Today in ECW History - June 15th

 

 

Today in ECW History - June 15th

Wrestler death(s): In 2007, Sherri Martel passed away. Martel was a legend in women's wrestling as everyone already knows. She began working in ECW back in 1993 when it was still Eastern Championship Wrestling, managing "The Franchise" Shane Douglas in his early days in the promotion. Sherri turned on Douglas in a tag team match with Brian Pillman, costing Douglas the match on "behalf of Ric Flair. At November to Remember 1993 on November 13th, Martel faced Malia Hosaka in a match, where she lost. Following her short stint in ECW, she would move on to World Championship Wrestling, managing Flair in 1994 before she began managing Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray). She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in April 2006 by Ted DiBiase, Sr. Her last appearance on a pro wrestling show was on the September 21st, 2006 episode of TNA Impact!, where she tried to recruit free agent Bobby Roode and offer her managerial services to him. She died at her mother's residence in McCalla, Alabama, near Birmingham. She was 49 years old, On September 11th, 2007, homicide investigators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, released the toxicology report stating that she died of an apparent overdose with multiple drugs in her system, including high amounts of oxycodone. She was cremated after her death.