Heels Season 2 Premiere Date Confirmed for This Summer

By Connor Casey

Heels will finally return for Season 2 on Friday, July 28, as confirmed by Entertainment Weekly on Thursday. The pro wrestling drama stars Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig and centers around the fictional small-town pro wrestling promotion known as the Duffy Wrestling League (DWL). Amell shared the first footage from the new season back in April and wrestlers like CM Punk (who popped up in a handful of episodes in Season One and is expected to have a bigger role this season), AJ Mendez (fka AJ Lee) and Dave Bautista have all been spotted on the set during its production. 

The first season ended with a series of cliffhangers as DWL hosted an event at the Georgia State Fair. Jack Spade's (Amell) relationships with his brother Ace (Ludwig) and wife Staci (Alison Luff) both seem to be at their breaking points. Crystal (Kelli Berglund) calle an audible and now finds herself as the new DWL World Champion and Charlie Gully (Mike O'Malley, who is also the showrunner) still seems intent on running the DWL out of business.

O'Malley spoke with EW and explained what caused Season 2's delay, noting that filming ended way back in July 2022 — "We completed production on July 1st of last year. Then we had an extensive post-production period because we had some visual effects. One of the things I love about Starz is how much time and thought they put into everything. We finished post-production in January. There was no issue in terms of the creative. I think there are attending issues with Lionsgate and Starz, who are both in business on this [show], and they're separating from one another. We didn't do any rewriting. We didn't do any reshooting. Starz, they like to launch one or two shows a quarter, and they decided that summertime is the best for this show. There was nothing nefarious, nobody got injured."

He also addressed the confusing situation that surrounds the DWL title heading into Season 2 — "She (Crystal) wins the belt, but what happens is there's people who say, 'Wait a minute, she wasn't [officially] in the match — is she really able to win the belt?' I play the rival promoter, Gilly, and I'm like, 'That's the worst finish I've ever seen!' So, Jack realizes that he has people questioning whether or not she really did this. The debate is, 'Well, Crystal doesn't have the belt — Bunny Bombshell has the belt. And she has it for Bill!' All that conversation happens on screen. So the league sets up a situation where she absolutely soars. Kelli Berglund, the actress who plays Crystal, is just tremendous. She really just gave at her all this past year to get in shape and get ready for it — and she ends up becoming the real star of the season."

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