Rick Vigneault
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.
Acting
TV
Raw
as "The Model" Rick Martel
1993
TV
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
TV
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
as Rick Martel
1985
Movie
WWE WrestleMania III
as Rick Martel
1987
Movie
WWE WrestleMania V
as Rick Martel
1989
Movie
WWE WrestleMania IV
as Rick Martel
1988
Movie
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Rick 'The Model' Martel
1990
Movie
WWE WrestleMania VII
as "The Model" Rick Martel
1991
Movie
WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Rick "The Model" Martel
1992
Movie
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
as Rick Martel
2014
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
as Rick "The Model" Martel
1995
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Rick "The Model" Martel
1992
Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1987
as Fab Rick Martel
1987
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
as "The Model" Rick Martel
1994
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
as "The Model" Rick Martel
1993
Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as "The Model" Rick Martel
1990
Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1992
as Rick "The Model" Martel
1992
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
as "The Model" Rick Martel
1991
Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1992
as "The Model" Rick Martel
1992
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
as Rick Martel
1990
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
as Rick Martel
1989
Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1989
as "The Model" Rick Martel
1989
TV
WCW Thunder
as Rick Martel
1998
Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1989
as Rick Martel
1989