Rick Vigneault
Acting
Born: 1956-03-18 in Québec City, Québec, Canada
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.
Known For
Raw
"The Model" Rick Martel
WWF Superstars
Rick Martel
WWF All-Star Wrestling
Rick Martel
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Rick Martel
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Rick 'The Model' Martel
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Rick Martel
WWF Wrestling Challenge
"The Model" Rick Martel
WWE Old School
Rick Martel
WWE Old School
Rick "The Model" Martel
WWF Championship Wrestling
Rick Martel
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Sunday
Self
AWA Arena Shows
Rick Martel
WCW Thunder
Rick Martel
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Rick Martel (Appearance)
WWF The Main Event
Rick Martel
WWE WrestleMania IV
Rick Martel
WWE WrestleMania III
Rick Martel
Razor Ramon
"The Model" Rick Martel
WWE SummerSlam 1989
Rick Martel
WWE WrestleFest '91
"The Model" Rick Martel
WWE UK Rampage '92
Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE WrestleMania VII
"The Model" Rick Martel
WWE Survivor Series 1990
"The Model" Rick Martel
The Brains Behind the Brawn
Rick Martel
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
"The Model" Rick Martel
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
Rick Martel
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Fab Rick Martel
WCW Souled Out 1998
Rick Martel
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE Hottest Matches
Rick Martel
WWE UK Rampage
Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE WrestleMania V
Rick Martel
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
Rick Martel
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
"The Model" Rick Martel
WCW SuperBrawl VIII
Rick Martel
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
Rick "The Model" Martel