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Birthday
March 18, 1956
(69 years old)Place of Birth
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Also Known As
Rick Martel
Gus Griffin
The Model
Ricky Martel
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.
2014
2009
1998
1995
1994
1993
1992
WWE Survivor Series 1992
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE Rampage '92
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE SummerSlam 1992
as Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE World Tour 1992
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992
as Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE WrestleFest '92
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE Crunch Classic
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE UK Rampage
as Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Rick "The Model" Martel
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Rick "The Model" Martel
1991
1990
WWE The Main Event IV
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWF Hottest Matches
as Rick Martel
WWF SuperTape vol. 2
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWE WrestleFest '90
as "The Model" Rick Martel
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
as Rick Martel
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Rick 'The Model' Martel
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
as Rick Martel
1989
1988
1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
as Rick Martel
WWE Survivor Series 1987
as Fab Rick Martel
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
as Rick Martel
The Wrestling Album II: Piledriver
as Rick Martel
The Best of the WWF: volume 11
as Rick Martel
WWE WrestleMania III
as Rick Martel
WrestleMania III
as Self
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
as Rick Martel
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
as Rick Martel
1986
1985
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
as Rick Martel
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
as Rick Martel
AWA Super Clash
as Rick Martel
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
as Rick Martel
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
as Rick Martel
PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands
as Rick Martel
PWUSA Star Wars
as Rick Martel
Best of the WWF Volume 2
as Rick Martel
1984
1983
