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FINISHING MOVES

SPINE RIP

We may have on the mind this issue, but Sub Zero’s original Fatality was a real shocker back in 1992. The ninja simply rips his opponent’s head off with the backbone still attached, neatly preparing them for a career as a backbench MP. hid the decapitation behind a black screen, but later games

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