Board Thread:General MK Discussion/@comment-33081918-20171018195026/@comment-25561256-20171019021346

I don't believe Boon and Tobias had any other realms planned/created at the time of MK1, other than Earth and a mysterious invading world. It is OUTside of Earthrealm, so they probably just went with something simple: Outworld. The idea that Shao Kahn conquered other realms and that other realms existed wasn't a concept until MKII. The story for MK1 states something along the lines of the Great Kung Lao was the SHAOLIN Tournament Champion up until the point when Goro defeated him. This kind of signifies that Earthrealm was having tournaments represented by the Shaolin long before anyone ever tried invading them. Shang basically high-jacked the tournament after Goro's first victory and it became much more significant.