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Starz has revealed the first look at CM Punk’s character in the upcoming “Heels” pro wrestling drama.
The former WWE Champion plays the role of heel pro wrestler Ricky Rabies, who is paired up with a character named Vicky Rabies, who appears to be his valet.
Vicky is played by actress Bonnie Somerville. You can see a photo of the two below, which shows their roadkill-themed looks with possum drone, which was confirmed by Punk on Twitter.
Punk tweeted on today’s photo reveal and wrote, “Say hello to your new favorite wrestling duo. #HeelsSTARZ”
Heels: STARZ Series First Look at CM Punk s Ricky Rabies Says It All
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Starz has provided the first look at CM Punk’s character in its upcoming wrestling drama
Heels. You can see the pic below, as revealed by the show’s Twitter account. Punk will be playing a character named Ricky Rabies in the show, which stars Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig.
The show is is written by Michael Waldron and has Mike O’Malley as its showrunner. It is described as follows:
Heels is a story about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small-town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals, Jack Spade (Amell) and Ace Spade (Ludwig), war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy (Ludwig) and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel (Amell). But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to or hard to leave behind.
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Stephen Amell (Arrow) made it official: the first season of STARZ s upcoming Amell and
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Heels has officially wrapped. So that means two things. First, we are one major step closer to at least a teaser if not a full trailer. Second, that means we re back to meeting the folks who make up the pro-wrestling drama world. So far, we ve met Jack Spade (Amell), Ace Spade (Ludwig),
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James Harrison s (NFL star) Apocalypse,
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