User blog comment:Nkstjoa/Liu Kang vs. Ryu/@comment-86.95.255.143-20140601144949/@comment-5035900-20140913001451

I certainly can't make the call on whether Ryu or Scorpion would win that bout, but regardless of Scorpion being a wraith, the first person to die loses. Doesn't matter if he is resurrected later; as far as Death Battle is concerned, the person still breathing wins.