{"product_id":"i-am-your-champion-lizzy-flanagan-9781476698205","title":"I Am Your Champion: The Life and Death of Wrestler Gino Hernandez","description":"\u003cp\u003e In the wild and woolly world of 1980s Texas Wrestling, the brightest star of all was Gino Hernandez, arch-rival to the legendary Von Erich family. Gino was bombastic, loud-mouthed, underhanded, fast-wheeling, and charming--a character behind the scenes as he was in front of the camera. This first ever full-length biographical examination of his life spans his beginning as a scrappy teenager sneaking backstage during wrestling shows all the way to his mysterious death and the legacy he leaves behind. This work delves deep into the cutthroat politics and tumultuous landscape of Texan professional wrestling, including the career of Houston Wrestling promoter Paul Boesch and the tragedies of the Von Erich family. Photographs from the era accompany this life story of a man who played arrogant, despicable caricatures for the fans of Dallas, playfully concealing a generous and charismatic performer whose greatest love was entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lizzy Flanagan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476698201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476698205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Lizzy Flanagan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48113575526655,"sku":"9781476698205","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54a9ffbe-616b-44be-bb70-2a84be7bb2b9.jpg?v=1769615914","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-am-your-champion-lizzy-flanagan-9781476698205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}