Rick Martel

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Statistics
Richard Vigneault

Ring Names	Rick Martel "The Model" Rick Martel
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	107 kg (236 lb)
Born	March 18, 1956
	Quebec City, Canada
Died:

Resides
Billed from	Cocoa Beach, Florida
Trained by	Pierre Martel
Debut	June 7, 1972
Retired	February 22, 1998

Richard Vigneault is a retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time spent with World Wrestling Federation in the 1980s and part of the 1990s, where he wrestled under the name Rick Martel.

Championships and accomplishments

American Wrestling Association

AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Georgia Championship Wrestling

NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tommy Rich

Lutte Internationale (Montreal)

Canadian International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

NWA All-Star Wrestling

NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time) – with Roddy Piper

Mid-Pacific Promotions

NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii version) (1 time)

NWA New Zealand

NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (New Zealand version) (3 times)

Pacific Northwest Wrestling

NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Roddy Piper

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI ranked him # 48 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003
PWI ranked him # 70 of the 100 best tag teams during the PWI years with Tito Santana in 2003.
PWI ranked him # 74 of the 100 best tag teams during the PWI Years with Tony Garea in 2003.