Talk:Ryu VS Scorpion/@comment-209.121.20.66-20141107012154/@comment-5035900-20141107014020

The thing is Scorpion rarely brings his enemies to the Netherrealm, be it out of honor, cockiness, or whatever anyone's guess is. Considering that, yes, you could make the argument that Ryu would win a majority of the battles outside of it if Scorpion chose not to teleport either of the two, regardless of Scorpion's soul surviving if his body was destroyed.

But the reason Scorpion was declared the winner was because there's literally nothing stopping him from teleporting himself and his opponent to the Netherrealm at any time he wants with nearly any battle he's in unless he decides not to because, again, your guess is as good as mine.