Willie Day

**Willie Day** is a main character on the Starz original wrestling drama *Heels*. She is portrayed by Mary McCormack.

Willie is Jack Spade's business partner and the logistical brains behind the Duffy Wrestling League. She's been in the business for years and came up in the glory days as Wild Bill Hancock's valet. However, they parted ways after she grew tired of babysitting. His return to the local circuit as a wrestling recruiter complicates her life, as does Crystal, who to Willie, is a reflection of her younger self.

## Biography

### Preparing for the main event

After watching a promotional ad for the FWD, a rival wrestling league, Willie asks Jack about the script for his main event match against Ace, but it remains unfinished, as Jack isn't sure who should win. Willie suggests that Ace win the belt, as he's the main attraction, however, Jack argues that may not be in the best interest of the narrative. She then takes the time to inform him about Charlie Gully and his latest video, in which he takes aim at them. If they don't do something soon, it won't be long before his promotion runs them out of business. Not to mention, the dome also needs fixing due to the leaks, and the guys are going to move on if they don't begin being paid better.

When Crystal approaches Willie about a space in the locker room, she reminds Crystal that the locker room is strictly for wrestlers. So Crystal attempts to sneak without permission, but she is caught by Willie, who once again reminds her that the locker room is for wrestlers, not valets. However, Crystal isn't just a valet. She claims that she can wrestle, though Willie isn't interested in hearing her out.

### Meeting with Gully

Willie meets with Gully in a diner to discuss Jack and how he's losing his mind after having turned Ace into a joke with the fans while Wild Bill was present. Gully reveals that he wants to buy the Dome and is even willing to give Willie a job. While the Dome isn't for sale, Willie suggests that Gully possibly invest in the DWL, but he refuses after Jack attempted to ruin his brand by bad-mouthing him on two different wrestling podcasts. Willie gives Gully a bit of advice, explaining that the reason his business sucks is because he's not from there and thinks the people in town are dumb and only seek violence when in reality, they want a good story, which is why they come to the DWL every week.

### Helping out Wild Bill

After a successful night at the DWL with Ace's heel turn and the highly anticipated guest appearance of Ricky Rabies, Willie returns home, where she finds Wild Bill waiting. He reveals that he messed up pretty bad.

Willie decides to take Bill in and allow for him to stay with her and her family.

After a failed attempt to convince Eddie Earl to further sponsor the DWL, Willie and Jack plot their next move. However, Willie still has Bill to worry about, who she used to be in a relationship with. Things didn't end well between Willie and Bill, so hopefully her allowing him to stay is a way to move past it. And with Bill down on his luck, he may even be willing to promote the DWL, though Jack wants nothing to do with him.

Willie finds Wild Bill peeing in the lake, where he reveals to her that he was fired. He overheard Ted and Robin talking about the DWL filming a promo and questions why they didn't come to him. He then goads Willie into a fight, calling Ted a wiener and saying that it's too bad he wasn't around to pay for Robin's abortion. In a fit of rage, Willie attacks Bill before returning to the house.

### Preparing for the State Fair

Willie unexpectedly gets a call from the South Georgia State Fair, who wants them to perform at the fair and arranges for Jack to have dinner with the committee.

After Ace breaks up with Crystal and brings in a new valet, Crystal asks Willie why this is happening if tonight’s show is so important. Willie claims that Jack's simply following his instincts. With Willie taking the picture, Crystal and Bobby Pin stage a romantic interaction that Ace will later show to the crowd as proof of Crystal’s infidelity. While they do manage to secure their spot within the fair, unfortunately, during the match, Ace breaks Bobby's leg after being provoked by Crystal.

Willie calls Jack out to South Georgia University's stadium to not only get a look at what 10,000 fans will look like, but to also discreetly retrieve SGU's alumni email list. But there is still the matter of Wild Bill. After his promo, they don't have a choice but to include him. However, Willie is concerned, as Bill is a dangerous drunk pill popper. And now that he's down on his luck, he's come back to the DWL, but he never gave thanks to the company when he made it big time and watched as they struggled for all those years, despite getting his start in Duffy.

Wild Bill comes by to apologize to Willie. She advises him to take a good look at himself. A long time ago, when he was still in Duffy and they were together, he was more open to being kind, but he's changed since then. When Willie doesn't accept his half way apology, he follows her out and actually apologizes. He then reveals that he was kind back then because he loved her, but then one day, she just dropped him, and it crushed him. She explains that Tom was being scouted and asked her to be his valet, which she accepted, as she thought it was a better bet with being Tom's valet than Wild Bill's. Willie apologizes for hurting him long ago, and for that, she's sorry, but she thought that allowing him to stay at her house would make up for it and show that she was there for him as a friend. But her daughter had nothing to do with what Willie ever did, which is why Bill shouldn't have said what he said and is apologizing.

Willie supervises the try-outs and reports back to Jack that Crystal was surprisingly good. While she is small, she is also acrobatic. However, Jack believes that they're at a place where they have to choose between Ace and Crystal, as they can't be together anymore. So, he instructs Willie to fire Crystal. It's then that she realizes that Jack's reluctance to give Crystal a chance isn't because of who she is as a wrestler, but who she is as a person and how she hurt Ace. Willie replies that she wished Jack cared as much about how Bill makes her feel as he does about how Crystal makes Ace feel.

Willie returns home in a foul mood after firing Crystal and goes on the back porch for a drink, but Ted follows her out. He worried about her. This situation at the DWL has put her in some kind of undefinable distress. She’s even drinking more than usual. However, Willie doesn’t want to talk about any of this. She’d rather sit and drink, but when Ted continues to push further, she exclaims that she doesn’t want to talk about and heads back inside.

### South Georgia State Fair

Willie prepares for the fair, giving a hug to Robbin and Ted on her way out. Upon Crystal's return, she thanks Willie for helping her out. Willie is only sorry it isn't wrestling. She once said that Crystal didn't belong in the DWL but now realizes that she was wrong. Crystal then heads out to the ring as Wild Bill's valet and wins the championship.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* Kayfabe
* Dusty Finish
* Cheap Heat
* Cutting Promos
* Swerve
* House Show
* The Big Bad Fish Man
* Double Turn

## References

1. ↑ Season 1, Episode 1: Kayfabe
2. ↑ Season 1, Episode 2: Dusty Finish
3. ↑ Season 1, Episode 3: Cheap Heat
4. ↑ Season 1, Episode 4: Cutting Promos
5. ↑ Season 1, Episode 5: Swerve
6. ↑ Season 1, Episode 6: House Show
7. ↑ Season 1, Episode 7: The Big Bad Fish Man
8. ↑ Season 1, Episode 8: Double Turn