Sherri Russell
Acting • Born 1958-02-08 – Died 2007-06-15
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
Filmography
124 credits
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
Movie • 1985
Sherri Martel
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
Movie • 1995
Sister Sherri
Battle of the WWE Superstars
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
Movie • 1993
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Movie • 1991
Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE WrestleFest '90
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE Crunch Classic
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
Women of the WWF
Movie • 1988
Sherri Martel
WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993
Movie • 1993
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Hottest Matches
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
Movie • 1993
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE Invasion '92
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
Movie • 1993
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE Mega Matches
Movie • 1991
Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE Rampage '92
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE World Tour '90
Movie • 1990
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE World Tour 1991
Movie • 1991
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE World Tour 1992
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WWE WrestleMania VII
Movie • 1991
Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE SummerSlam 1989
Movie • 1989
Sensational Sherri
WWE WrestleMania VI
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Movie • 1991
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Movie • 1991
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Movie • 2006
Sensational Sherri
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
Movie • 1985
Sherri Martel
WWE WrestleFest '93
Movie • 1993
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
AWA Super Clash
Movie • 1985
Sherri Martel
WWE Survivor Series 2012
Movie • 2012
HBK's Partner (archive footage)
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Movie • 1991
Sensational Sherri
The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
Movie • 2006
Sensational Sherri
Hulkamania 4
Movie • 1989
Sensational Sherri Martel
The Best of the WWF: volume 18
Movie • 1989
Sensational Sherri
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
Movie • 2015
Sister Sherri
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89
Movie • 1989
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri
WWE U.K. Rampage 1988
Movie • 1988
Sensational Sherri
WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show
Movie • 1987
Sensational Sherri
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: December '88
Movie • 1988
Sensational Sherri
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
Movie • 1987
Sensational Sherri
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88
Movie • 1988
Peggy Sue (Valet)
NWA Bloodfest • Night Two
Movie • 1993
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
Movie • 1990
Sensational Sherri
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division
Movie • 2018
Sherri Martel (archive footage)
WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
Movie • 2004
Sensational Sherri
WWE Hall of Fame 2006
Movie • 2006
Sensational Sherri
AWA WrestleRock 1986
Movie • 1986
Sherri Martell
WWE WrestleMania IV
Movie • 1988
Peggy Sue (Valet)
Heroes of Wrestling
Movie • 1999
Sensational Sherri
WWE U.K. PPV
Movie • 1989
Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
Movie • 1989
Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE Survivor Series 1989
Movie • 1989
Sensational Queen Sherri (Manager)
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri
AWA Battle by the Bay
Movie • 1986
Sherri Martell
AWA Blood on the Sand
Movie • 1986
Sherri Martel
AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
Movie • 1986
Sherri Martel (Manageress)
AWA SuperClash II
Movie • 1987
Sherri Martell
WWE The Main Event
Movie • 1988
Peggy Sue (Valet)
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Movie • 1987
Sherri Martel
WWE The Main Event III
Movie • 1990
Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
Movie • 1991
Sensational Queen Sherri (Valet)
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
Movie • 1991
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Movie • 1995
Sister Sherri
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
Movie • 1995
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Movie • 1991
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Movie • 1991
Sensational Sherri
WWE This Tuesday In Texas
Movie • 1991
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Movie • 1993
Sensational Sherri (Appearance)
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri (Valet)
WCW Hog Wild 1996
Movie • 1996
Sister Sherri
WWE WrestleMania IX
Movie • 1993
Sensational Sherri (Ringside)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
Movie • 1996
Sister Sherri
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
Movie • 1996
Sister Sherri (Manager)
ECW Ultra Clash 1993
Movie • 1993
Sherri Martel
WWE UK Rampage
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri
ECW November to Remember 1993
Movie • 1993
Sherri Martel
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
Movie • 1996
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW World War 3 1996
Movie • 1996
Sister Sherri
WWE UK Rampage '92
Movie • 1992
Sensational Sherri
WCW SuperBrawl VII
Movie • 1997
Sister Sherri
WCW Uncensored 1997
Movie • 1997
Sister Sherri
WCW Slamboree 1997
Movie • 1997
Sister Sherri
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
Movie • 1994
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
Movie • 1994
Sensuous Sherri
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
Movie • 1994
Sensuous Sherri (Valet)
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
Movie • 1997
Sister Sherri
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Movie • 1994
Sensuous Sherri (Manager)
WCW Starrcade 1994
Movie • 1994
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
Movie • 1995
Sister Sherri
WCW SuperBrawl V
Movie • 1995
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Uncensored 1995
Movie • 1995
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Slamboree 1995
Movie • 1995
Sister Sherri
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
Movie • 1995
Sister Sherri (Manager)
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
Movie • 1995
Sister Sherri (Manager)
Hulkamania 6
Movie • 1991
Sensational Queen Sherri
Macho Madness
Movie • 1988
Peggy Sue
The Brains Behind the Brawn
Movie • 1989
Sensational Sherri Martel
Best of The British Bulldog
Movie • 1993
"Sensational" Sherri
WCW Monday Nitro
TV • 1995
Raw
TV • 1993
Sensational Sherri (archive footage)
WWE This Is Awesome
TV • 2022
Sherri Martel (archive footage)
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Sherri Martel
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Sensational Queen Sherri
Raw
TV • 1993
Sensational Sherri
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Sensational Sherri
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Peggy Sue
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
Sherri Martel (archive footage)
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Sensational Sherri
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Sherri Martel (Manager)
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Peggy Sue
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Sensational Sherri (Manager)
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Sensational Queen Sherri
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Sensational Sherri
AWA All-Star Wrestling
TV • 1987
Sherri Martel (Manager)
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Sensuous Sherri
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Sensuous Sherri (Valet)
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Sister Sherri
TNA iMPACT!
TV • 2004