It really is tho, especially considering that this timelines Kung Lao seems to be more about business than the og one who was kind of clownish at times. Kung Lao and Liu Kang are cousins, they both descend from the Great Kung Lao, Liu tripping knowing that Raiden has the potential to flip anyways since in all the other timelines he always ends up wilding and he still skips over Kung Lao in favor for Raiden. Mind you Raidens not even a God anymore and weighs 60 pounds wet and wearing boots
Raiden is a Thunder God. Lao is a monk with a razor blade hat. You do the math.