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
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- 2022 · WWE This Is Awesome as Sherri Martel (archive footage)
- 2021 · Biography: Shawn Michaels as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021 · Biography: Booker T as (archive footage)
- 2018 · Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division as
- 2015 · The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3 as Sister Sherri
- 2012 · WWE Survivor Series 2012 as HBK's Partner (archive footage)
- 2006 · WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology as Sensational Sherri
- 2006 · WWE Hall of Fame 2006 as Sensational Sherri
- 2006 · The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers as Sensational Sherri
- 2004 · WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers as Sensational Sherri
- 1999 · Heroes of Wrestling as Sensational Sherri
- 1997 · WCW The Great American Bash 1997 as Sister Sherri
- 1997 · WCW Slamboree 1997 as Sister Sherri
- 1997 · WCW Uncensored 1997 as Sister Sherri
- 1997 · WCW SuperBrawl VII as Sister Sherri
- 1996 · WCW World War 3 1996 as Sister Sherri
- 1996 · WCW Halloween Havoc 1996 as Sister Sherri (Manager)
- 1996 · WCW Fall Brawl 1996 as Sister Sherri (Manager)
- 1996 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII as Sister Sherri
- 1996 · WCW Hog Wild 1996 as Sister Sherri
- 1995 · WCW Fall Brawl 1995 as Sister Sherri
- 1995 · WCW Monday Nitro as
- 1995 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI as Sister Sherri
- 1995 · WCW Bash at the Beach 1995 as Sister Sherri (Manager)
- 1995 · WCW The Great American Bash 1995 as Sister Sherri (Manager)
- 1995 · WCW Slamboree 1995 as Sister Sherri
- 1995 · WCW Uncensored 1995 as Sister Sherri (Manager)
- 1995 · WCW SuperBrawl V as Sister Sherri (Manager)
- 1995 · WCW Clash of the Champions XXX as Sister Sherri
- 1995 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXX as Sister Sherri
- 1994 · WCW Starrcade 1994 as Sister Sherri (Manager)
- 1994 · WCW Halloween Havoc 1994 as Sensuous Sherri (Manager)
- 1994 · WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII as Sensuous Sherri (Valet)
- 1994 · WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1994 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII as Sensuous Sherri
- 1993 · ECW November to Remember 1993 as Sherri Martel
- 1993 · WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1993 · NWA Bloodfest • Night Two as Sensational Sherri (Valet)
- 1993 · ECW Ultra Clash '93 as Sherri Martel
- 1993 · WWE U.K. Fan Favourites as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1993 · Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches as S. Martel
- 1993 · WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1993 · WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1993 · WWE WrestleMania IX as Sensational Sherri (Ringside)
- 1993 · WWF: WrestleFest '93 as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1993 · WWE Royal Rumble 1993 as Sensational Sherri (Appearance)
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Sensational Sherri (archive footage)
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Sensational Sherri
- 1992 · WWE Rampage '92 as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1992 · WWE SummerSlam 1992 as Sensational Sherri
- 1992 · WWE World Tour 1992 as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1992 · 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1992 · WWE Crunch Classic as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1992 · WWE U.K. Rampage 1992 as Sensational Sherri
- 1992 · WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich as Sensational Sherri
- 1992 · WWE WrestleMania VIII as Sensational Sherri (Valet)
- 1992 · WWE March to WrestleMania VIII as Sensational Sherri
- 1992 · WWE Invasion '92 as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1991 · WWE This Tuesday In Texas as Sensational Sherri (Valet)
- 1991 · WWE Survivor Series 1991 as Sensational Sherri (Valet)
- 1991 · WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 as Sensational Sherri
- 1991 · WWE SummerSlam 1991 as Sensational Sherri (Valet)
- 1991 · WWE World Tour 1991 as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1991 · WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91 as Sensational Sherri (Valet)
- 1991 · 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars as Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
- 1991 · WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 as Sensational Sherri (Valet)
- 1991 · WWE Mega Matches as Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
- 1991 · WWE WrestleMania VII as Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
- 1991 · WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII as Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
- 1991 · WWE Royal Rumble 1991 as Sensational Sherri
- 1990 · WWF Hottest Matches as Sensational Queen Sherri
- 1990 · WWE SummerSlam 1990 as Sensational Queen Sherri
- 1990 · Battle of the WWE Superstars as Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
- 1990 · WWF SuperTape vol. 2 as Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
- 1990 · WWE WrestleFest '90 as Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
- 1990 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90 as Sensational Queen Sherri
- 1990 · WWE World Tour as Sensational Sherri (Manager)
- 1990 · WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit as Sensational Sherri
- 1990 · WWE WrestleMania VI as Sensational Queen Sherri
- 1990 · WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI as Sensational Queen Sherri
- 1990 · WWF SuperTape as Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
- 1990 · WWE The Main Event III as Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
- 1989 · WWE Survivor Series 1989 as Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
- 1989 · WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89 as Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
- 1989 · Hulkamania 4 as Sensational Sherri Martel
- 1989 · WWE U.K. PPV as Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
- 1989 · WWE SummerSlam 1989 as Sensational Sherri
- 1989 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89 as Sensational Sherri (Valet)
- 1989 · The Best of the WWF: volume 18 as Sensational Sherri
- 1988 · WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: December '88 as Sensational Sherri
- 1988 · WWE U.K. Rampage 1988 as Sensational Sherri
- 1988 · Women of the WWF as Sherri Martel
- 1988 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88 as Peggy Sue (Valet)
- 1988 · WWE WrestleMania IV as Peggy Sue (Valet)
- 1988 · WWE The Main Event as Peggy Sue (Valet)
- 1987 · WWF Survivor Series 1987 as Sherri Martel
- 1987 · WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 as Sensational Sherri
- 1987 · WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show as Sensational Sherri
- 1987 · AWA SuperClash II as Sherri Martell
- 1986 · AWA The Brawl in St. Paul as Sherri Martel (Manageress)
- 1986 · AWA Blood on the Sand as Sherri Martel
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Sherri Martel
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Sensational Queen Sherri
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Sensational Sherri
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Peggy Sue
- 1986 · AWA Battle by the Bay as Sherri Martell
- 1986 · AWA: WrestleRock '86 as Sherri Martell
- 1985 · AWA/NWA Night of Champions II as Sherri Martel
- 1985 · Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 as Sherri Martel
- 1985 · AWA Super Clash as Sherri Martel
- 1985 · Saturday Night's Main Event as