Wrestling TV Show Expected to Be Picked Up by Starz

Starz has “fast tracked” development of an hour-long drama TV show about independent wrestling, according to Deadline. Starz is expected to order eight episodes of the potential series.

Plot description, via Deadline:

Heels is the story of two brothers and rivals – one a villain, or “heel,” in the ring; the other a hero, or “face.” Real conflicts play out in fake matches as they war over their late father’s wrestling promotion, vying for national attention in small-town Georgia.

This would be the second wrestling-based TV show announced recently, with the Netflix comedy-drama series “G.L.O.W.” already done shooting and set to be released some time this year. G.L.O.W. is based on the 1980s wrestling promotion, the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, and will star Alison Brie as a wrestler.

Plot description via Deadline:

G.L.O.W. was inspired by the real story of the 1980s female wrestling league. Set in Los Angeles and showcasing big hair and body slams, the series tells the fictionalized story of Ruth (Alison Brie), an out-of-work, struggling actress who finds one last attempt to live her dreams when she’s thrust into the glitter and spandex world of women’s wrestling via a weekly series about female wrestlers.

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