Friday, June 15, 2007

WWE Hall of Famer Sherri Martel Passes Away

PWInsider.com reports the passing of WWE Hall of Famer Sherri Martel, real name Sherri Russel today.

A former WWF and AWA Women's champion, Martel is probably best remembered for her role of one of the best female heel managers of all time during her 1990s WWF run, working alongside Shawn Michaels, Ted DiBiase, and Randy Savage, among others.

Moving to World Championship Wrestling in 1994, Martel worked on top with Ric Flair during his feud with Hulk Hogan before moving on to manage The Harlem Heat tag team.

Martel was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in Chicago during Wrestlemania 22 weekend and still made semi-regular appearances at conventions and media events. Jakks Pacific had just released a Classic Superstars action figure in her honor.

Martel was only 49 years old.

We here at Ultra Entertainment send our thoughts and condolences to Sherri's family and friends.



1 comment:

  1. Wow, unbelievable, yet ANOTHER wrestling death. First time i've read big news like this first here at UE, too bad it was about the loss of another great wrestling talent.

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