Just when it seems that the time has finally come to give Ace his title match and let him be 'top of the pile' for a while, 'Wild Bill' Hancock turns up in town. Hancock used to wrestle in the DWL when Jack's dad was running the promotion, before getting the call up to the 'big leagues' (not named in the show, but obviously meant to be the WWE). He's come to Duffy to scout Ace as a potential recruit.
This is easily the biggest opportunity of Ace's career, but it makes Jack extremely worried. It's definitely possible that the callow, self-centred Ace would flame out spectacularly if exposed to the glitzy lifestyle of the big leagues. And on a far more selfish note - one that everyone else is quick to notice - Ace's departure would be a huge blow to the DWL.
How Jack chooses to deal with this, and how it effects his family, his colleagues and his business, is the subject of the entire first season of Heels. It's makes a pretty solid framework for the show, though an occasionally frustrating one as both Jack and Ace are frequently their own worst enemies.
Heels is helped immensely by a solid cast, headed by former Arrow star Stephen Amell (who has himself wrestled on WWE). Even when characters on this show are making bad decisions, it is easy to root for them and to want to see them succeed.
Also, as someone who enjoys the pageantry of professional wrestling, I also enjoyed seeing a relatively serious show that presents a generally positive view of the 'sport' and the people who perform it. That view is somewhat idealised and romanticised, it has to be said, but that may well be because people who aren't into pro-wrestling would not believe what the reality is actually like. This is after all an industry where people regularly drive hundreds of miles to perform for fees that won't even cover their gas money.
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