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 twoyearlong 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 WWEs Vengeance Night of Champions payperview in 2007 Martel along with his former teammate Tony Garea saved Jimmy Snuka and Sgt Slaughter from a postmatch 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 1993s Sega Mega driveGenesis version of WWE Royal Rumble
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