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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 car…
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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
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2022
WWE This Is Awesome
TV show Sherri Martel (archive footage)
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2019
Dark Side of the Ring
TV show Sherri Martel (archive footage)
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2018
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division
Movie Sherri Martel (archive footage)
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2015
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
Movie Sister Sherri
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2012
WWE Survivor Series 2012
Movie HBK's Partner (archive footage)
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2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Movie Sensational Sherri
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2006
WWE Hall of Fame 2006
Movie Sensational Sherri
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2006
The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
Movie Sensational Sherri
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2004
TNA iMPACT!
TV show
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2004
WWE: The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
Movie Sensational Sherri
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1999
Heroes of Wrestling
Movie Sensational Sherri
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1997
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
Movie Sister Sherri
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1997
WCW Slamboree 1997
Movie Sister Sherri
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1997
WCW Uncensored 1997
Movie Sister Sherri
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1997
WCW SuperBrawl VII
Movie Sister Sherri
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1996
WCW World War 3 1996
Movie Sister Sherri
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1996
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
Movie Sister Sherri (Manager)
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1996
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
Movie Sister Sherri (Manager)
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1996
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
Movie Sister Sherri
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1996
WCW Hog Wild 1996
Movie Sister Sherri
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1995
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
Movie Sister Sherri (Manager)
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1995
WCW Monday Nitro
TV show
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1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Movie Sister Sherri
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1995
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
Movie Sister Sherri (Manager)
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1995
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
Movie Sister Sherri (Manager)
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1995
WCW Slamboree 1995
Movie Sister Sherri
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1995
WCW Uncensored 1995
Movie Sister Sherri (Manager)
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1995
WCW SuperBrawl V
Movie Sister Sherri (Manager)
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1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
Movie Sister Sherri
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1995
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
Movie Sister Sherri
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1994
WCW Starrcade 1994
Movie Sister Sherri (Manager)
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1994
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Movie Sensuous Sherri (Manager)
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1994
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
Movie Sensuous Sherri (Valet)
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1994
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
Movie Sensational Sherri (Manager)
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1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
Movie Sensuous Sherri
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1993
ECW November to Remember 1993
Movie Sherri Martel
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1993
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
Movie Sensational Sherri (Manager)
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1993
Best of The British Bulldog
Movie "Sensational" Sherri
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1993
NWA Bloodfest • Night Two
Movie Sensational Sherri (Valet)
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1993
ECW Ultra Clash 1993
Movie Sherri Martel
