Sherri Russell

Sherri Russell

Date of Birth:

Feb 08, 1958

Place of Birth:

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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

filmography:

WCW Fall Brawl 1995 WCW Fall Brawl 1995

1995

WWE SummerSlam 1992 WWE SummerSlam 1992

1992

WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII

1991

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

1991

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

1995

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91 WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91

1991

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

1991

WWE WrestleMania IX WWE WrestleMania IX

1993

WWE March to WrestleMania VIII WWE March to WrestleMania VIII

1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1993 WWE Royal Rumble 1993

1993

WWE This Tuesday In Texas WWE This Tuesday In Texas

1991

WWE The Main Event III WWE The Main Event III

1990

WWE The Main Event WWE The Main Event

1988

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89 WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89

1989

WWE Survivor Series 1989 WWE Survivor Series 1989

1989

WWE U.K. PPV WWE U.K. PPV

1989

Heroes of Wrestling Heroes of Wrestling

1999

WWE WrestleMania IV WWE WrestleMania IV

1988

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI

1990

AWA Battle by the Bay AWA Battle by the Bay

1986

WWF Survivor Series 1987 WWF Survivor Series 1987

1987

AWA SuperClash II AWA SuperClash II

1987

AWA The Brawl in St. Paul AWA The Brawl in St. Paul

1986

AWA Blood on the Sand AWA Blood on the Sand

1986

WWE WrestleMania VIII WWE WrestleMania VIII

1992

WCW Hog Wild 1996 WCW Hog Wild 1996

1996

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994 WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

1994

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

1995

WCW Starrcade 1994 WCW Starrcade 1994

1994

WCW The Great American Bash 1997 WCW The Great American Bash 1997

1997

WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

1994

WCW SuperBrawl V WCW SuperBrawl V

1995

WCW Uncensored 1995 WCW Uncensored 1995

1995

Biography: Booker T Biography: Booker T

2021

WCW Bash at the Beach 1995 WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

1995

WCW The Great American Bash 1995 WCW The Great American Bash 1995

1995

WCW Slamboree 1995 WCW Slamboree 1995

1995

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII

1994

WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

1994

ECW November to Remember 1993 ECW November to Remember 1993

1993

WWE U.K. Rampage 1992 WWE U.K. Rampage 1992

1992

WCW Fall Brawl 1996 WCW Fall Brawl 1996

1996

ECW Ultra Clash '93 ECW Ultra Clash '93

1993

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII

1996

WCW Halloween Havoc 1996 WCW Halloween Havoc 1996

1996

WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich

1992

WCW Slamboree 1997 WCW Slamboree 1997

1997

WCW World War 3 1996 WCW World War 3 1996

1996

WCW Uncensored 1997 WCW Uncensored 1997

1997

WCW SuperBrawl VII WCW SuperBrawl VII

1997

AWA: WrestleRock '86 AWA: WrestleRock '86

1986

WWE Hall of Fame 2006 WWE Hall of Fame 2006

2006

WWE Rampage '92 WWE Rampage '92

1992

WWE World Tour WWE World Tour

1990

WWE Mega Matches WWE Mega Matches

1991

WWE Invasion '92 WWE Invasion '92

1992

WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers

1993

WWE World Tour 1992 WWE World Tour 1992

1992

WWE World Tour 1991 WWE World Tour 1991

1991

WWE WrestleMania VI WWE WrestleMania VI

1990

Bret Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches

1993

WWE SummerSlam 1989 WWE SummerSlam 1989

1989

WWE WrestleMania VII WWE WrestleMania VII

1991

WWF SuperTape vol. 2 WWF SuperTape vol. 2

1990

WWF SuperTape WWF SuperTape

1990

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

1991

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

1992

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts

1993

Battle of the WWE Superstars Battle of the WWE Superstars

1990

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

1995

WWE WrestleFest '90 WWE WrestleFest '90

1990

WWE Crunch Classic WWE Crunch Classic

1992

WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em

1993

WWF Hottest Matches WWF Hottest Matches

1990

Women of the WWF Women of the WWF

1988

WWE U.K. Fan Favourites WWE U.K. Fan Favourites

1993

WWE SummerSlam 1991 WWE SummerSlam 1991

1991

WWE SummerSlam 1990 WWE SummerSlam 1990

1990

WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show

1987

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: December '88 WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: December '88

1988

WWE U.K. Rampage 1988 WWE U.K. Rampage 1988

1988

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90 WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90

1990

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89 WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89

1989

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88 WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88

1988

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87

1987

WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers

2004

Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division

2018

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

1990

NWA Bloodfest • Night Two NWA Bloodfest • Night Two

1993

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3 The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3

2015

The Best of the WWF: volume 18 The Best of the WWF: volume 18

1989

Biography: Shawn Michaels Biography: Shawn Michaels

2021

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

1985

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

2006

WWE Survivor Series 1991 WWE Survivor Series 1991

1991

WWF: WrestleFest '93 WWF: WrestleFest '93

1993

AWA Super Clash AWA Super Clash

1985

Hulkamania 4 Hulkamania 4

1989

The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers

2006

WWE Royal Rumble 1991 WWE Royal Rumble 1991

1991

WWE Survivor Series 2012 WWE Survivor Series 2012

2012

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

1985

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