User blog comment:DarkJaguar124/MK 10 Characters/@comment-4235882-20110910151858

Of course, Johnny and Sonya need to come back given their survival in the story mode whilst everyone else on the good side was killed. Raiden, obviously, since he also survived the events of MK9. Scorpion, Quan Chi, Shinnok, Cyrax, Sektor, Reptile, Sheeva, Kano, Mileena, and Baraka should return since none of them died. I really hope that Liu Kang gets resurrected and fights alongside Raiden, Johnny, and Sonya in the next game.

Speaking of resurrection, every heroic character who died and was brought back to life by Quan Chi in the Netherrealm should also return but as part of Quan Chi and Shinnok's forces, and possibly get restored to their normality in the finale of the MK10 story mode.

On a side note, I really want Shang Tsung back even though he "died" at the hands of Shao Kahn, but as John Vogel once said: no one really dies in MK.