“Heels,” a professional wrestling TV drama that ran for two seasons before being discontinued in late 2023, will have a new home soon.
The show will be available to stream on Netflix beginning July 29, per a report from PWInsider.
“Heels” follows a brother duo – Jack and Ace Spade – as they compete in Georgia’s wrestling scene. The show, which was created by Michael Waldron and included notable actors Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig in main roles, debuted in 2021 on Starz.
The show returned for a second eight-episode season in 2023. Just days after the season finale aired, news broke that the show was among a wave of Starz originals that were cancelled.
When Netflix previously announced that it had acquired the rights to “Heels” earlier this year, reports suggested that the show could potentially see a third season. However, an April story from Deadline noted that the availability of Amell and Lugwig is an important factor in if the show is able to continue.
The addition of “Heels” is a small way that Netflix is adding wrestling content before the platform’s multi-year deal to broadcast WWE’s Monday Night Raw begins.
First season is better than the second in my opinion. CM Punk appeared during both seasons.
I agree Season 1 was better but season 2 was fun as well. Definitely worth a watch for anyone that didn’t see it on Starz.
Hopefully Netflix sees that it’s worth doing a season 3.
They definitely planted seeds for the Season 3 storylines, but as mentioned above, the stars may be too busy to do it. Stephen Amell is starring in the big Suits spinoff.
Haven’t seen it yet, and I always hesitate to watch shows that were cancelled due to lack of closure. For anyone who watched it, does season 2 at least end with some level of closure? Or does it end on a cliffhanger?
I was pissed when the Starz pulled off all the episodes so quickly, but I’m happy that I can now catch up on season 2.
Season 2 does end on a cliffhanger. But season 1 is fairly self contained as though they weren’t sure a season 2 would be approved. So at a bare minimum you could just watch season 1 and end it there.
Even with the cliffhanger ending I’m overall happy that the show even existed. You can tell it’s a real passion project by Stephen Amell, the writers and directors.
It is about time! I got Netflix via Netflix gift cards!
Calling a tv drama “wrestling content” is like calling Friday Night Lights “football content”.