John Carlton (Earth-11201984)

John Carlton is a martial artist and actor that goes by the alias Johnny Cage. After being called a fraud for his martial arts stunts, Johnny enters the World Martial Arts Tournament, where he met Goku and Liu Kang, who saw that he was a descendant of an ancient cult that bred warriors for the gods. Liu decided to train alongside him and Nightwolf. Johnny proved himself in the many invasions of the earth, alongside his future wife Sonya Blade, and later their daughter Cassie Cage.