Mortal Kombat has inspired professional wrestling tremendously since the ’90s. Here are eleven times the video game franchise rocked the world of sports entertainment, for better, and in some cases, for worse!
"The idea was to produce a Saturday morning, half-hour, ‘battle art’ show, for lack of a better term," Bruce Prichard admitted.
The game was less of a wrestling simulator and more of a traditional arcade fighter, with wrestlers’ moves being heightened and reinterpreted to fit the Mortal Kombat style.
One could lay claim that the Dungeon was influenced by Mortal Kombat, especially when one of their more god-awful/brilliant moments (depending on how you look at it) introduced us to "The Yeti."
This repackaged wrestler in "Super Giant Ninja" attire had a look akin to that of Mortal Kombat ninja and poster boy Scorpion.
The similarities between Raymond M. Lyodd’s Glacier gimmick and Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat were undeniable. First of all, you had the promo packages that heralded his debut.