Mortal Kombat Tournament (Earth-992)

The Mortal Kombat Tournament (or just Mortal Kombat) is a tournament in which warriors from different realms compete for victory of their respective realm.

Rules of Mortal Kombat
The rules of the tournament are simple:
 * 1. Every generation, competing realms would send their best fighters in to a single-elimination martial arts tournament; the victor of the tournament is crowned Mortal Kombat Grand Champion. If a realm can garner ten straight victories via their Grand Champion or another representative of theirs, they earn the right to invade the opposing realm. The Grand Champion him/herself is granted stunted aging and immortality until the next tournament. This is the ONLY permissible way for a realm to invade and conquer another.
 * 2. The defending realm's fighters cannot be attacked by the opposing realm's fighters until the tournament begins.
 * 3. Mortal Kombat, once declared, cannot be refused by either party.
 * 4. Special powers can be used in the tournament.
 * 5. Any violation of the above rules is considered an act of treason against the realms and the Elder Gods themselves, and will be dealt with accordingly and swiftly.

Notable tournaments

 * 10,000+ BMK: Ten consecutive Mortal Kombat tournaments are held in Edenia. Edenia inevitably loses the tournament to Outworld, allowing Shao Kahn to merge the two realms.
 * 1000+ BMK-500 BMK: The first known Mortal Kombat tournament in Earthrealm, created when sorcerer Shang Tsung, under orders by Outworld emperor Shao Kahn, took control of an Earthrealm Shaolin tournament in a bid to upset the Furies and invade Earth. In this time span, Shang Tsung (as a Grand Champion too) held a 9-tournament winning streak, but was cut short in the tenth tournament by the Great Kung Lao.
 * 500 BMK-0 MK: The Great Kung Lao held his position as Grand Champion for only one generation, after which his title - and his life - was taken by Shang Tsung's newest warrior, Goro, who held the title for another nine victories.


 * 0 MK (Mortal Kombat): Liu Kang, a young monk of the Shaolin Order, defeats Goro, thus breaking his winning streak and preventing Outworld's invasion of Earth. Shang Tsung challenges Liu Kang, trying to salvage something from his champion's loss, but is defeated as well. Shang Tsung is thus forced to relinquish his hold on the tournament, and flee to Outworld.