Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-70.169.224.88-20150427184942/@comment-25593032-20150505141552

I don't see any symbolism in this. I don't think it's a joke either. The whole idea of the reboot was Raiden changing the outcome of Armageddon - Shao Kahn nearly killing Raiden. However, as a consequence of having Shao Kahn killed off, Liu kang was killed earlier too. Honestly, Kang was the best warrior from Earthrealm. None of the other were as good as he, able to take down Shao Kahn multiple times, take down the DA (in the alternate timeline), etc. Who else has a chance? Everyone's dead. Johnny Cage just happens to have the powers that can take down Shinnok. JC is descended from magical warriors. He only found his powers because he is a warrior. Others probably have this power too, it just hasn't manifested because they haven't needed it. Cassie has it because she needed it. Doesn't mean that she's particularly powerful enough to the next champion, it was just the ending to the story. Nothing big.