Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-21005855-20170314013445/@comment-31583987-20170524181209

Including Bo Rai Cho was a slightly controversial decision on NRS' part as he was unpopular. Nobody plays Bo Rai Cho in MKX seriously, often only playing to troll. But more importantly, Shinnok was the only thing from MK4 to return to MKX, so perhaps only Onaga or some other character will return. But.....

DIFFERENT THEORY

In a sense, Blaze achieved his directive in MKA. All of the kombatants died except for Raiden and Shao Kahn. So perhaps Blaze in this timeline is the only one (other than Raiden) who knows what happens in the previous timeline.