RICK MARTEL REVEALS THE REASON BEHIND HIS WWF "MODEL" GIMMICK, THE TWO PEOPLE WHO CAME UP WITH IT, WHY HIS WIFE SAID HE SHOULD BE THANKFUL, AND MORE
By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com

Yes.  He was AWA Champion.  Yes.  He was a WWF Tag Team Champion.  And Yes…he was a model.  Now, the man that turned Arrogance from an attitude into a fragrance has joined ClubWWI.com for an uncut shoot interview that talks about his entire career from start to finish.

Rick spoke to James Guttman about everything from his career…and we mean everything.  Among the topics talked about on ClubWWI.com are:  Tom Zenk's sudden depature from WWF and the Can-Am Connection, why Tom's logic was flawed, why Rick was worried it would affect him, Strike Force, his history of teaming with Tito Santana before WWF, his relation to Sensational Sherri Martel, why his family chose the "Martel" name, practicing his blindfold match with Jake Roberts prior to WrestleMania, feelings about Slick, not getting an Intercontinental Title run, King Curtis, what he learned from Stan Hansen, Ric Flair, Jumbo Tsuruta, the Boston Crab, living his gimmick, doing English interviews when his first language was French, and so much more. 

Martel spoke fondly of his days as the Model during the shoot and Guttman questioned him about the difficulty of a gimmick like that.  After all, Rick had to stay in shape, tan, and well-dressed.  It required a lot of work.

"Yeah.  It did require a lot of work especially Vince wanted me to wear the suits, ties, you know.  I lived the gimmick also on the road.  I had to carry these suitcases with different clothes in there.  Also, the gym, the tan, and yes, the fact that I had this strong French accent made the gimmick perfect for me.  I remember the first day, when I turned heel, I didn't have a gimmick.  I just knew I wanted to be a heel but I didn't know what kind of gimmick.  I remember at first J.J. Dillion and Vince came up to me with the idea for the Model.   The first day I found out about it, I talked to my wife right away and said, 'Wow.  The Model.  I wonder what I'm going to do with it to get some heat.'  My first reaction was how difficult it was going to be.   Then my wife said, 'Just be thankful, you know, that you're not a rooster or something like that with a red thing on your hair.'"

Rick goes on to say that the inspiration behind the gimmick came from how he handled himself outside the ring.   He talks about his excitement over the new opportunity and all the heels who influenced him through the years.  This is definitely a shoot you don't want to miss with one of wrestling's biggest legends.

Remember, well over 100 star interviews are available on ClubWWI.com for less than five dollars a month. Among the other guests you can hear from are: Jesse Ventura, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Bruno Sammartino, Sean Mooney, Scott D'Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Dustin Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred "Shockmaster" Ottman, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi "Juice" Guerrera, Nora "Molly Holly" Greenwald, Nick Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more. 

James Guttman's second book, "Shoot First...Ask Questions Later," is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.