Corey Michaels

In life, goodbyes are always hard. Whether it’s been planned way in advance or sneaking in like a thief in the night, coming to grips with finality is a battle. It just can’t escape your lips, heart, or brain. You’ve become so used to a…

Fans who have spent enough time watching pro wrestling can often spot when a company is creatively bankrupt. The booking may seem lazy, uninspired even. Or there are just heads backstage with downright horrible ideas. It can range from a…

Any thoughts, views, and opinions expressed in the following article are solely of the writer and may not necessarily reflect those of Bodyslam.net Right. So, I’m not normally the one to do pieces like these, so bear with me. I’ve…

Lucha libre is art. Even before I engaged too deeply with it, I knew lucha has a flair about it that catches the eye. On the surface, fans will easily see its influence in modern pro wrestling and even further back. Rey Mysterio, Eddie…

“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing.” —William Shakespeare, Macbeth…

Art is supposed to make you uncomfortable. It challenges our sensibilities. Forces us to think and feel beyond our comfort zones. From the gruesome imagery of Francis Bacon’s paintings to the dread of The Caretaker’s distortion of…

“I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.” …

Sometimes heartbreak feels good in a place like this. Not my words, but the words of Nicole Kidman, which can occasionally be heard when one steps into an AMC Theater under the cover of darkness, the smell of popcorn butter wafting…

Any thoughts, views, and opinions expressed in the following article are solely of the writer and may not necessarily reflect those of Bodyslam.net. A glass of bourbon now grows lonesome. Its drinker has abandoned it altogether for…

Any thoughts, views, and opinions expressed in the following article are solely of the writer and may not necessarily reflect those of Bodyslam.net. Our stories are inscribed in hard chapters. We are bound to make mistakes and…