History Wrestling / SherriMartel

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: When she managed Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose and Doug Somers in the AWA, and again when she managed Wrestling/HarlemHeat in WCW.
* UnholyMatrimony: As the only women in WWF's rogues gallery, she had this effect on heels—even the moribund Wrestling/PaulBearer ("That's more animated than I've ever seen him; he's almost alive"). One person who wasn't buying was [[Wrestling/AndreTheGiant André]]: Sherri was among the managers who competed for his attention in a hotel bar, only to receive a spanking from the giant.

Sherri Schrull, née Russell (February 8, 1958 – June 15, 2007), known by her ring name Sherri Martel, was an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and professional wrestling valet most famous for her work in Wrestling/{{WWE}}.

Ted [=DiBiase=] inducted her into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 2006, the second woman to receive the honor. She died one year later of a prescription drug overdose.

* BastardUnderstudy: Sherri was a student of the Magnificent Moolah, but in the ring, they were competitors. They fought off-and-on in the eighties, before Moolah finally put Sherri over in '87. The Fabulous One wasn't too happy about her streak being broken, so Sherri interrupted her victory run with the Women's Belt to hit Moolah with it.

She previously wrestled and valeted in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]], where she gained notoriety as a Jezebel who would do anything to win a match. In the WWF, she won the WWF Women's Championship from Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah, was fairly contemporaneous with Wrestling/MissElizabeth, and after dropping the title focused more on valeting. Most famously linked with Wrestling/RandySavage after he [[FaceHeelTurn turned heel]], and also spent time with "The Million Dollar Man" Wrestling/TedDiBiase and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels. (She also sang his theme. Well, [[HollywoodToneDeaf sort of.]]) She eventually went to Wrestling/{{WCW}} to work with Wrestling/RicFlair and [[Wrestling/BookerT Harlem Heat]].

** At first, WCW fans were not sure what to make of Sherri, who had switched to calling herself “Sensuous” Sherri and came to ringside with her face painted like Sting’s. The fans were behind Sting, and Martel was there to show support. This continued for weeks, with Sherri rooting for Sting, while the commentators scratched their heads wondering what was up. In the end, Sherri attacked the crowd favorite and cost him the title. Hogan arrived and came at her with the 24-inch pythons, but Slick Ric yanked her leg through the ropes and they fled, leaving Hulk snatching at air.

* IncomingHam: AH! AHHH!! SHAAAAAAWN!!!'

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Like most wrestlers who changed companies, Sherri appeared there under a different name: Sherri Martine (when she worked Japan/AWA from '83-'85), Sherri Martel, Peggy Sue, Sensational Sherri, Queen Sherri, Scary Sherri, Sensuous Sherri (trademark original), Sister Sherri, and maybe some others? You have to assume that the only person who knew them all was her. Side note: Brother Love always addressed her as "Sister Sherri" on his mock talk show in the WWF, so maybe that was the inspiration? (Jake the Snake was "Brother Jake".)

Sherri Schrull, née Russell (February 8, 1958 – June 15, 2007), known by her ring name Sherri Martel, was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]] most famous for her work in {{Wrestling/WWE}}.

She previously wrestled and valeted in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]], where she gained notoriety as a Jezebel who would do anything to win a match. She won the belt from [[Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah Moolah]] in the 80's, was fairly contemporaneous with Wrestling/MissElizabeth, and focused more on valeting after joining WWE. Most famously linked with [[Wrestling/RandySavage Macho Man]] after he [[FaceHeelTurn turned heel]], and also spent time with the [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Million Dollar Man]] and [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels the Heartbreak Kid]]. (She also sang his theme. Well, [[HollywoodToneDeaf sort of.]]) She eventually went to {{Wrestling/WCW}} to work with Wrestling/RicFlair and [[Wrestling/BookerT Harlem Heat]].

!!A REAL woman's tropes:

* GorgeousGorgon: As a female valet in the 80s who was neither foreign, old, heavy, or particularly odd-looking, typical WWF booking decreed that she was going to need bad makeup. She's actually one of the better-looking lady champs of the time. (Her and Wendi Richter).

* TheRival: Sherri feuded with so many wrestlers over the years. Candi Devine (in the AWA), Rockin' Robin, Sapphire (Dusty's valet), Luna Vachon, and (most memorably) Liz Huelette. Madusa shut the book on her career for good, though. Outside of the ring, she had a professional (i.e. non-violent) rivalry with Jimmy Hart.)

* TheCameo: Shawn Michaels appeared on ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]'' to promote ''[[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]] 21''. Wrestling/KurtAngle taunted him by singing his own, lame version of Shawn's theme, and he brought out Sherri to do the chorus. As usual, the segment ends with Sherri betraying him and getting put in the ankle lock.
** In late 2006, she made her last television appearance on {{Wrestling/TNA}} 'Impact''. It was also the last appearance by Wrestling/BobbyHeenan and Robert Fuller aka Colonel Parker. The premise is that Roode was looking for a new manager.

* EightiesHair: Divine meets Pat Benatar. With a pinch of [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Montana Max.]]

* LoveAtFirstPunch: With Colonel Robert Parker and his men Dick Slater & Bunk House. At the ''Great American Bash'' '95, Parker interrupting a promo to lay a wet one on Sherri. The kiss was met with a punch, but this only enticed Parker to keep chasing. However, later Sherri suffered a concussion and underwent a change in personality. When the tag teams faced each other again at Fall Brawl, both Managers ended up in the ring and shared a BigDamnKiss which baffled the arena.

** In 1988, Martel wrestled not only as herself, but her alter-ego [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMmflWjQNgI "Peggy Sue",]] who would work interference for the Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan. Disguised with a blonde wig and sunglasses, Sue was supposedly a groupie who was jealous of Miss Elizabeth, and would even attack her.

*** A little bit of wrestling GeniusBonus with that above quote; Luna's uncle was himself a professional wrestler, Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon.

* BerserkButton: Just saying "Hulk Hogan" caused her to spaz out and live TV--most commonly on ''WWF Prime Time'', and later while being [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/atoz-07.gif interviewed]] by Arsenio Hall.

** Sherri unexpectedly turned up at ''Clash of the Champions'' (WCW) wearing a [[MasqueradeBall masquerade outfit]]: Sting's facepaint,, an hourglass dress, a mask, and opera gloves.

* Dreadful Musician: She helped Shawn compose his own theme, "Sexy Boy", and also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgtOvcZ9Qo8 sang backup.]] It can peel paint off the walls. It was later recycled by Kurt Angle who came out to "Sexy Kurt". Marty Janetty still can't walk.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: After winning the ''King of the Ring'' tournament, Macho Man because the Macho King (as is tradition), and Sherri became his "queen", even replacing Elizabeth on ''Wrestling Spotlight''. The pair were carried into the ring on a sedan chair by jobbers.

* EightiesHair: Picture "Divine + Pat Benatar." (With the personality of Montana Max.)
* ActionDressRip: A few of them, like Queen Sherri's beaded sarong, could tear off as needed.

* FaceFramedInShadow: A publicity still of Kronk and Yzma, er, Macho and Sherri.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor:
-->'''[[http://percysposts.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-friend-sherri-and-more.html Paul Bearer]]:''' Sherri never met a stranger. She treated a fan on the street like she had known them all of her life.
** [[http://i.imgur.com/n7yBDPA.jpg That is dangerously close to a smile from the dead man.]]

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Sherri Schrull, née Russell (February 8, 1958 – June 15, 2007), known by her ring name Sherri Martel, was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]] best known for her work on {{Wrestling/WWE}}.

She previously wrestled and valeted in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]], where she gained notoriety as a Jezebel who would do anything to win a match. She won the belt from [[Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah Moolah]] in the 80's, was fairly contemporaneous with Wrestling/MissElizabeth, and focused more on valeting after joining WWE. Most famously linked with [[Wrestling/RandySavage Macho Man]] after he turned {{heel}}, and also spent time with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase DiBiase]] and [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels HBK]]. (She also sang his theme. Well, [[HollywoodToneDeaf sort of.]]) She eventually went to {{Wrestling/WCW}} to work with [[Wrestling/RicFlair Flair]] and [[Wrestling/BookerT Harlem Heat]].

No relation to [[Wrestling/RickMartel Rick "The Model" Martel]]. Neither one's real name is Martel, anyway; they're both stage names.

!!A REAL woman's Tropes:
* AbsoluteCleavage: While managing Titanka. Er, {{Wrestling/Tatanka}}.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: In the middle of [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hogan's]] finger wag routine, Sherri reached over the ropes and responded with this.
* TheArtifact: Of the AWA and WWF women's wrestling divisions. Moolah sold the NWA Women's belt to WWF in the eighties; Sherri was still the AWA Women's champ when she beat Moolah, making her the first wrestler (man or woman) to hold two main titles from two major companies simultaneously...if you disregard Pat O'Connor being Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA ''and'' AWA World Heavyweight Champ at once, of course.
* TheBaroness:
** Type 2: Anyone who fell on the apron was immediately met with [[https://38.media.tumblr.com/dc8b7e7b5ffc2ffbff195944c3cc8a9d/tumblr_nhj11hjSHN1qcztrfo2_400.gif a handful of knuckles.]]
** At the height of his folly, to get a shot at the championship, Macho dispatches Sherri to (awkwardly) seduce the Ultimate Warrior.
* BastardUnderstudy: In real life, she was Moolah's biggest protége. But in the ring, they were simply competitors. They fought off-and-on in the eighties, before Moolah finally put Sherri over in '87. As expected, the Fabulous One wasn't too happy about her streak being broken. Sherri interrupted her victory run with the Women's Belt to ''[[OffhandBackhand hit Moolah with a belt shot]]''. Torch passed!
* BerserkButton: Don't mention Wrestling/HulkHogan... she doesn't like that.
-->'''R.D. Reynolds''': Apparently Hogan gave Sherri an atomic drop, a body slam, then rammed her head into the ring bell. Before you scoff, Hogan did that kinda thing all the time. And yes, he was a babyface.
** Mere mention of Hulk Hogan causes her to spaz out and [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/atoz-07.gif hiss]] on ''The Arsenio Hall Show''.
* BullyingADragon: One of her biggest beatdowns came during a 1991 steel cage match at Madison Square Garden. Sherri repeatedly interfered on Savage's behalf. Warrior responded by grabbing her head through the bars and playing it like a bongo. Sherri ultimately caused Warrior to lose the match and, after stalking her around the cage and shoving aside numerous officials and guards, he grabbed her by the neck and press-slammed her as hard as he possibly could to the mat.
* TheCameo:
** In the lead-up to WrestleMania 21, Shawn Michaels appeared on ''[=SmackDown=]'' via satellite. Wrestling/KurtAngle sang his own version of HBK's theme, and he brought out Sherri to do the chorus. As per usual, the segment ends with Sherri betraying him and getting put in the ankle lock.
** In late 2006, she made her last television appearance on ''TNA Impact!'', working her black magic on Wrestling/BobbyRoode. It was the last appearance by Bobby Heenan and Robert Fuller (as "Colonel Parker") as well. The setup is that Roode was looking for a new manager.

** Hogan's first WCW appearance. A real man would NEVER hit a woman, but a woman in ''drag?'' Sherri didn't think this cunning plan through.
** In 1988, Martel wrestled not only as herself, but her alter-ego [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMmflWjQNgI "Peggy Sue"]], working interference for the Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan. Disguised with a blonde wig and sunglasses, Sue was supposedly a groupie who was jealous of Miss Elizabeth, and would even attack her. This opened the door to managerial duties after the women's division went bust.
* TheChewToy: One skill that kept Sherri around in the WWF was that she could take a bump (in 4-inch heels, ouch), most frequently from Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior. She was a good looking lady that was as over as any heel on the roster (the temperature went up 10 degrees before she even spoke a word), and because of her background as a wrestler, she could beat seven shades of crap out of the men, and be a threat on the inside or outside; a rare set of attributes.
** She was repeatedly targeted by Jake Roberts for his satanic games, including: being slapped, made to [[KneelBeforeZod grovel for Savage's protection]], slapped again, and nearly having a snake thrown at her. For the uninitiated, this is the same routine Jake used on Elizabeth at ''Tuesday In Texas''.
** When the Million Dollar Man faced Wrestling/BretHart, Piper calmly reached under the ring for the most innocuous of weapons: a broom, which he used to chase away Sherri.
** Got beaned with a heart-shaped mirror on one occasion, and later based with a TV monitor (courtesy of [[Wrestling/LunaVachon Luna]]) on ''RAW''.
** ''Starrcade '94'': [[Wrestling/TheNastyBoys Jerry Sags]] was about to whack Sherri with the purse. But instead, he motioned to the crowd that Sherri was going to "Pitty City" (also known as the pit stop), getting big pops.
** ''Nitro'' 1/29/96: Sherri went up top and {{Wrestling/Madusa}} caught her in mid-Splash. If Madusa had taken time to study the WWF tape library, she would know why ''this is a terrible idea'': Sherri reversed it in mid-air (the same trick she pulled on Moolah). As Sherri celebrated the roll-up, a furious Madusa sprang up and took her to Suplex City. Literally [[https://gfycat.com/SizzlingFalseAyeaye just dropped her on her head and then slammed her skull into the mat]] five or six times. It took two referees to pry her off.
--->'''[[http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/01/the-best-and-worst-of-wcw-monday-nitro-12996-hulk-hogan-turns-heel/3/ Brandon Stroud]]''': Not enough people sell the post-match beatdown in a scary “I’m unconscious but [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown can’t stop getting hit in the face]]” way.
*** (This is a famous spot. There was legit heat between these two, and Sherri refused to job to her. So Madusa just bullhammered her after the match. At the time, Sherri was hooked on oxycodine, so getting a neck injury right then wasn't good.)
* ClothingDamage: Happens in every 3-letter promotion she wrestled for. She was scandalized at least once in the AWA courtesy of Tommy Rich, again in {{Wrestling/ECW}}, and twice in WCW, including one time by Ric Flair.
** During a rematch with Savage, [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan Jim Duggan]] flashed her skirt, which Sherri oversold as though it were a Figure Four, Code Red, and F-5 combined.
** During an arm wrestling challenge between Mr. Magnificent (aka [[Characters/WWERockNWrestling Nailz]]) w/Sherri and Tommy Rich, Sherri tried to interfere again. Tommy caught her before she could wriggle out the ropes, yanking her dress like a cheap magician's tablecloth to reveal ...a goofy pink teddy.
*** They repeated the gag at Halloween Havoc '94. This time, it was a "Career Vs. Career (i.e. Retirement)" Cage Match pitting Hulk Hogan [=w/=]Wrestling/JimmyHart vs Ric Flair w/Sensational Sherri. Sherri was not about to a fence get in the way of her usual shenanigans, and she started up the cage wall. But she got intercepted by Jimmy who tore off her skirt.
** At a match in the Rosemont Horizon (now the Allstate Arena), Warrior exposed her breasts by mistake. Fortunately it was a house show.
** Shane Douglas had Sherri in his corner until December 1994, when Wrestling/BrianPillman pushed her over and ripped her blouse in the process. Behold, there was a photo taped to her breast -- of '''Ric Flair'''. The Franchise was so outraged, he tore Naitch's likeness to pieces. But Sherri (being Sherri) got right in Shane's grill, hands on hips, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2cX_j2enhg#t=100s Woo'ed]] him.

* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship:
** Like most wrestlers on ''Nitro'', Sherri appeared there under a different name: "Sensuous Sherri" (trademark original!)
** She changed to Sister Sherri after being hired by Booker and Stevie. Brother Love always addressed her as "Sister Sherri" on his mock talk show in the WWF. A funny coincidence. (Jake the Snake was "Brother Jake".)
* TheCoatsAreOff: If she takes off her shoes, '''RUN.'''
* CombatStilettos: For some reason, she always wears stilettos into the ring. Shawn claims that a few times, when one of the boys went too rough on him in the ring, she told him to throw them out there, and they got...[[GroinAttack certain areas]] kicked by her boots.
* ComicallyIneptHealing: HBK vs. Rick Martel turned farcical for the finish. Sherri pretended to faint to stop the match. This had the opposite effect, because both wrestlers wanted to carry her backstage. So they started to bicker again, with no regard for Sherri's safety, causing her limp form to hit the apron multiple times.
* {{Corpsing}}:
** Watch her reaction to Booker's famous gaffe. ("We comin' for YOU, nigga!") Her smile says, ''It's O.K., sweetie, I've f**ked up hundreds of times on-camera''.
** On ''WWF Superstars of Wrestling'' (1/6/90), you can clearly see Sherri and Jimmy lose it when Wrestling/BobbyHeenan gets going. ("Sweetheart, go get some new makeup.")

** Had a habit of cheapshotting guys from the turnbuckle or cage wall. She even ''leapt off a cage'' in WCW to deliver a double axe handle to Hogan.
** At ''[=SummerSlam=] '89'', she was readied for an atomic drop. But Hogan swerved the audience and spared the knee, letting her trot away unscathed... only to get a faceful of her own purse, from Miss Elizabeth. Turnabout is fair play.
* DreadfulMusician:
** She helped Shawn compose his own theme, "[[DoItYourselfThemeTune Sexy Boy]]", and sang a solo version. Both are spectacularly bad that they can peel paint off the walls, [[SoBadItsGood but both nonetheless became fan favorites.]]
** Kurt Angle later made a boob of himself by coming out to "Sexy Kurt", with Sherri singing backup. Marty Janetty still can't walk.
* EvilCounterpart: The whore to Liz's Madonna. She even wore a white dress after becoming Randy's manager, as if to rub it in.
** Liz seemed a lot hotter in WCW, but she really wasn't; just more exposed. Shows what a subtle change in costuming can do.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeShadow:
** Garish makeup was normal, but even by 80's standards, Sherri was on a different planet: Purple or black line extending further than they needed to, with eyebrows or spider webs on her forehead applied via Sharpie.
--->'''Wrestling/GorillaMonsoon:''' Who does her makeup, Helen Keller?
** In the VHS release of ''WWF Rampage '92'', it has a segment called "Makeup Tips With Sensational Sherri". It ends with a girl in the makeup chair screaming when she sees her reflection.
* EyePop: Her legendary reaction to Rick Martel [[CoolShades dipping his shades]] and making a pass at her.
* FaceFramedInShadow: [[http://www.lethalwow.com/images3/sherri7.jpg This]] publicity still of [[strike:Kronk and Yzma]] Macho and Sherri.
* FacialMarkings[=/=]UncannyValleyMakeup:
** She sported some distinctive facial markings in her career, which [[Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa Alissa Flash]] and [[Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} Sassy Stephie]] used to imitate.
** Such markings included her initials ([[ANaziByAnyOtherName SS]]), cat makeup, a dollar sign, and a heart.
** Sherri ''without'' eye makeup looks practically naked, which is why WWE/TNA brought it back for her cameos.
* FemmeFatalons: Open palm strikes. And she was known to rake claws across eyes or faces.

* TheFightingNarcissist: Martel held the AWA World Women's Championship three times, and the WWF Women's Championship once. AWA Sherri was a diva from the very start; WWF just turned it up to eleven. She showed up to the arena in a ballroom gown with a bunch of purebred dogs on a leash.
-->'''[[http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/the-thread-count-a-fashionable-history-of-wrestling-weddings-part-1/ Danielle Matheson]]''': Madusa shows up looking like an extra from ''Oliver'', furthering that idea. She’s the Anne Klein to Sherri’s Vivienne Westwood, if you will. While Sherri is all personality, Madusa is meant to be all business, a ''real'' wrestler.
* FinishingMove:

** As a valet: Removing her boots and performing a Big Splash, sometimes while [[ShoeSlap clutching both heels.]] Ouch.
** FriendlyFire: ...But since the opponent needed to be in a Nelson hold for this to work, she usually clobbered her own men.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Savage became delusional after being crowned King of the Ring, resulting in his neon makeover. Sherri joined in by sporting a grandiose crown, cape, and scepter. The pair were carried into the ring on a [[TooImportantToWalk sedan chair]] by jobbers. Vince [=McMahon=] grumbled that Miss Elizabeth would never stoop to that. However, Sherri barked that she was "The Queen" of the WWF and Liz was merely the First Lady.
* GoldDigger: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEP9wGgXH7Y&feature=youtu.be Sensational Sherri gives relationship advice]]
* GorgeousGorgon:
** As a female valet in the 80s who was neither foreign, old, heavy, or particularly odd-looking, typical WWF booking decreed that she was going to need ugly makeup to designate as heel. (She's actually one of the more photogenic lady champions of the time; her and Wendi Richter).

** When Luna was gunning for her crown, Sherri brushed her away as some "mad dog certified lunatic". Pot meet kettle.
* HandbagOfHurt: Scurrying into the ring and clubbing people with a purse -- which they sold as if it were an anvil. ([[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty It was loaded.]]) The bag also contained hair spray which she used to blind opponents, though it always missed and sprayed Booker by accident.
* HeelFaceMole: At first, WCW fans were not sure what to make of Sherri, who had switched to calling herself “Sensuous” Sherri and came to ringside with her face painted like Sting’s. The fans were behind Sting, and assumed Sherri had turned face after leaving HBK behind. This continued for weeks, with Sherri rooting for Sting, while the commentators scratched their heads wondering what she was up to. In the end, Sherri swerved on the crowd favorite and cost him the title. (Hogan arrived and came at her with the 24-inch pythons, but Slick Ric yanked her leg through the ropes and they fled, leaving Hulk snatching at air.)
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard:
** Accidentally KO'ing '''herself''' by swinging a briefcase at [=Debra McMichael=], bouncing it off a turnbuckle and whacking herself in the head with it.
** During HBK's entrances, Sherri would tag behind him while carrying a heart-shaped dress mirror. Shawn had just split from Marty Jannetty and was getting a push as top heel. Prior to a match with Michaels, Jannetty grabbed the mirror and tried to hit Shawn with it. Michaels saw the attack coming and [[HumanShield hid behind Sherri]]. Guess who took a shot to the face with a 20 inch mirror?
* IHaveManyNames: Sherri Martine (when she worked Japan/AWA from '83-'85), Sherri Martel, Peggy Sue, Sensational Sherri, Queen Sherri, Scary Sherri, Sensuous Sherri, Sister Sherri, and maybe some others? You have to assume that the only person who knew them all was her.
* IncomingHam: '''AH! AHHH!! SHAAAAAAWN!!!''''
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Sherri Martel hitting a splash from the turnbuckle on Hulk Hogan while wearing a freakin’ white evening gown. Aw yeah.
* KlingonPromotion: During ''[=WrestleMania VII=]'', [=DiBase=]'s butler {{Wrestling/Virgil}} finally had enough of his boss' ill-treatment and challenged him. Their fight spilled out into the apron and knocked over a one-legged Wrestling/RoddyPiper. Livid, Piper jumped in to assist, but Sherri rematerialized and grabbed Piper's crutch in mid-swing. In the end, she saw to his downfall. [=DiBiase=] lost one bodyguard and gained a new one.
* LadyMacbeth: Something of a fair-weather manager, she was unforgiving when Macho lost his title, kicking his semi-conscious form around the ring (he'd cost Sherri her meal ticket, you see.) She was nothing but a snake to him which is why the crowd wept when she got her comeuppance.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: With rival manager "Colonel" Robert Parker (real name Robert Fuller) and his men Dick Slater & Bunk House. At the ''Great American Bash '95'', Buck entered the tag team division against Sister Sherri & Harlem Heat. Parker interrupting a promo to lay a wet one on Sherri. The kiss was met with a punch, but this only enticed Parker to keep chasing. However, Sherri suffered a head injury and underwent a change in personality. when the tag teams faced each other again at ''Fall Brawl'', both Managers ended up in the ring and shared a BigDamnKiss which baffled the arena.
* LoveMartyr:
--> *Macho is cutting a promo*\\

'''Macho''': What do ''you'' want?\\

'''Macho''': Well....go get it.\\

* Macho continues with his promo* \\

'''Macho''': "BETTER THAN THE BEST: THE MACHO KING.....(in smaller writing) [--[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and queen]]--]"\\
'''Sherri''': Do ya like it?!\\
'''Macho''': Hee-yeah, I like it....maybe if you cut this little piece off (the bit referring to the queen), it'd be EVEN BETTER, OOH YEAH!!\\

** HBK was not responsive to her affections, and commentators observed that their relationship seemed "one-way." He did not seem to have a problem flirting with women in the crowd. Their union came to an end when Sherri got bonked in the head with one of HBK's mirrors. Or, to be more specific, Marty Jannetty swung Shawn's mirror, and Shawn [[DirtyCoward pulled Sherri in front of him to take the blow and then ran off]]. Tale as old as time.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor:
** Nobody has a bad word to say about Sherri, even Colonel Parker who had to carry her through a promo after she turned up wasted. She was let go from WCW for painkiller addiction.

** In this shoot interview, she gets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFXVy_7fy-M emotional]] talking about Elizabeth, since they were friends in real life.
--->'''[[http://percysposts.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-friend-sherri-and-more.html Paul Bearer]]''': Sherri never met a stranger. She treated a fan on the street like she had known them all of her life.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: Nothing says elegant like constipated faces and clenched fingers.
-->'''Heenan''' Very well spoken! I think she went to Oxford, didn't she?
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale:
** In the 90s, there were few things more terrifying than Sherri losing her mind at ringside. Her Cajun swamp accent is truly the stuff of nightmares.
** The Ultimate Warrior dominated the first half of his match with Randy, until he finds himself kissing canvas. And there's Sherri, gingerly helping him to his feet. Any guesses as to what happened? If you guessed "punching him in the larynx while her moneymaker fills up the screen", then you'd be correct.
** Michaels even said that if his opponents wouldn't sell for him, she'd '''make''' them sell.
* MrsRobinson: The age gap was apparent with HBK and, briefly, Bobby Roode (who wasted no time asking her to dinner).
* NouveauRiche: After beating Moolah for the world championship, Sherri expected to be treated like some kind of duchess. [[Characters/WWECommentators Lord Alfred]] took it upon himself to teach "Sensational" Sherri and the [[Wrestling/SteveLombardi Brooklyn Brawler]] some etiquette and "table manners", with mixed success.
--->'''Alfred:''' I say, Sherri! That is disgusting, doing that at the table!\\
'''Sherri:''' [filing toenails] I have to do it ''some''time.
* PaidHarem: Sister Sherri traveled by stretch limo and private jet liner, with an all-male flight crew. Sometimes it pays to work for Wrestling/EricBischoff.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Macho and HBK seemed to barely tolerate her.

** Pretty much any answer she gave on ''Series/FamilyFeud''. ("SO MUCH PRESSURE!!") Team WWF consisted of heels: Wrestling/BobbyHeenan, [[Wrestling/TheNastyBoys Brian Knobbs]], Sensational Sherri, The Mountie, and Jimmy Hart, all of them in-character. Their opponents were from the World Bodybuilder Federation, one of Vince's failed side-ventures.
** The famous promo before "No Holds Barred" (Macho's steel cage match versus Hogan w/ Beefcake). Sherri pretends to climb up the fence and reappear in front of it, as if by magic, but she is [[CoconutSuperpowers clearly spotted]] scurrying behind Macho and Zeus on all fours, showing the 'cage' to be a facade.
* PutOnABus:
** At the January 1996 edition of ''Clash of the Champions'', Sister Sherri eloped with Col. Parker to a 24-hour chapel, with Mean Gene Okerland giving her away. She got sneak-attacked by the returning Madusa (Sherri's old nemesis from their AWA days), which caused havoc and destroyed the wedding placements. The following night on ''Nitro'', Mean Gene interviewed Sherri about the aftermath. Madusa pounced again, beating Sherri so hard that her brain turned to tapioca. The beatdown was so bad that she was missing in action for months. In truth, Bischoff suspended Sherri for a year on the condition that she enter drug rehab.
** The WWF was forced to release her for related reasons in 1993. This happened before her feud with Luna could have a satisfying conclusion.
* PutTheirHeadsTogether: This always happened in WWE after Sherri faceplanted into the ring. Hogan did it first, followed by Warrior: he won ''[=WrestleMania VII=]'' by grabbing Macho and Sherri by the hair and clonking them together. Macho himself would later use that finisher on Million Dollar Man and Sherri.
* ReallyGetsAround: She swapped a lot of spit in the nineties.
** Who else would insist on a below-the-belt stipulation to preserve Shawn and Rick's beautiful faces? When it looked like they might break that stipulation, she fainted.
** For her WCW debut, she walked right up to "Mean Gene" Okerlund and snogged him.
* RingOldies:
** Purely through being a divorced mom who [[SingleMomStripper stripped to make ends meet]] and later climbed her way through a crazy-tough old school system, safe to say that back in the day, Martel was a bad-arse who could legitimately handle herself. [[Wrestling/JimCornette Corny]] called her "tougher than a $2 steak".
** Her clientele is a Who's Who of wrestling royalty:, including [[Wrestling/GeorgeSteele George "The Animal" Steele]], [[Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose "Playboy" Buddy Rose]], [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake “The Snake” Roberts]], Randy Savage, Ted Dibiase, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Wrestling/ShaneDouglas, Wrestling/TerryFunk....hang on, who ''didn't'' she manage?
* TheRival:
** Sherri never really had an arch-foe, because she feuded with so many wrestlers over the years. Candi Devine (in the AWA), Rockin' Robin, Sapphire (Dusty's valet), Luna Vachon, and (most memorably) Liz Huelette. Madusa was the one who ended her career for good, though.
** Outside of the ring, she had a professional rivalry with Jimmy Hart.
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: Her nuptials were cut short when the Colonel's philandering got exposed, and Madusa put Sherri through a table -- which was also the one carrying the hors-d'oeuvres.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Sherri fit the mold of the female manager who isn't afraid to mix it up or take punishment: namely Baby Doll (Nickla Ann Roberts) or, more recently, Heel Wrestling/{{Melina}}.
* UnholyMatrimony: As the only female heel in WWF, she had this effect on other heels--even the moribund Wrestling/PaulBearer ("That's more animated than I've ever seen him; he's ''almost'' alive"). One dude who wasn't buying was [[Wrestling/AndreTheGiant Andre]]: Sherri was among the managers who competed for his attention in a hotel bar, only to receive a spanking from the Giant.

** The [[{{Theatre/Cats}} feline]] costumes during her feud with Sapphire. The makeup she wore at ''Summerslam'' '90 was... something else.
*** That's also the promo where she did that epic countdown. "10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2...1....'''YEARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!'''"
** She wore a white Pocahontas getup for her matches with Tatanka.
** After Luna called her out for a fight, Sherri, rocking an [[AfroAsskicker afro and a pantsuit]], kicked her right in the throat.
** Sister Sherri looked the part, [[http://i.imgur.com/JuOp1CW.png wearing all-black and sunglasses]] just like Booker and Stevie Ray.
** She looked like an [[TheFlapper Oscar statuette]] while working for the Million Dollar Man. She also wore a [[FrenchMaidOutfit gold foil tutu]] (i.e. her "[[https://twitter.com/oswreview/status/478957831488815105?lang=en Ace Rimmer]]" outfit, according to ''WebVideo/OSWReview''). As part of his schtick of throwing money at his opponents, Sherri lifted her skirt so Ted could pluck cash from her garters.
** Showed up to ''Clash of the Champions'' wearing a [[MasqueradeBall masquerade outfit]]: Sting's colors (black and white, to match Sting's warpaint), an hourglass dress, a mask, and opera gloves.
** Sherri wore a baller-looking cloak to her wedding: a double-nod to her time with HBK, and the Queen of Hearts.
** ''[=WrestleMania VII=]'': After removing her cape, Sherri reveals her dress (actually more like the ''outline'' of a dress), [[ShowgirlSkirt a showgirl number made entirely of rhinestones]].

* WomanScorned:
** Her feud with Macho Man, conveniently forgetting that it was ''she'' who dumped ''him.''
** The incident with the mirror took her off TV for several months. When she returned at the 1993 ''Royal Rumble'', she sided with Jannetty in a match, ending her run with Michaels.

** AWA: A couple bull rushes from Madusa were enough to make her rethink her career choices and flee the ring, [[SecurityCling glomping onto Mr. Magnificent]]. It made the crowd go crazy with rage, but the announcers saw past the ruse: the trick with Madusa is to keep moving long enough to exhaust her, which is what happened.
** The babyfaces, sick of her interference, would catch up to Sherri and cock their fists. Heenan would unfailingly jump at this, exclaiming "Don't HIT her! Don't hit THAT LADY!", as Sherri raised her arms in mock terror. (The entire time that Hogan was in the ring with her at the ''Clash'', Jimmy Hart kept screaming "'''HIT HER!'''" into his megaphone. That probably wouldn't fly today.)
** She made her first WCW appearance at 1994’s ''Clash of the Champions XXVII'' in a title unification match between {{Wrestling/Sting}} and Ric Flair. In the final match, Flair swanned about in preparation for one of his patented "Flair Flops"... then yanked Sherri into the path of Sting's flying cross body. "Dirtiest Player in the Game", for a reason. As the cheers for Sting evaporated (because he'd just tackled a defenseless woman), the disheveled Sherri returned the favor by performing the Splash on him ''three'' times.

Ted [=DiBiase=] inducted her into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006, the second woman to receive the honor. She died one year later of a prescription drug overdose.

** She helped Shawn compose his own theme, "Sexy Boy", and sang a solo version. It can peel paint off the walls.
** Both are spectacularly-bad, but became fan favorites. Kurt Angle later made a boob of himself by coming out to "Sexy Kurt", with Sherri singing backup. Marty Janetty still can't walk.

* BastardUnderstudy: Sherri was a student of the Magnificent Moolah, but in the ring, they were competitors. They fought off-and-on in the eighties, before Moolah finally put Sherri over in '87. The Fabulous One wasn't too happy about her streak being broken, so Sherri interrupted her victory run with the Women's Belt to hit Moolah with it.
* BerserkButton: Just saying "Hulk Hogan" caused her to spaz out and live TV--most commonly on ''WWF Prime Time'', and later while being [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/atoz-07.gif interviewed]] by Arsenio Hall.

* TheCameo: Shawn Michaels appeared on ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]'' to promote ''[[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]] 21''. Wrestling/KurtAngle taunted him by singing his own, lame version of Shawn's theme, and he brought out Sherri to do the chorus. As usual, the segment ends with Sherri betraying him and getting put in the ankle lock.

* ComicallyIneptHealing: In order to stop Shawn and Rick Martel from fighting each, other, she pretended to faint. Because both wrestlers wanted to carry her backstage, they started to bicker again, with no regard for Sherri's safety.

* FaceFramedInShadow: A publicity still of Kronk and Yzma, uhh Macho and Sherri.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: After winning the ''King of the Ring'' tournament, Macho Man because the Macho King (as is tradition), and Sherri became his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lONHpCdWy6I#t=420s "queen".]] The pair were carried into the ring on a sedan chair by jobbers.

* GorgeousGorgon: As a female valet in the 80s who was neither foreign, old, heavy, or particularly odd-looking, typical WWF booking decreed that she was going to need bad makeup. She's actually one of the better-looking lady champs of the time.

* KlingonPromotion: At ''[=WrestleMania VII=], Ted [=DiBase's=] butler {{Wrestling/Virgil}} finally had enough of his ill-treatment and challenged him. The fight spilled out into the arena and knocked over Wrestling/RoddyPiper, who was still recovering from an earlier injury. Livid, Piper jumped in to assist, but Sherri materialized and grabbed Piper's crutch in mid-swing. In the end, she saw to his downfall. Ted lost one bodyguard and gained a new one.

* ReallyGetsAround: She swapped a lot of spit in the nineties.

Sherri Schrull, née Russell (February 8, 1958 – June 15, 2007), known by her ring name Sherri Martel, was an American [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]] best known for her work on {{Wrestling/WWE}}.

She previously wrestled and valeted in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]], where she gained notoriety as a Jezebel who would do anything to win a match. She won the belt from [[Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah Moolah]] in the 80's, was fairly contemporaneous with Wrestling/MissElizabeth, and focused more on valeting after joining WWE. Most famously linked with [[Wrestling/RandySavage Macho Man]] after he turned {{heel}}, and also spent time with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase DiBiase]] and [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels HBK]]. (She also sang his theme. Well, [[HollywoodToneDeaf sort of.]]) She eventually went to {{Wrestling/WCW}} to work with [[Wrestling/RicFlair Flair]] and [[Wrestling/BookerT Harlem Heat]].

No relation to [[Wrestling/RickMartel Rick "The Model" Martel]]. Neither one's real name is Martel, anyway; they're both stage names.

!!A REAL woman's Tropes:
* AbsoluteCleavage: While managing Titanka. Er, {{Wrestling/Tatanka}}.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: In the middle of [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hogan's]] finger wag routine, Sherri reached over the ropes and responded with this.
* TheArtifact: Of the AWA and WWF women's wrestling divisions. Moolah sold the NWA Women's belt to WWF in the eighties; Sherri was still the AWA Women's champ when she beat Moolah, making her the first wrestler (man or woman) to hold two main titles from two major companies simultaneously...if you disregard Pat O'Connor being Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA ''and'' AWA World Heavyweight Champ at once, of course.
* TheBaroness:
** Type 2: Anyone who fell on the apron was immediately met with [[https://38.media.tumblr.com/dc8b7e7b5ffc2ffbff195944c3cc8a9d/tumblr_nhj11hjSHN1qcztrfo2_400.gif a handful of knuckles.]]
** At the height of his folly, to get a shot at the championship, Macho dispatches Sherri to (awkwardly) seduce the Ultimate Warrior.
* BastardUnderstudy: In real life, she was Moolah's biggest protége. But in the ring, they were simply competitors. They fought off-and-on in the eighties, before Moolah finally put Sherri over in '87. As expected, the Fabulous One wasn't too happy about her streak being broken. Sherri interrupted her victory run with the Women's Belt to ''[[OffhandBackhand hit Moolah with a belt shot]]''. Torch passed!
* BerserkButton: Don't mention Wrestling/HulkHogan... she doesn't like that.
-->'''R.D. Reynolds''': Apparently Hogan gave Sherri an atomic drop, a body slam, then rammed her head into the ring bell. Before you scoff, Hogan did that kinda thing all the time. And yes, he was a babyface.
** Mere mention of Hulk Hogan causes her to spaz out and [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/atoz-07.gif hiss]] on ''The Arsenio Hall Show''.
* BullyingADragon: One of her biggest beatdowns came during a 1991 steel cage match at Madison Square Garden. Sherri repeatedly interfered on Savage's behalf. Warrior responded by grabbing her head through the bars and playing it like a bongo. Sherri ultimately caused Warrior to lose the match and, after stalking her around the cage and shoving aside numerous officials and guards, he grabbed her by the neck and press-slammed her as hard as he possibly could to the mat.
* TheCameo:
** In the lead-up to WrestleMania 21, Shawn Michaels appeared on ''[=SmackDown=]'' via satellite. Wrestling/KurtAngle sang his own version of HBK's theme, and he brought out Sherri to do the chorus. As per usual, the segment ends with Sherri betraying him and getting put in the ankle lock.
** In late 2006, she made her last television appearance on ''TNA Impact!'', working her black magic on Wrestling/BobbyRoode. It was the last appearance by Bobby Heenan and Robert Fuller (as "Colonel Parker") as well. The setup is that Roode was looking for a new manager.

** Hogan's first WCW appearance. A real man would NEVER hit a woman, but a woman in ''drag?'' Sherri didn't think this cunning plan through.
** In 1988, Martel wrestled not only as herself, but her alter-ego [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMmflWjQNgI "Peggy Sue"]], working interference for the Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan. Disguised with a blonde wig and sunglasses, Sue was supposedly a groupie who was jealous of Miss Elizabeth, and would even attack her. This opened the door to managerial duties after the women's division went bust.
* TheChewToy: One skill that kept Sherri around in the WWF was that she could take a bump (in 4-inch heels, ouch), most frequently from Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior. She was a good looking lady that was as over as any heel on the roster (the temperature went up 10 degrees before she even spoke a word), and because of her background as a wrestler, she could beat seven shades of crap out of the men, and be a threat on the inside or outside; a rare set of attributes.
** She was repeatedly targeted by Jake Roberts for his satanic games, including: being slapped, made to [[KneelBeforeZod grovel for Savage's protection]], slapped again, and nearly having a snake thrown at her. For the uninitiated, this is the same routine Jake used on Elizabeth at ''Tuesday In Texas''.
** When the Million Dollar Man faced Wrestling/BretHart, Piper calmly reached under the ring for the most innocuous of weapons: a broom, which he used to chase away Sherri.
** Got beaned with a heart-shaped mirror on one occasion, and later based with a TV monitor (courtesy of [[Wrestling/LunaVachon Luna]]) on ''RAW''.
** ''Starrcade '94'': [[Wrestling/TheNastyBoys Jerry Sags]] was about to whack Sherri with the purse. But instead, he motioned to the crowd that Sherri was going to "Pitty City" (also known as the pit stop), getting big pops.
** ''Nitro'' 1/29/96: Sherri went up top and {{Wrestling/Madusa}} caught her in mid-Splash. If Madusa had taken time to study the WWF tape library, she would know why ''this is a terrible idea'': Sherri reversed it in mid-air (the same trick she pulled on Moolah). As Sherri celebrated the roll-up, a furious Madusa sprang up and took her to Suplex City. Literally [[https://gfycat.com/SizzlingFalseAyeaye just dropped her on her head and then slammed her skull into the mat]] five or six times. It took two referees to pry her off.
--->'''[[http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2015/01/the-best-and-worst-of-wcw-monday-nitro-12996-hulk-hogan-turns-heel/3/ Brandon Stroud]]''': Not enough people sell the post-match beatdown in a scary “I’m unconscious but [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown can’t stop getting hit in the face]]” way.
*** (This is a famous spot. There was legit heat between these two, and Sherri refused to job to her. So Madusa just bullhammered her after the match. At the time, Sherri was hooked on oxycodine, so getting a neck injury right then wasn't good.)
* ClothingDamage: Happens in every 3-letter promotion she wrestled for. She was scandalized at least once in the AWA courtesy of Tommy Rich, again in {{Wrestling/ECW}}, and twice in WCW, including one time by Ric Flair.
** During a rematch with Savage, [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan Jim Duggan]] flashed her skirt, which Sherri oversold as though it were a Figure Four, Code Red, and F-5 combined.
** During an arm wrestling challenge between Mr. Magnificent (aka [[Characters/WWERockNWrestling Nailz]]) w/Sherri and Tommy Rich, Sherri tried to interfere again. Tommy caught her before she could wriggle out the ropes, yanking her dress like a cheap magician's tablecloth to reveal ...a goofy pink teddy.
*** They repeated the gag at Halloween Havoc '94. This time, it was a "Career Vs. Career (i.e. Retirement)" Cage Match pitting Hulk Hogan [=w/=]Wrestling/JimmyHart vs Ric Flair w/Sensational Sherri. Sherri was not about to a fence get in the way of her usual shenanigans, and she started up the cage wall. But she got intercepted by Jimmy who tore off her skirt.
** At a match in the Rosemont Horizon (now the Allstate Arena), Warrior exposed her breasts by mistake. Fortunately it was a house show.
** Shane Douglas had Sherri in his corner until December 1994, when Wrestling/BrianPillman pushed her over and ripped her blouse in the process. Behold, there was a photo taped to her breast -- of '''Ric Flair'''. The Franchise was so outraged, he tore Naitch's likeness to pieces. But Sherri (being Sherri) got right in Shane's grill, hands on hips, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2cX_j2enhg#t=100s Woo'ed]] him.
** An early episode of ''RAW'' saw Sherri and Wrestling/LunaVachon tear off most of each other's clothes during a fight.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship:
** Like most wrestlers on ''Nitro'', Sherri appeared there under a different name: "Sensuous Sherri" (trademark original!)
** She changed to Sister Sherri after being hired by Booker and Stevie. Brother Love always addressed her as "Sister Sherri" on his mock talk show in the WWF. A funny coincidence. (Jake the Snake was "Brother Jake".)
* TheCoatsAreOff: If she takes off her shoes, '''RUN.'''
* CombatStilettos: For some reason, she always wears stilettos into the ring. Shawn claims that a few times, when one of the boys went too rough on him in the ring, she told him to throw them out there, and they got...[[GroinAttack certain areas]] kicked by her boots.
* ComicallyIneptHealing: HBK vs. Rick Martel turned farcical for the finish. Sherri pretended to faint to stop the match. This had the opposite effect, because both wrestlers wanted to carry her backstage. So they started to bicker again, with no regard for Sherri's safety, causing her limp form to hit the apron multiple times.
* {{Corpsing}}:
** Watch her reaction to Booker's famous gaffe. ("We comin' for YOU, nigga!") Her smile says, ''It's O.K., sweetie, I've f**ked up hundreds of times on-camera''.
** On ''WWF Superstars of Wrestling'' (1/6/90), you can clearly see Sherri and Jimmy lose it when Wrestling/BobbyHeenan gets going. ("Sweetheart, go get some new makeup.")

** Had a habit of cheapshotting guys from the turnbuckle or cage wall. She even ''leapt off a cage'' in WCW to deliver a double axe handle to Hogan.
** At ''[=SummerSlam=] '89'', she was readied for an atomic drop. But Hogan swerved the audience and spared the knee, letting her trot away unscathed... only to get a faceful of her own purse, from Miss Elizabeth. Turnabout is fair play.
* DreadfulMusician:
** She helped Shawn compose his own theme, "Sexy Boy", and sang a solo version. It can peel paint off the walls.
** Both are spectacularly-bad, but became fan favorites. Kurt Angle later made a boob of himself by coming out to "Sexy Kurt", with Sherri singing backup. Marty Janetty still can't walk.
* EvilCounterpart: The whore to Liz's Madonna. She even wore a white dress after becoming Randy's manager, as if to rub it in.
** Liz seemed a lot hotter in WCW, but she really wasn't; just more exposed. Shows what a subtle change in costuming can do.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeShadow:
** Garish makeup was normal, but even by 80's standards, Sherri was on a different planet: Purple or black line extending further than they needed to, with eyebrows or spider webs on her forehead applied via Sharpie.
--->'''Wrestling/GorillaMonsoon:''' Who does her makeup, Helen Keller?
** In the VHS release of ''WWF Rampage '92'', it has a segment called "Makeup Tips With Sensational Sherri". It ends with a girl in the makeup chair screaming when she sees her reflection.
* EyePop: Her legendary reaction to Rick Martel [[CoolShades dipping his shades]] and making a pass at her.
* FaceFramedInShadow: [[http://www.lethalwow.com/images3/sherri7.jpg This]] publicity still of [[strike:Kronk and Yzma]] Macho and Sherri.
* FacialMarkings[=/=]UncannyValleyMakeup:
** She sported some distinctive facial markings in her career, which [[Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa Alissa Flash]] and [[Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} Sassy Stephie]] used to imitate.
** Such markings included her initials ([[ANaziByAnyOtherName SS]]), cat makeup, a dollar sign, and a heart.
** Sherri ''without'' eye makeup looks practically naked, which is why WWE/TNA brought it back for her cameos.
* FemmeFatalons: Open palm strikes. And she was known to rake claws across eyes or faces.

* TheFightingNarcissist: Martel held the AWA World Women's Championship three times, and the WWF Women's Championship once. AWA Sherri was a diva from the very start; WWF just turned it up to eleven. She showed up to the arena in a ballroom gown with a bunch of purebred dogs on a leash.
-->'''[[http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/the-thread-count-a-fashionable-history-of-wrestling-weddings-part-1/ Danielle Matheson]]''': Madusa shows up looking like an extra from ''Oliver'', furthering that idea. She’s the Anne Klein to Sherri’s Vivienne Westwood, if you will. While Sherri is all personality, Madusa is meant to be all business, a ''real'' wrestler.
* FinishingMove:

** As a valet: Removing her boots and performing a Big Splash, sometimes while [[ShoeSlap clutching both heels.]] Ouch.
** FriendlyFire: ...But since the opponent needed to be in a Nelson hold for this to work, she usually clobbered her own men.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Savage became delusional after being crowned King of the Ring, resulting in his neon makeover. Sherri joined in by sporting a grandiose crown, cape, and scepter. The pair were carried into the ring on a [[TooImportantToWalk sedan chair]] by jobbers. Vince [=McMahon=] grumbled that Miss Elizabeth would never stoop to that. However, Sherri barked that she was "The Queen" of the WWF and Liz was merely the First Lady.
* GoldDigger: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEP9wGgXH7Y&feature=youtu.be Sensational Sherri gives relationship advice]]
* GorgeousGorgon:
** As a female valet in the 80s who was neither foreign, old, heavy, or particularly odd-looking, typical WWF booking decreed that she was going to need ugly makeup to designate as heel. (She's actually one of the more photogenic lady champions of the time; her and Wendi Richter).

** When Luna was gunning for her crown, Sherri brushed her away as some "mad dog certified lunatic". Pot meet kettle.
* HandbagOfHurt: Scurrying into the ring and clubbing people with a purse -- which they sold as if it were an anvil. ([[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty It was loaded.]]) The bag also contained hair spray which she used to blind opponents, though it always missed and sprayed Booker by accident.
* HeelFaceMole: At first, WCW fans were not sure what to make of Sherri, who had switched to calling herself “Sensuous” Sherri and came to ringside with her face painted like Sting’s. The fans were behind Sting, and assumed Sherri had turned face after leaving HBK behind. This continued for weeks, with Sherri rooting for Sting, while the commentators scratched their heads wondering what she was up to. In the end, Sherri swerved on the crowd favorite and cost him the title. (Hogan arrived and came at her with the 24-inch pythons, but Slick Ric yanked her leg through the ropes and they fled, leaving Hulk snatching at air.)
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard:
** Accidentally KO'ing '''herself''' by swinging a briefcase at [=Debra McMichael=], bouncing it off a turnbuckle and whacking herself in the head with it.
** During HBK's entrances, Sherri would tag behind him while carrying a heart-shaped dress mirror. Shawn had just split from Marty Jannetty and was getting a push as top heel. Prior to a match with Michaels, Jannetty grabbed the mirror and tried to hit Shawn with it. Michaels saw the attack coming and [[HumanShield hid behind Sherri]]. Guess who took a shot to the face with a 20 inch mirror?
* IHaveManyNames: Sherri Martine (when she worked Japan/AWA from '83-'85), Sherri Martel, Peggy Sue, Sensational Sherri, Queen Sherri, Scary Sherri, Sensuous Sherri, Sister Sherri, and maybe some others? You have to assume that the only person who knew them all was her.
* IncomingHam: '''AH! AHHH!! SHAAAAAAWN!!!''''
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Sherri Martel hitting a splash from the turnbuckle on Hulk Hogan while wearing a freakin’ white evening gown. Aw yeah.
* KlingonPromotion: During ''[=WrestleMania VII=]'', [=DiBase=]'s butler {{Wrestling/Virgil}} finally had enough of his boss' ill-treatment and challenged him. Their fight spilled out into the apron and knocked over a one-legged Wrestling/RoddyPiper. Livid, Piper jumped in to assist, but Sherri rematerialized and grabbed Piper's crutch in mid-swing. In the end, she saw to his downfall. [=DiBiase=] lost one bodyguard and gained a new one.
* LadyMacbeth: Something of a fair-weather manager, she was unforgiving when Macho lost his title, kicking his semi-conscious form around the ring (he'd cost Sherri her meal ticket, you see.) She was nothing but a snake to him which is why the crowd wept when she got her comeuppance.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: With rival manager "Colonel" Robert Parker (real name Robert Fuller) and his men Dick Slater & Bunk House. At the ''Great American Bash '95'', Buck entered the tag team division against Sister Sherri & Harlem Heat. Parker interrupting a promo to lay a wet one on Sherri. The kiss was met with a punch, but this only enticed Parker to keep chasing. However, Sherri suffered a head injury and underwent a change in personality. when the tag teams faced each other again at ''Fall Brawl'', both Managers ended up in the ring and shared a BigDamnKiss which baffled the arena.
* LoveMartyr:
--> *Macho is cutting a promo*\\

'''Macho''': What do ''you'' want?\\

'''Macho''': Well....go get it.\\

* Macho continues with his promo* \\

'''Macho''': "BETTER THAN THE BEST: THE MACHO KING.....(in smaller writing) [--[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and queen]]--]"\\
'''Sherri''': Do ya like it?!\\
'''Macho''': Hee-yeah, I like it....maybe if you cut this little piece off (the bit referring to the queen), it'd be EVEN BETTER, OOH YEAH!!\\

** HBK was not responsive to her affections, and commentators observed that their relationship seemed "one-way." He did not seem to have a problem flirting with women in the crowd. Their union came to an end when Sherri got bonked in the head with one of HBK's mirrors. Or, to be more specific, Marty Jannetty swung Shawn's mirror, and Shawn [[DirtyCoward pulled Sherri in front of him to take the blow and then ran off]]. Tale as old as time.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor:
** Nobody has a bad word to say about Sherri, even Colonel Parker who had to carry her through a promo after she turned up wasted. She was let go from WCW for painkiller addiction.

** In this shoot interview, she gets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFXVy_7fy-M emotional]] talking about Elizabeth, since they were friends in real life.
--->'''[[http://percysposts.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-friend-sherri-and-more.html Paul Bearer]]''': Sherri never met a stranger. She treated a fan on the street like she had known them all of her life.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: Nothing says elegant like constipated faces and clenched fingers.
-->'''Heenan''' Very well spoken! I think she went to Oxford, didn't she?
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale:
** In the 90s, there were few things more terrifying than Sherri losing her mind at ringside. Her Cajun swamp accent is truly the stuff of nightmares.
** The Ultimate Warrior dominated the first half of his match with Randy, until he finds himself kissing canvas. And there's Sherri, gingerly helping him to his feet. Any guesses as to what happened? If you guessed "punching him in the larynx while her moneymaker fills up the screen", then you'd be correct.
** Michaels even said that if his opponents wouldn't sell for him, she'd '''make''' them sell.
* MrsRobinson: The age gap was apparent with HBK and, briefly, Bobby Roode (who wasted no time asking her to dinner).
* NouveauRiche: After beating Moolah for the world championship, Sherri expected to be treated like some kind of duchess. [[Characters/WWECommentators Lord Alfred]] took it upon himself to teach "Sensational" Sherri and the [[Wrestling/SteveLombardi Brooklyn Brawler]] some etiquette and "table manners", with mixed success.
--->'''Alfred:''' I say, Sherri! That is disgusting, doing that at the table!\\
'''Sherri:''' [filing toenails] I have to do it ''some''time.
* PaidHarem: Sister Sherri traveled by stretch limo and private jet liner, with an all-male flight crew. Sometimes it pays to work for Wrestling/EricBischoff.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Macho and HBK seemed to barely tolerate her.

** Pretty much any answer she gave on ''Series/FamilyFeud''. ("SO MUCH PRESSURE!!") Team WWF consisted of heels: Wrestling/BobbyHeenan, [[Wrestling/TheNastyBoys Brian Knobbs]], Sensational Sherri, The Mountie, and Jimmy Hart, all of them in-character. Their opponents were from the World Bodybuilder Federation, one of Vince's failed side-ventures.
** The famous promo before "No Holds Barred" (Macho's steel cage match versus Hogan w/ Beefcake). Sherri pretends to climb up the fence and reappear in front of it, as if by magic, but she is [[CoconutSuperpowers clearly spotted]] scurrying behind Macho and Zeus on all fours, showing the 'cage' to be a facade.
* PutOnABus:
** At the January 1996 edition of ''Clash of the Champions'', Sister Sherri eloped with Col. Parker to a 24-hour chapel, with Mean Gene Okerland giving her away. She got sneak-attacked by the returning Madusa (Sherri's old nemesis from their AWA days), which caused havoc and destroyed the wedding placements. The following night on ''Nitro'', Mean Gene interviewed Sherri about the aftermath. Madusa pounced again, beating Sherri so hard that her brain turned to tapioca. The beatdown was so bad that she was missing in action for months. In truth, Bischoff suspended Sherri for a year on the condition that she enter drug rehab.
** The WWF was forced to release her for related reasons in 1993. This happened before her feud with Luna could have a satisfying conclusion.
* PutTheirHeadsTogether: This always happened in WWE after Sherri faceplanted into the ring. Hogan did it first, followed by Warrior: he won ''[=WrestleMania VII=]'' by grabbing Macho and Sherri by the hair and clonking them together. Macho himself would later use that finisher on Million Dollar Man and Sherri.
* ReallyGetsAround: She swapped a lot of spit in the nineties.
** Who else would insist on a below-the-belt stipulation to preserve Shawn and Rick's beautiful faces? When it looked like they might break that stipulation, she fainted.
** For her WCW debut, she walked right up to "Mean Gene" Okerlund and snogged him.
* RingOldies:
** Purely through being a divorced mom who [[SingleMomStripper stripped to make ends meet]] and later climbed her way through a crazy-tough old school system, safe to say that back in the day, Martel was a bad-arse who could legitimately handle herself. [[Wrestling/JimCornette Corny]] called her "tougher than a $2 steak".
** Her clientele is a Who's Who of wrestling royalty:, including [[Wrestling/GeorgeSteele George "The Animal" Steele]], [[Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose "Playboy" Buddy Rose]], [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake “The Snake” Roberts]], Randy Savage, Ted Dibiase, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Wrestling/ShaneDouglas, Wrestling/TerryFunk....hang on, who ''didn't'' she manage?
* TheRival:
** Sherri never really had an arch-foe, because she feuded with so many wrestlers over the years. Candi Devine (in the AWA), Rockin' Robin, Sapphire (Dusty's valet), Luna Vachon, and (most memorably) Liz Huelette. Madusa was the one who ended her career for good, though.
** Outside of the ring, she had a professional rivalry with Jimmy Hart.
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: Her nuptials were cut short when the Colonel's philandering got exposed, and Madusa put Sherri through a table -- which was also the one carrying the hors-d'oeuvres.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Sherri fit the mold of the female manager who isn't afraid to mix it up or take punishment: namely Baby Doll (Nickla Ann Roberts) or, more recently, Heel Wrestling/{{Melina}}.
* UnholyMatrimony: As the only female heel in WWF, she had this effect on other heels--even the moribund Wrestling/PaulBearer ("That's more animated than I've ever seen him; he's ''almost'' alive"). One dude who wasn't buying was [[Wrestling/AndreTheGiant Andre]]: Sherri was among the managers who competed for his attention in a hotel bar, only to receive a spanking from the Giant.

** The [[{{Theatre/Cats}} feline]] costumes during her feud with Sapphire. The makeup she wore at ''Summerslam'' '90 was... something else.
*** That's also the promo where she did that epic countdown. "10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2...1....'''YEARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!'''"
** She wore a white Pocahontas getup for her matches with Tatanka.
** After Luna called her out for a fight, Sherri, rocking an [[AfroAsskicker afro and a pantsuit]], kicked her right in the throat.
** Sister Sherri looked the part, [[http://i.imgur.com/JuOp1CW.png wearing all-black and sunglasses]] just like Booker and Stevie Ray.
** She looked like an [[TheFlapper Oscar statuette]] while working for the Million Dollar Man. She also wore a [[FrenchMaidOutfit gold foil tutu]] (i.e. her "[[https://twitter.com/oswreview/status/478957831488815105?lang=en Ace Rimmer]]" outfit, according to ''WebVideo/OSWReview''). As part of his schtick of throwing money at his opponents, Sherri lifted her skirt so Ted could pluck cash from her garters.
** Showed up to ''Clash of the Champions'' wearing a [[MasqueradeBall masquerade outfit]]: Sting's colors (black and white, to match Sting's warpaint), an hourglass dress, a mask, and opera gloves.
** Sherri wore a baller-looking cloak to her wedding: a double-nod to her time with HBK, and the Queen of Hearts.
** ''[=WrestleMania VII=]'': After removing her cape, Sherri reveals her dress (actually more like the ''outline'' of a dress), [[ShowgirlSkirt a showgirl number made entirely of rhinestones]].

* WomanScorned:
** Her feud with Macho Man, conveniently forgetting that it was ''she'' who dumped ''him.''
** The incident with the mirror took her off TV for several months. When she returned at the 1993 ''Royal Rumble'', she sided with Jannetty in a match, ending her run with Michaels.

** AWA: A couple bull rushes from Madusa were enough to make her rethink her career choices and flee the ring, [[SecurityCling glomping onto Mr. Magnificent]]. It made the crowd go crazy with rage, but the announcers saw past the ruse: the trick with Madusa is to keep moving long enough to exhaust her, which is what happened.
** The babyfaces, sick of her interference, would catch up to Sherri and cock their fists. Heenan would unfailingly jump at this, exclaiming "Don't HIT her! Don't hit THAT LADY!", as Sherri raised her arms in mock terror. (The entire time that Hogan was in the ring with her at the ''Clash'', Jimmy Hart kept screaming "'''HIT HER!'''" into his megaphone. That probably wouldn't fly today.)
** She made her first WCW appearance at 1994’s ''Clash of the Champions XXVII'' in a title unification match between {{Wrestling/Sting}} and Ric Flair. In the final match, Flair swanned about in preparation for one of his patented "Flair Flops"... then yanked Sherri into the path of Sting's flying cross body. "Dirtiest Player in the Game", for a reason. As the cheers for Sting evaporated (because he'd just tackled a defenseless woman), the disheveled Sherri returned the favor by performing the Splash on him ''three'' times.

** HBK was not responsive to her affections, and commentators observed that their relationship seemed "one-way." He did not seem to have a problem flirting with women in the crowd. Their union came to an end when Sherri got bonked in the head with one of HBK's mirrors. Tale as old as time.