Made for Viceland , airing on TV May 8th in the US.
Season 1. Episode 5.
The story : Born Charles Eugene Wolfe Jr. , "Gorgeous" Gino Hernadez was wrestling professionally by the time he was 17.
He wanted to be called Gino and that's what everyone , including his mother called him.
He loved wrestling and was taught a lot by his stepfather Luis Hernadez who was a famous wrestler for a time.
Gino looked up to him so much that his onstage persona held his name.
Considered a good son and father , Gino lived his life outside the ring the same way he did inside of it.
But his work left him very little play time.
Good looking and cocky , talented and very materialistic , Gino became known as The Million Dollar Man.
He was always pissing people off too.
He began wrestling along with Chris Smith and the two became known as the Dynamic Duo.
As time went on though , they were marketed as rivals.
Every night after work Gino would frequent a popular disco in the area where he lived.
There he would party the night away , doing many drugs.
Gino began running with a dangerous crowd and soon his drug use caused a lot of paranoia.
So when he was found dead in his Houston condo in February of 1986 at the young age of 28 , many people were suspicious.
Gino's tragic death was such a shock that it had his beloved mother in fear for her daughter's and her own life.
Stars (voice) Dutch Mantell , Patrice Aguirre , Jake "The Snake" Roberts , Bruce Prichard AKA Brother Love , Lisha Gillespie , Janice Gillespie , Kevin Von Erich , David Manning , Jim Cornette , Jeannie Clark AKA Lady Blossom
Directed by Jason Eilsener
Rated TV 14
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
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