King Ghidorah
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Post by King Ghidorah on Jan 29, 2013 15:16:04 GMT -5
Like, really dark for something on WWE TV these days.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jan 29, 2013 15:17:17 GMT -5
I thought that too, which is why I loved it The whole thing was sinister.
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Sparkybob
King Koopa
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Post by Sparkybob on Jan 29, 2013 15:18:17 GMT -5
For the first 90% percent of the segment I was convince that Brad was going to get raped. It was quite morbid.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2013 15:19:18 GMT -5
Surprise buttsecks
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Hawk Hart
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Sold his organs.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Jan 29, 2013 15:20:58 GMT -5
When Paul told him to take the beating like a man was when it officially went darker than I expected.
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Hiryu
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Post by Hiryu on Jan 29, 2013 15:21:23 GMT -5
Definitely sticks out like a sore thumb in this era. Nonetheless is was pure awesome.
I hope it sets the tone for this new alliance.
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Dub H
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Post by Dub H on Jan 29, 2013 15:23:36 GMT -5
I wonde if maddox is turning?After that i think the crowd would get more behind him as a face?Or maybe not..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2013 15:23:49 GMT -5
I dug it. It was like a scene straight out of a Mafia movie. Maddox screwed up, and he knew it was all over for him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2013 15:24:34 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=omdKiGhWHmMIt was superb in that regard, easily one of my favorite backstage segments in recent years. Heyman seemed like a twisted mob boss. Maddox managed to immediately become a pitiful victim. The Shield seemed like these dark, brutal toughs. Everyone had perfect body language. Plus the setting just made it creepy.
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Post by froggyfrog on Jan 29, 2013 15:24:44 GMT -5
It was quite dark
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PKO
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Post by PKO on Jan 29, 2013 15:26:06 GMT -5
It was. It was great.
Heyman stroking and resting his head on Maddox's face was legitimately chilling.
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kidkamikaze10
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Jan 29, 2013 15:29:57 GMT -5
Yeah, that scene was chilling. I mean, I knew Maddox was a goner, but that scene looked like the beginning of an execution.
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Jimmy
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Post by Jimmy on Jan 29, 2013 15:45:23 GMT -5
I dug it. It was like a scene straight out of a Mafia movie. Maddox screwed up, and he knew it was all over for him. This, it reminded me of so many scenes in movies where a 'rat' tries one too many times to squeeze out more leverage. I thought it was awesome.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 29, 2013 15:47:47 GMT -5
It had a rapey vibe to it.
Still, miles better than a giant Indian singing or a fat guy wearing lingerie.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jan 29, 2013 15:49:32 GMT -5
Snitches get stitches.
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HBL
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Post by HBL on Jan 29, 2013 15:50:48 GMT -5
That might as well be the best backstage segment I've ever seen.
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Post by smokeandmirrors on Jan 29, 2013 16:08:37 GMT -5
Very dark stuff, really well done. Me and a buddy of mine were only just talking about how dark it was and how unusual for this era.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2013 16:14:56 GMT -5
I liked it because the darkness made sense, it didn't feel like reaching for shock value at all. It's something scumbag Paul Heyman would do, lure a young rube who had become trouble into the bowels of a building to get attacked by his henchmen.
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Post by Herman The Tosser on Jan 29, 2013 16:15:48 GMT -5
I remember CM Punk's "New Nexus" initiations being uncomfortable to watch, but THAT was something else.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 29, 2013 16:16:36 GMT -5
It looked like he was about to be gang raped and/or murdered.
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