Corey Michaels

There are just some threats you cannot and will not overcome. Death, hatred, love, rage, illness, war, famine, the DMV. To overcome these, one must be powerful, powerful enough first to survive, and powerful enough second to leap over the…

There’s something quite captivating in the way that Orange Cassidy’s matches go, and the trajectory of his character since James Cipperly debuted him in 2012. From his humble indie beginnings to entering arenas while The Pixies's "Where is…

“ Do you remember the feeling when you could just pick up and play a video game?” -Jon Moxley (AEW: Fight Forever Trailer) Well yes, Jon Moxley. I remember those days. Why, just yesterday I picked up my Nintendo Switch and played The…

Liminality. It’s the space between closing time and opening time. A hallway from one room to the next. The person and passage of time from the terminal diagnosis until death. The span of time between the second count and the third that…

Have you ever had that friend who tried and tried for years to get to climb to somewhere better? And they finally feel so close, only to have it ripped away? That’s the beauty of Sheamus and his struggle against Intercontinental…

As of May, 2023, the unveiling of the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship had polarized the wrestling fandom. Some loved it, seeing it harken back to the “Big Gold” belt from days passed, but some weren't so kind to it. I see both…

“Hear me, man, he said. There is room on the stage for one beast and one alone. All others are destined for a night that is eternal and without name. One by one they will step down into the darkness before the footlamps. Bears that dance,…

"The pines were roaring on the heightsThe wind was moaning in the nightThe fire was red, it flaming spreadThe trees like torches blazed with lightThe bells were ringing in the daleAnd men looked up with faces paleThe dragon's ire, more…

Somewhere, under the bright lights, a crowd is yelling and hollering out of sync. Faceless voices shrouded in the dark as a light shines upon the stage - a square with four ropes and four turnbuckles. Where an act so beautiful will take…

“Time present and time pastAre both perhaps present in time future,And time future contained in time past.”-T.S. EliotBurnt Norton There’s something special about figures in professional wrestling. About the moments and the memories…