Sherri Martel

Sherri Martel
A promotional photo of Sherri Martel.
Birth name	Sherry Lynn Russell
Born	(1958-02-08)February 8, 1958[1] Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.[1]
Died	June 15, 2007(2007-06-15) (aged 49)[1] McCalla, Alabama, U.S.
Cause of death	Drug overdose
Children	1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Peggy Sue[2] Queen Sherri[3] Scary Sherri[3] Sensational Sherri[3] Sensuous Sherri Sherri Martel[3] Sherri Martine[4] Sister Sherri[3]
Billed height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[5]
Billed weight	132–138 lb (60–63 kg)[5]
Billed from	New Orleans, Louisiana[5]
Trained by	Donna Christanello[3] The Fabulous Moolah[6]
Debut	1980
Retired	2006

Sherry Schrull (née Russell; February 8, 1958 – June 15, 2007)^[3][1][7] 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 the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where she held the WWF Women's Championship. Also in the WWF, 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. Her titular ring name, "Sensational Sherri", was used as the episode title in the fifth season of Viceland's docuseries, Dark Side of the Ring, aired on April 23, 2024.