Sherri Russell
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
Movies (105)
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division
2018 · Sherri Martel (archive footage)
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
2015 · Sister Sherri
WWE Survivor Series 2012
2012 · HBK's Partner (archive footage)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006 · Sensational Sherri
WWE Hall of Fame 2006
2006 · Sensational Sherri
The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
2006 · Sensational Sherri
WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
2004 · Sensational Sherri
Heroes of Wrestling
1999 · Sensational Sherri
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
1997 · Sister Sherri
WCW Slamboree 1997
1997 · Sister Sherri
WCW Uncensored 1997
1997 · Sister Sherri
WCW SuperBrawl VII
1997 · Sister Sherri
WCW World War 3 1996
1996 · Sister Sherri
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
1996 · Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
1996 · Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
1996 · Sister Sherri
WCW Hog Wild 1996
1996 · Sister Sherri
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
1995 · Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
1995 · Sister Sherri
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
1995 · Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
1995 · Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Slamboree 1995
1995 · Sister Sherri
WCW Uncensored 1995
1995 · Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW SuperBrawl V
1995 · Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
1995 · Sister Sherri
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
1995 · Sister Sherri
WCW Starrcade 1994
1994 · Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994 · Sensuous Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994 · Sensuous Sherri (Valet)
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
1994 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
1994 · Sensuous Sherri
ECW November to Remember 1993
1993 · Sherri Martel
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
1993 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
Best of The British Bulldog
1993 · "Sensational" Sherri
NWA Bloodfest • Night Two
1993 · Sensational Sherri (Valet)
ECW Ultra Clash 1993
1993 · Sherri Martel
WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993
1993 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
1993 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
1993 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE WrestleMania IX
1993 · Sensational Sherri (Ringside)
WWE WrestleFest '93
1993 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
1993 · Sensational Sherri (Appearance)
WWE Rampage '92
1992 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE SummerSlam 1992
1992 · Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE World Tour 1992
1992 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
1992 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Crunch Classic
1992 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE UK Rampage
1992 · Sensational Sherri
WWE UK Rampage '92
1992 · Sensational Sherri
WWE WrestleMania VIII
1992 · Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
1992 · Sensational Sherri
WWE Invasion '92
1992 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
1992 · Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE This Tuesday In Texas
1991 · Sensational Sherri (Valet)
Hulkamania 6
1991 · Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE Survivor Series 1991
1991 · Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
1991 · Sensational Sherri
WWE SummerSlam 1991
1991 · Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE World Tour 1991
1991 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
1991 · Sensational Sherri (Valet)
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
1991 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
1991 · Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE Mega Matches
1991 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
1991 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991 · Sensational Sherri
Hulkamania Forever
1990 · Sensational Sherri
WWE Hottest Matches
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri
Battle of the WWE Superstars
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE WrestleFest '90
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE World Tour '90
1990 · Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
1990 · Sensational Sherri
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWF The Main Event III
1990 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
1989 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
Hulkamania 4
1989 · Sensational Sherri Martel
WWE U.K. PPV
1989 · Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989 · Sensational Sherri
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89
1989 · Sensational Sherri (Valet)
The Brains Behind the Brawn
1989 · Sensational Sherri Martel
The Best of the WWF: volume 18
1989 · Sensational Sherri
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: December '88
1988 · Sensational Sherri
Macho Madness
1988 · Peggy Sue
WWE U.K. Rampage 1988
1988 · Sensational Sherri
Women of the WWF
1988 · Sherri Martel
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88
1988 · Peggy Sue (Valet)
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988 · Peggy Sue (Valet)
WWF The Main Event
1988 · Peggy Sue (Valet)
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987 · Sherri Martel
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987 · Sensational Sherri
WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show
1987 · Sensational Sherri
AWA SuperClash II
1987 · Sherri Martell
AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
1986 · Sherri Martel (Manageress)
AWA Blood on the Sand
1986 · Sherri Martel
AWA Battle by the Bay
1986 · Sherri Martell
AWA WrestleRock 1986
1986 · Sherri Martell
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
1985 · Sherri Martel
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
1985 · Sherri Martel
AWA Super Clash
1985 · Sherri Martel
TV shows (11)
WWE This Is Awesome
2022 · Sherri Martel (archive footage)
Dark Side of the Ring
2019 · Sherri Martel (archive footage)
TNA iMPACT!
2004
WCW Monday Nitro
1995
Raw
1993 · Sensational Sherri (archive footage), Sensational Sherri
Clash of the Champions
1988 · Sensuous Sherri, Sensuous Sherri (Valet), Sister Sherri
AWA All-Star Wrestling
1987 · Sherri Martel (Manager)
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 · Sherri Martel, Sensational Queen Sherri, Sensational Sherri, Peggy Sue
WWF Superstars
1986 · Sensational Sherri, Peggy Sue, Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985 · Peggy Sue, Sensational Sherri (Manager), Sensational Queen Sherri, Sensational Sherri
WWE Old School
1973 · Sensational Sherri, Sherri Martel (Manager)