Sherri Russell
Acting
Born: 1958-02-08 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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
Raw
Sensational Sherri (archive footage)
Raw
Sensational Sherri
TNA iMPACT!
Dark Side of the Ring
Sherri Martel (archive footage)
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Peggy Sue
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Sensational Sherri
WCW Monday Nitro
WWE WrestleMania IV
Peggy Sue (Valet)
WWE WrestleMania VI
Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE WrestleMania IX
Sensational Sherri (Ringside)
WWE WrestleMania VII
Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE Survivor Series 2012
HBK's Partner (archive footage)
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Sherri Martel
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Sensational Sherri (Appearance)
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Sensational Sherri
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE Survivor Series 1989
Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE SummerSlam 1989
Sensational Sherri
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWF Superstars
Sensational Sherri
WWF Superstars
Peggy Sue
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE This Tuesday In Texas
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Sensational Sherri
WCW SuperBrawl VII
Sister Sherri
AWA Super Clash
Sherri Martel
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division
Sherri Martel (archive footage)
WWE U.K. PPV
Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Sherri Martel
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Sensational Queen Sherri
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Sensational Sherri
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Peggy Sue
WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
Sensational Sherri
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
Sensational Sherri (Manager)