Talk:Gaara VS Toph/@comment-25182985-20150216063905/@comment-5035900-20150216232405

Well Mike, no chance OUTSIDE of the Netherrealm. Whether it's due to honor or cockiness, Scorpion hasn't utilized that in a lot of his battles, hence his not-so-great win-loss record, but since there's nothing whatsoever stopping him from doing so, Ryu had no hope of winning the battle (in canon, since the non-canon Evil Ryu form was thrown in just so Ryu could even have a chance of killing Scorpion at that point).

Though consider this as well; Liu Kang, who shares similarities with Ryu, has defeated Scorpion in virtually every fight they've ever had... but Scorpion never teleported him to the Netherrealm in a single one of them.