No joke: RIP Sherri Martel

At a time when most women rasslers modeled their style after Moolah, Sherri seemed to follow the lead of the men of her day. She was doing suplexes and other "male" moves long before other women tried them, and she did them well.
There was a time when insiders joked that no one in the business took a bump better than Sherri. Even during a time when Miss Elizabeth was little more than eye candy, Sherri bounced around like a rubber wall on concrete.
The Divas of today owe a lot to Sherri Martel. She the set the bar very, very high.