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4. Aleister Black Quoting Shakespeare

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A while back now, Corey Graves quoted The Satanic Bible when he was talking about Aleister Black. If that felt unique, then we're not quite sure how to describe Black quoting Shakespeare during his backstage promo on SmackDown this week.

"And thus I clothe my naked villainy", he whispered before running through his usual "fade to black" catchphrase. The first part of the line comes from Shakespeare's tragedy Richard III. That's not something you'd expect to hear referenced on WWE programming in 2019.

Uniqueness is the best.

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