I am sorry to hear that Sherri Russell, better known as Sherri Martel and Sensational Sherri, passed away yesterday at the age of 49. The cause of death is unknown as of right now.
In addition to being a heck of a wrestler (she was a former AWA and WWF Women's Champion) she was the manager to of some of the top wrestlers of all-time, including Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels, Ted DiBiase, Booker T and Stevie Ray (Harlem Heat), Shane Douglas, Buddy Rose and Doug Sommers. She wrestled in all of the major federations including the AWA, WCW, WWF/WWE, and ECW.
Even though she largely retired for the most part in the mid 90's, she would still make occasional appearances on WCW and WWE TV, including a memorable angle just a couple of years ago where Kurt Angle was going after people from Shawn Michaels' past and he ended up putting her in the ankle lock, while the announcers feigned outrage. She still has a presence most weeks on WWE Raw because that is her voice heard at the beginning of Shawn Michaels' theme music (she originally sang the whole "Sexy Boy" theme song before they replaced her voice with Shawn's).
Some of my favorite Sherri moments included when she was the manager of Randy Savage as Queen Sherri. They had a great feud against the Ultimate Warrior, including her turning against Savage at WrestleMania 7, getting beaten up by Elizabeth, leading to the Savage/Liz reunion. She had a series of long matches on AWA TV in the late 80's, which to me, pretty much carried the show. She also appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show (in character) during its prime and was a complete maniac. One time she did an interview with Mean Gene Okerlund and as she walked away, he looked at her, nearly dropped the microphone and whispered "
gravy". My friend Geoff and I went on to imitate that moment for years afterwards.
I never got the opportunity to met Ms. Russell but I am proud to say that I was in attendance during perhaps her greatest career moment, when she was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year in Chicago. She seemed so genuinely happy to be there and gave a really funny and enthusiastic speech, which I am going to watch again later today. You couldn't help but feel happy for her.
I am sorry to hear that Sherri Russell, better known as Sherri Martel and Sensational Sherri, passed away yesterday at the age of 49. The cause of death is unknown as of right now.
In addition to being a heck of a wrestler (she was a former AWA and WWF Women's Champion) she was the manager to of some of the top wrestlers of all-time, including Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels, Ted DiBiase, Booker T and Stevie Ray (Harlem Heat), Shane Douglas, Buddy Rose and Doug Sommers. She wrestled in all of the major federations including the AWA, WCW, WWF/WWE, and ECW. 
Even though she largely retired for the most part in the mid 90's, she would still make occasional appearances on WCW and WWE TV, including a memorable angle just a couple of years ago where Kurt Angle was going after people from Shawn Michaels' past and he ended up putting her in the ankle lock, while the announcers feigned outrage. She still has a presence most weeks on WWE Raw because that is her voice heard at the beginning of Shawn Michaels' theme music (she originally sang the whole "Sexy Boy" theme song before they replaced her voice with Shawn's).
Some of my favorite Sherri moments included when she was the manager of Randy Savage as Queen Sherri. They had a great feud against the Ultimate Warrior, including her turning against Savage at WrestleMania 7, getting beaten up by Elizabeth, leading to the Savage/Liz reunion. She had a series of long matches on AWA TV in the late 80's, which to me, pretty much carried the show. She also appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show (in character) during its prime and was a complete maniac. One time she did an interview with Mean Gene Okerlund and as she walked away, he looked at her, nearly dropped the microphone and whispered "gravy". My friend Geoff and I went on to imitate that moment for years afterwards. 
I never got the opportunity to met Ms. Russell but I am proud to say that I was in attendance during perhaps her greatest career moment, when she was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year in Chicago. She seemed so genuinely happy to be there and gave a really funny and enthusiastic speech, which I am going to watch again later today. You couldn't help but feel happy for her.
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