Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 08, 1958
Died
Jun 15, 2007
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Credits
114 titles
Sherri Russell
Biography
Sherri Martel was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by her ring names, Sherri Martel and Sensational Sherri. Martel began her professional wrestling career in the Mid South after training in Columbia, South Carolina. She joined the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the mid-1980s and held its AWA World Women's Championship three times. In the late 1980s, she joined WWE, where she held the WWE Women's Championship. Also in WWE, Martel continued to act as a manager to wrestlers such as Randy Savage, Ted DiBiase, and Shawn Michaels. She appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the 1990s. In the latter, Martel acted as the manager for the tag team Harlem Heat. After leaving WCW, she made few wrestling related appearances until her death in 2007. She also appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in September 2006 as a manager for Bobby Roode which ended up being her last televised wrestling appearance. By 2003, she and her husband Robert Schrull lived in Tennessee, where she helped him renovate homes. She was married and divorced at least twice during her life, and Booker T gave her away at one of her weddings. She had one son. Death On June 15, 2007, Martel died at her mother's residence in McCalla, Alabama, near Birmingham. She was 49 years old. On September 11, 2007, homicide investigators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama released the toxicology report stating that she died of an overdose with multiple drugs in her system, including high amounts of oxycodone. She was cremated after her death
Known For
Filmography
WWE This Is Awesome
Sherri Martel (archive footage)
Dark Side of the Ring
Sherri Martel (archive footage)
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division
Sherri Martel (archive footage)
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
Sister Sherri
WWE Survivor Series 2012
HBK's Partner (archive footage)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Sensational Sherri
WWE Hall of Fame 2006
Sensational Sherri
The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
Sensational Sherri
TNA iMPACT!
WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
Sensational Sherri
Heroes of Wrestling
Sensational Sherri
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
Sister Sherri
WCW Slamboree 1997
Sister Sherri
WCW Uncensored 1997
Sister Sherri
WCW SuperBrawl VII
Sister Sherri
WCW World War 3 1996
Sister Sherri
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
Sister Sherri
WCW Hog Wild 1996
Sister Sherri
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Monday Nitro
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Sister Sherri
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Slamboree 1995
Sister Sherri
WCW Uncensored 1995
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW SuperBrawl V
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
Sister Sherri
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
Sister Sherri
WCW Starrcade 1994
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Sensuous Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
Sensuous Sherri (Valet)
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
Sensuous Sherri
ECW November to Remember 1993
Sherri Martel
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
Best of The British Bulldog
"Sensational" Sherri
NWA Bloodfest • Night Two
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
ECW Ultra Clash 1993
Sherri Martel
WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE WrestleMania IX
Sensational Sherri (Ringside)
WWE WrestleFest '93
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Sensational Sherri (Appearance)
Raw
Sensational Sherri (archive footage)
WWE Rampage '92
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE World Tour 1992
Sensational Sherri (Manager)