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Rick Vigneault

Rick Vigneault

Acting • 1956-03-18 • 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.

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WWF Superstars7.2

WWF Superstars

1986

WWF Wrestling Challenge6.8

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event8.3

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

1985

AWA Super Clash7.9

AWA Super Clash

1985

WWE WrestleMania VII7.3

WWE WrestleMania VII

1991

WWE WrestleMania V7.3

WWE WrestleMania V

1989

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