1998
199810.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
19957.1
Razor Ramon
1994
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
199410.0
WWE WrestleFest '94
199410.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
19946.9
WWE Survivor Series 1993
19936.2
Best of The British Bulldog
1993
WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993
1993
WWE Bashed in the USA
1993
WWE WrestleFest '93
1993
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
1993
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
19936.5
WWE Survivor Series 1992
19928.4
WWE Rampage '92
1992
WWE SummerSlam 1992
19928.1
WWE World Tour 1992
1992
WWE WrestleFest '92
1992
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
199210.0
WWE Crunch Classic
1992
WWE UK Rampage
19925.0
WWE UK Rampage '92
1992
WWE WrestleMania VIII
19928.1
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
19926.9
WWE World Tour 1991
1991
WWE WrestleFest '91
1991
WWE Greatest Hits
1991
WWE WrestleMania VII
19917.3
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
19917.1
WWE Survivor Series 1990
19907.7
WWE Hottest Matches
1990
WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
1990
WWE WrestleFest '90
1990
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
1990
WWE WrestleMania VI
19908.4
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
19906.1
WWE Survivor Series 1989
19897.8
WWE SummerSlam 1989
19896.7
Demolition: Witness the Power
1989
The Best of the WWF: volume 20
1989
WWE WrestleMania V
19897.3
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
19895.8
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988
Hulkamania 3
1988
The Best of the WWF: volume 15
1988
WWE WrestleMania IV
19887.2
WWF The Main Event
1988
WWE Survivor Series 1987
19878.4
The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver
1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 11
1987
WWE WrestleMania III
19877.4
AWA WrestleRock 1986
198610.0
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
198610.0
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
198610.0
Tag Team Champions
1986
AWA Super Clash
19857.9
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
1985
Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985
AWA Christmas Night 1983
1983
AWA Super Sunday
19837.5
