Sherri Martel passes away

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Sherri Martel passes away

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Holy Crap! This is unexpected. She was always a great heel manager and an entertianing character and she was on top form when she dealt with that heckler at the HOF last year.

What a shock. Although as you said, how WWE handle this in the wake of the Vince angle remains to be seen.

R.I.P Sherri.

-- Edited by Man In Black at 20:46, 2007-06-15

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Its very sad MIB, she was talented both inside the ring and being an evil Heel Manager,one of the all time greats,she could do just about anything in front of the crowd.There will never be another Sensational Sherri.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

WWE.com has posted the news although as an extra item with Vince's fake death still dominating the site.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/sherripasses

Jokerman · A List Star

Very shocking, R.I.P.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

wo.com:

There was serious talk within WWE yesterday regarding the McMahon angle due to the timing of the death of Sherri Martel. There was a significant push to drop the angle as quickly as possible, citing taste and timing, and another school of thought (that most expect would win out) to keep going.

Well, no surprise there then... cry

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Shocker for sure. There a rumours circulating that her death is in suspicious circumstances (read: Drug overdose).

Maybe we'll have to start a morgue thread?

GLOWlad · A List Star

Sherri Martel wrestling in the WWE is my first memory of womens wrestling, she was a fine wrestler and an even better manager, full of vampy charm.

As people have said, it shows thw whole death of Vince crap in a terrible light...the real death of a WWE great will be a footnote, whereas the b*ll**** death of Vince dominates WWE programming...the WWE does go so bloody low sometimes.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Agree with you fully Glowlad.Sherri played a massive part in the WWF's history yet they do nothing for her.When Classy freddy blassy and Mr Pefect passed on, they had a nice, fitting tribute on each show, and i rightfully so, i would also class Sherri as one of the all time greats and really deserving of more then just a small graphic. I remember when Rhonda Singh passed on, a former womens champion as bertha faye, and the WWE didnt do jack for her, which made me angry, i dont believe they had one either for Hercules Hernandez and Crash Holly, i guess the more succesful and famous personalities always count more then then the less known ones.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Apparently they didn't run tributes to Crash Holly or Hercules on TV because they felt there had been too many deaths in a short space of time at that point and felt it looked bad on the busines to keep running tributes to so many people dying at such young ages.

If they weren't running this stupid angle with vince then Sherri probably would have got a better tribute from the WWE.

-- Edited by Man In Black at 19:11, 2007-06-20

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Some intresting news... My hats off to you Mr.Mcmahon

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Vince McMahon paid for Sherri Martel's funeral. Booker T, who she managed in WCW as Sister Sherri, sent the money to pay for a headstone for Martel's grave.