The Walking Dead premiere reveals Negan's victim

The Walking Dead has returned with a bloody bang as the victim of bat-wielding bad guy Negan was revealed in the seventh season's premiere. [SPOILER ALERT]

WARNING: Story contains spoilers from The Walking Dead Season 7 premiere

The Associated Press Posted: Oct 24, 2016 9:24 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 24, 2016

The Walking Dead writers teased out just whom the villainous Negan (portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) would kill in the season 6 finale as well as the season 7 premiere of the hit zombie apocalypse show. (Gene Page/AMC)

**SPOILER ALERT: Story contains major plot detailsfrom The Walking Dead Season 7 premiere**

The Walking Deadhas returned with a bloody bang as the victim of bat-wielding bad guy Negan was revealed in the seventh season's premiere.

The sixth season wrapped up with Negan, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, using a game of "eeny meeny miny moe" to determine his victim, and the episode closed with him swinging his barbed-wire laced bat.

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Sunday night's premiere revealed the victim to be regular character Abraham Ford, played by Michael Cudlitz.

Negan wasn't finished.He later took his bat to the head of Steven Yeun's character, Glenn Rhee, matching the devastating, watershed plot pointof the graphic novel from which the TV show originates.

Thank God there's no tribute video w/Sarah Mclachlan's "I will Remember You." Unless you want to see me really lose it #TheWalkingDead #twd pic.twitter.com/fskdpqEfYO
—@thekathysmith

The killing of two fan favourites on one of TV's most popular shows predictably became a trending topic on Twitter.

Hands down, Glenn was the heart of the show. @steveyeun, everybody's first pick in the zombie apocalypse boyfriend draft. #TWD pic.twitter.com/H3xLF67xCC
—@jennyhan

Whoever had the idea to make that scene: there's a special place in hell for you. #TheWalkingDead #TWD7 pic.twitter.com/p5qR5dM4It
—@LisaaFerrer

Emailing my professors about a family death and mourning all day tomorrow #TWD7
—@ZakTerzini

Guys, Glenn is not dead. Didn't you see him hide under Lucille?#TheWalkingDead #TWD7
—@Dragon_Feed

After waiting 7 months for #TWD7 I honestly can't believed they had the balls to drag who Negan killed out for half the episode.
—@tripgore

Thank you @WalkingDead_AMC for making me forget about politics and the state of the world for an hour. That was a nice, morbid escape.
—@kcbruhaha

One user even thanked Negan for helping cutting down on political chatter on the social media platform.

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The Walking Dead premiere reveals Negan's victim

WARNING: Story contains spoilers from The Walking Dead Season 7 premiere

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