Rick Vigneault
An image from Saturday Night's Main Event, one of the productions that also features Rick Vigneault.
Rick Vigneault

Rick Vigneault

March 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.

Saturday Night's Main Event

Saturday Night's Main Event

1985

WWE WrestleMania V

WWE WrestleMania V

1989

WWE WrestleMania VII

WWE WrestleMania VII

1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

1992

AWA Super Clash

AWA Super Clash

1985

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986

AWA Super Sunday

AWA Super Sunday

1983

WWE U.K. Rampage 1992

WWE U.K. Rampage 1992

1992