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Sherri Russell
Actor
Born February 8, 1958Died June 15, 2007 (49 years)
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
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
Filmography
| 2022 | WWE This is Awesome (TV Series) · as Sherri Martel (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | The Best of WWE: Best of nWo · as Sister Sherri |
| 2021 | Biography: Booker T · as (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | WWE: The Best of WrestleMania in the 1990s · as Queen Sherri |
| 2020 | The Best of WWE: Best of Survivor Series · as Sensational Sherri Martel |
| 2020 | The Best of WWE: Best of Halloween Havoc · as Sensuous Sherri |
| 2020 | Macho Man Randy Savage's Best Matches · as Sensational Queen Sherri |
| 2019 | Adrian Street: Imagine What I Could Do to You · as Sherri Martel |
| 2016 | Scott Hall: Living on a Razor's Edge · as Sister Sherri |
| 2015 | WWE: The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro: Vol. 3 · as Sister Sherri |
| 2014 | Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Collection · as Queen Sherri |
| 2014 | Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2013 | WWE Hall of Fame 2013 · as Sister Sherri |
| 2012 | Survivor Series · as Hbk's Partner (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2010 | WrestleMania XXVI: The World Television Premiere · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2009 | WWE: History of the World Heavyweight Championship · as Sensuous Sherri |
| 2009 | WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary 1999-2009 · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2009 | WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams · as Sister Sherri |
| 2009 | WWE: Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection · as Queen Sherri |
| 2008 | Nature Boy Ric Flair: The Definitive Collection · as Sensuous Sherri |
| 2007 | The Shawn Michaels Story: Heartbreak and Triumph · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2006 | Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2006 | WrestleMania 22 · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2006 | The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2005 | The Bret Hart Story: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2004 | The Rise & Fall of ECW · as Sherri |
| 2004 | IMPACT! Wrestling (TV Series) · as Sherri Martel |
| 2004 | WWE: The History of WrestleMania I-IX · as Sensational Sherri |
| 2003 | The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1999 | WWE SmackDown (TV Series) · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1998 | WCW Thunder (TV Series) · as Sherri Martel |
| 1997 | The Great American Bash · as Sister Sherri |
| 1997 | WCW Slamboree · as Sister Sherri |
| 1997 | WCW Spring Stampede · as Sister Sherri |
| 1997 | WCW Uncensored · as Sister Sherri |
| 1997 | WCW SuperBrawl VII · as Sister Sherri |
| 1996 | WCW World War 3 · as Sister Sherri |
| 1996 | WCW Halloween Havoc · as Sister Sherri (manager) |
| 1996 | WCW Fall Brawl · as Sister Sherri (manager) |
| 1996 | WCW Hog Wild · as Sister Sherri |
| 1996 | WCW SuperBrawl VI · as Sister Sherri |
| 1995 | WCW Fall Brawl: War Games · as Sister Sherri (manager) |
| 1995 | WCW Monday Nitro (TV Series) |
| 1995 | WCW Bash at the Beach · as Sister Sherri (manager) |
| 1995 | The Great American Bash · as Sister Sherri (manager) |
| 1995 | WCW Slamboree: A Legends' Reunion · as Sister Sherri |
| 1995 | WCW Uncensored · as Sister Sherri (manager) |
| 1995 | WCW SuperBrawl V · as Sister Sherri (manager) |
| 1994 | Starrcade · as Sister Sherri (manager) |
| 1994 | Halloween Havoc · as Sensuous Sherri (manager) |
| 1994 | WCW Bash at the Beach · as Sensational Sherri (manager) |
| 1994 | WCW Slamboree 1994 · as Sensuous Sherri |
| 1993 | Bret Hitman Hart - His Greatest Hits · as S. Martel |
| 1993 | Davey Boy Smith: The British Bulldog · as 'sensational' Sherri |
| 1993 | ECW Ultra Clash '93 · as Sherri Martel |
| 1993 | Invasion of the Bodyslammers · as Sensational Sherri (manager) |
| 1993 | WWF: Smack 'Em Whack 'Em · as Sensational Sherri (manager) |
| 1993 | ECW Hardcore TV (TV Series) · as Sensational Sherri Martel |
| 1993 | WrestleMania IX · as Sensational Sherri (ringside) |
| 1993 | WWF: WrestleFest '93 · as Sensational Sherri (manager) |
| 1993 | Royal Rumble · as Sensational Sherri (appearance) |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1992 | Summerslam · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1992 | World Tour 1992 · as Sensational Sherri (manager) |
| 1992 | WWF: Wrestlefest '92 · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1992 | Crunch Classic · as Sensational Sherri (manager) |
| 1992 | Rampage '92 · as Sensational Sherri (manager) |
| 1992 | UK Rampage · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1992 | WrestleMania VIII · as Sensational Sherri (valet) |
| 1992 | Invasion 1992 · as Sensational Sherri (manager) |
| 1992 | Royal Rumble · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1991 | This Tuesday in Texas · as Sensational Sherri (valet) |
| 1991 | Survivor Series · as Sensational Sherri (valet) |
| 1991 | Summerslam · as Sensational Sherri (valet) |
| 1991 | World Tour 1991 · as Sensational Sherri (manager) |
| 1991 | WWF UK Rampage '91 · as Sensational Sherri (valet) |
| 1991 | WrestleMania VII · as Sensational Queen Sherri (valet) |
| 1991 | Royal Rumble · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1991 | Hulkamania 6 · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1990 | WWF Hottest Matches · as Sensational Queen Sherri |
| 1990 | Summerslam · as Sensational Queen Sherri |
| 1990 | WWF: Wrestlefest '90 · as Sensational Queen Sherri (manager) |
| 1990 | WrestleMania VI · as Sensational Queen Sherri |
| 1990 | Royal Rumble · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1989 | Survivor Series · as Sensational Queen Sherri (manager) |
| 1989 | Summerslam · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1989 | WrestleMania V · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1989 | The Brains Behind the Brawn · as Sensational Sherri Martel |
| 1989 | Royal Rumble · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1988 | Macho Madness · as Peggy Sue |
| 1988 | WrestleMania IV · as Peggy Sue (valet) |
| 1987 | Survivor Series · as Sherri Martel |
| 1987 | AWA SuperClash II · as Sherri Martell |
| 1986 | WWF Wrestling Challenge (TV Series) · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1986 | WWF Superstars (TV Series) · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1986 | AWA: WrestleRock · as Sherri Martell |
| 1985 | SuperClash '85 · as Sherri Martel |
| 1985 | WWF Saturday Night's Main Event (TV Series) |
| 1985 | WCW Saturday Night (TV Series) · as Sister Sherri |
| 1985 | WWF Prime Time Wrestling (TV Series) · as Sensational Sherri |
| 1975 | WCW WorldWide (TV Series) · as Sister Sherri |
| 1973 | WWF on MSG Network (TV Series) · as Sensational Queen Sherri |