(Still love cary hiroyuki tagawa shang tsung. Still say he's the best. Like don't get me wrong,alan lee,there's potential there and he has his own flavor and he even stated he doesn't want to be imitating or taking away from cary. Mk12/mk1 shang is his own shang. As with all iterations. But cary...still is the goat. 💖🔥. I still quote the 95 movie above all other versions)
So a thing about the OG Mortal Kombat movie is that it seems Liu Kang, Johnny and Sonya are still Raiden's chosen champions, but it seems to be Shang Tsung that gives out the invites. So I like to imagine Shang and Raiden discussing this.
Shang: You're sure about this list?
Raiden: Yep. Pretty sure.
Shang: Johnny Cage?
Raiden: Yep.
Shang: The movie actor?
Raiden: I don't have to explain my reasons to you.