Corey Michaels

There is a tale so grand and so inspiring that, should you encounter it, it will change you forever. It takes place not in an epic world of fantasy or unreal illusion. It doesn’t even take place between the usual ropes of a…

Bitter wind stings my bitter skinLay as a may, on the pristine snowTainted and stained with my blood as I fade with a grinWondering where I go when the gale does blow As it breathes in a dying era with the…

There’s something wholesome in having a “found family”. The notion that the platonic love between a person and a group of people is one that is a miracle to some in real life and a heartwarming thing in fiction. To have a family in others…

In the aftermath of All Out 2022, the seemingly never ending conversation started. What came of a grumpy man devouring innocent muffins (shoutout to Mindy’s Bakery), saw a man lash out at coworkers and his employer before getting in a…

(This article contains a lot of spoilers for various wrestling and Spider-Man storylines. You’ve been warned.) There is a term I've started using when it comes to the presentation of protagonists in fiction. I call it "The Peter Parker…

The atmosphere at a wrestling show is truly an experience to behold. Whether you’re in basketball courts, warehouses, gymnasiums, or bingo halls with fifty to a hundred people, you can feel it. Whether you’re in arenas, ballrooms, opera…

The year is 1996. An incident has happened that shattered the illusion of kayfabe, revealing what most people already knew - wrestling was scripted. Four men hugged in the ring - Razor Ramon, Diesel, Shawn Michaels, and Hunter Hearst…

Do you ever have those moments where you revisit a story you knew long ago, only to have it recontextualized, leaving a different imprint as the experience feels new again? I remember that moment myself - an evening on a 2012…

Sometimes the things you think wouldn’t go together so well ends up being a fantastic fit that feels entirely like an experience. Nelly & Tim McGraw’s “Over and Over”, Disney & Final Fantasy coalescing into Kingdom Hearts, or me…

Are you ready for storytime? In 2018, I was still not fully into professional wrestling yet. I had watched a few WWE events and a few NJPW matches at the behest of my brother, but one particular night, he pulled me in. Said I had to…