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