A lot of people expect Cole to be Johnny just because he is the most likely to have a "Oh, that can be my stage name" at the end of the movie and he was one of the primary characters of the past few games. Also, Johnny's shadow moves are arguably even more badass as an 11th hour superpower than when Robin Shou finally threw a fireball (and also a bicycle kick?). Folk are citing his "cage match" (hee hee) as foreshadowing in the trailer but...
he is mother fucking Scorpion (reborn). Hanzo has been one of the stars of the series for many games now and every time they do a comic it seems like he gets a lot of page time. Cole has yellow hand wraps at one point and I think he sees what is probably Scorpion in the mirror? Also, Sub-Zero is stalking him and while Bi Han was a dickbag, he usually had a reason. So during the past timeline stuff we'll end with Joe murdering Scorpion. MAYBE have a bit of Quan Chi or just ignore that goober and have Cole be the last surviving descendant who becomes Scorpion to stop Bi Han while the rest of the cast are quadruple teaming Goro. Joe is about to kill Cole's sister and then he allows Hanzo, who has been haunting him the whole movie, to take over and get vengeance after centuries. Gives "the hero" a win, sets up Joe to come back as Noob (pretty sure they will change that name...), and gives them an opportunity for the sequel where A Second Sub-Zero appears. Maybe end the first with Cole-ion getting dragged to hell so that we can have a "So is Scorpion now the bad guy?" in the sequel.
Also, Joe jokingly said Scott Adkins should be in the sequel as Johnny Cage which could be a swerve but didn't really seem in keeping with the kind of interview they were having.
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