Raiden Origins - Ultra-Powerful God Of Lightening Who Dedicated His Life To Protect The Earth-Realm

Raiden Exploring The God Of Thunder And One Of The Strongest Characters In Mortal Kombat!
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[@angelaholmes8888]

I really enjoyed Christopher Lambert version of raiden 😊

[@cchavezjr7]

Lambert really owned that role. It was hard seeing anyone else play the role. He got flak for not being Asian but a lot of Asian civilizations had gods that were round eyed and not having traditional Asian features.

[@robpatterson3133]

Yes 🤘 loved that role

[@lukeliederbach7623]

I'm really hoping they ignore highlander endgame and bring him back with superman when they reboot highlander

[@tristonsmith7346]

@@cchavezjr7 he will always be the true Raiden lol

[@tristonsmith7346]

He will always be Raiden lol 😂😂

[@damianstarks3338]

Raiden is one of the most iconic characters in mortal kombat history. Happy to see you doing a video on him.

[@stonertrone7392]

Actually it's scorpion

[@damianstarks3338]

@@stonertrone7392 don’t forget sub zero both are two of the most iconic characters in mortal kombat and the faces of mortal kombat as well.

[@WrestlingEmpireKing]

@@damianstarks3338 scorpion is the poster boy

[@damianstarks3338]

@@WrestlingEmpireKing lol.

[@cchavezjr7]

@@stonertrone7392 Might want to learn what "One of the most" means...

[@goldengreenfrog5259]

"I didn't know your master rewards failure"! -savage thunder god

[@kiezersosay49]

I like Higlander Raiden...the new raiden was ok, but there can only be one!

[@TevyaSmolka]

Raiden is such a interesting fascinating character in my opinion especially in the mortal kombat games.

[@soulreaver1983]

My favourite Mortal kombat character!!!! Outstanding video thanks 😎 👍

[@thegamingprozone1941]

Awesome pic!

[@angelaholmes8888]

Jeff meek was really good in the role of raiden in mortal kombat conquest

[@kyleharrison713]

Yeah, it doesn't get talked about enough because the show was 'meh', but his portrayal was spot on.

[@angelaholmes8888]

@@kyleharrison713 yep I totally agree

[@robertplourde2447]

The thing I like about this channel better than most of the others is that they mostly get the facts and character names right more often. It irritates me when other channels butcher the pronunciation of the names and get most of the information wrong. Good job, guys/gals.

[@krayzel]

Mortal Kombat is one of my favorite fighting games of all time and also one of my favorite video game inspired movies of all time (original movie from the 90's). The characters look way more interesting and their powers as well compared to more popular fighting games from the 90's such as Street Fighter, Tekken & etc. What is fascinating about original Mortal Kombat game was that they used still images that they captured from a camcorder and cameras to make a video game. It was very unique. On top of that when fighting games were in the golden era (90's), Ed Boon and Midway (American company) created this incredible video game and franchise when big fighting video games were coming out of Japan pretty much every year.

[@SupportGamin2024]

Raiden is one of my favorite characters in this series,I loved how the series came full circle,Raiden was earthrealm's protector Now Liu kang is the new Thunder god(and fire)

[@NeoGamemaster]

3:47 He looks EXACTLY like New Era Raiden from MK1! They really did take inspiration from that film

[@retiredsnowbunnyhunterx5106]

Jeffrey meek was good as the tv show Raiden and Christopher Lambert as the movie Raiden.

[@grapeshot]

I remember first seeing the inspiration for Raiden on John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China.

[@curezilla]

Always my favorite MK character! Arcades were so much fun back when all those fighting games were so popular.

[@bigmanfrank5708]

This guy is my favourite mortal kombat character of all time 😁👍🏾🫵🏾💯

[@stephenblowers8457]

Raiden has always been my preferred fighter in the Mortal kombat series even though I often use his cheep shot moves alot.

[@MKF30]

Actually the lightning character similar to Raiden in Big trouble Little China was called *lightning* the other guys were *thunder* and *rain* not Raiden...Raiden is strictly MK and so cool one of my favorite MK characters and most OP but sadly at times they tend to Nerf him for sake of story. Unbound Raidens fights shook the earth in early MKs against Shang, Kahn etc and the first time he fought and defeated Shinnok centuries ago he nearly wiped out the Earth killed entire civilizations but after years and years Earthrrealm recovered. Raiden also doesn't *lose his power* in Outworld he's just weaker there...same for thr Netherrealm but he does still have his powers just less powerful than if he's in other realms such as Earthrealm, Edenia, Zaterta etc etc Raiden banished Shinnok to The Netherrealm after defeating him centuries ago and he he trapped Shinnok in his own Amulet for 25 years actually after Shinnok escaped from the Netherrealm due to Quan-Chis help... Raidens essence came back corrupted during Deception not because of Onaga but because when he blew himself up his energies were mixed and influenced by Shangs and Quan Chis when he killed them as well so when he came back he was darker. This is explained in Fujins MK Armageddon bio.... When Raiden sends messages to his past self its not an alternate self its his *past self* to change the future and prevent Armageddon... Aftermath Shang didn't steal Raidena and Fujins souls but just took some.of their energies. Shang wanted to keep draining them infinitely for more power of course though that was a buff due to plot. Normally Raiden could easily kill Shang and other baddies if he went all out but never does unless he's darker Raiden. Godmode LK with Raidena power killed Shang Tsung and Kronika in MK 11. The comics Raiden is more powerful at times depending on the book or series while the Malibu books aren't Canon to the games his powers are accurate and the Canon tie in books like mk 4, mk x etc he can actually do more insane things like repair cosmic rifts tears in Earthrrealm and oneshotted multiple people with one attack as well as putting Scorpion like 10 feet in the ground with an attack and tanking getting impaled with hellfire attacks and nearly killing Takeda effortlessly but once he's unprocessed from thr kamidogu he heals him via the jensai. He also put a hole thru fujin literally when he uses the kamidogu on himself but then repairs the hole himself. That would have killed anyone else but since Fujin is his brother and an immortal God like Raiden he has insane durability and can't really die. These guys are entertaining but always get some things wrong when it comes to MK vids I've noticed.

[@WhiteRangerTP]

You forgot to mention all his defeats and specially to scorpion, both in the comics and in the game storyline. For some reason scorpion beats him ever since mortal kombat x and when ever he fights anyone, even if he wins he still gets hurt. Even vs the revenants like against kabal 1 on 1. Even against baraka and devorah and even quan chi in mortal kombat x knocked him down only to be kicked by fujin. Raiden is preety weak ever since mortal kombat x

[@MKF30]

*@john wick/WhiteRangerTP* I didn't forget anything but you're forgetting Raiden already beat everyone you mentioned. Actually, Raiden is powerful you're mistaken. Raiden never lost to Scorpion, he beat him twice first in MK 9 ending in Netherrealm then in MK 11 when he came back honoring Hanzo's death, Raiden blasts him oneshotting him making Scorpion crawl away til he comes to his senses. Not at all lol, MK X tie in comic all scorpion did was survive Raiden's possessed attack, he didn't beat Raiden all he did was take the kamidogu away to free him from the blood magic so I'd say he helped Raiden more than beat him. Raiden had already beat him by that time. MK X actually Raiden beat all the revenants, all Kabal did was make his shoulder blades bleed slightly but did nothing to him. Raiden and Fujin defeated them easily but they didn't want to fight them for obvious reasons being their former friends. Raiden has changed timelines, beaten and outsmarted Kronika by merging with Liu Kang which she admitted she feared. Raiden owned Baraka and D'vorah and Quan Chi in MK X so not sure what you're talking about you forgot about context and that he beat all of them so not sure what you're talking about but you're wrong. Raiden is OP as hell actually, if he struggles it's only due to his powers being compromised or weakened....Raiden literally in the history of MK has the most OP feats from saving Earthrealm, nearly killing civilizations protecting it form Shinnok, saving and helping the Elder Gods in MK 4 from Shinnok then banishing him to Netherrealm for centuries to repairing cosmic rifts and creating spells preventing other threats to changing timelines and merging with LK to take out Kronika. That stomps what every other MK character has done up to this newer timeline. Unlike John Wick, Raiden can't die he's immortal....

[@WhiteRangerTP]

@@MKF30 nop. Scorpion beat raiden in the gardens and had raiden on his knees. After that raiden gets up and uses shinoks amulet to hurt scorpion. It was the power if the amulet that hurt scorpion after he bested raiden. In the comics scorpion didnt want to fight raiden but when he decided enough is enough, he easily beat raiden and was choking him with his chain until he felt mercy and released raiden. In mortal kombat x when raiden and fujin fight the revenants off, raiden attacks quan chi with a combo, but quan chi gets raiden with his magic and uppercuts him away only to get jump kicked by fujin. Yes raiden beat the revenants, baraka, devorah and kabal, but after they put a beating on him. And dont let me even get started on constantly being beat up by shao kahn

[@MKF30]

@@WhiteRangerTP Incorrect. All Scorpion did was at best knock Raiden down, Raiden also wasn't in his right mind or focusing....but if you think in a serious fight that Raiden can't beat Scorpion easily you're mistaken or just wrong. Scorpion never beat Raiden all he did was knock him down then Raiden beat Scorpion though by literally zapping him and making Scorpion run away from him with the Amulet also you're ignoring the fact that Raiden already beat Scorpion in MK 9 ending in netherrealm. Do you want me to link you to the video? I noticed you keep ignoring that fact. That was also Raiden without any amulet amps mind you...and that happened in the netherrealm where Raiden is weaker and Scorpion stronger no less, that being said Raiden is leagues above Scorpion lol Scorpion can't and never has beat Raiden in a legit fight to KO or death. Yes, in the comic Scorp admits he didn't want to fight Raiden because he knows ultimately he'd lose. Raiden even helped heal scorpion when Scorp was running away from him or crawling away rather in MK 11. You're mistaken as D'vorah, baraka and Kabal never put a beating on Raiden lol. He owned all of them with ease. Kabal was the only one to literally do any remote damage to him if you call getting picked by hookswords damaging. Pretty sure if you rewatch Raiden beats Baraka down then D'vorah and also KO's Kabal. Quan Chi getting one magic hit on Raiden doesn't justify nor mean that he "beat Raiden" lol, Quan Chi got oneshotted by Fujin then ran away when Johnny beat Shinnok before Raiden sucked him inside his own amulet. Then Quan Chi ran away lol... He didn't really take a beating when he wasn't even fighting seriously, when he did he oneshot all the revenants while weakened mind you from PIS with "realm hopping" which never happened before as I explained earlier it was just to make Cassie win which most MK fans thought was dumb. If we're talking loses here Scorpion has lost more times than Raiden has and to weaker people like Liu Kang, Johnny Cage and Kung Lao as well as Sub-Zero(Kuai Liang) Raiden only got "beat by Shao Kahn" due to him jobbing and letting him, Shao Kahn was also amped with billions of souls. If Raiden fought Shao Kahn fair terms just their own power sets Raiden would kill him, Raiden already beat Shinnok who is well above Shao Kahn so simple math. Shao Kahn got beat by Liu Kang with a fire punch the same fire punch he tried on Raiden how did that turn out, oh yeah, Liu Kang got killed by Raiden hardly doing anything...Besides Raiden already beat Shao Kahn in MK 9 when Shao Kahn was amped, The EG's healed Raiden and Raiden kicked Kahn's @ass then the EG's finished him.

[@WhiteRangerTP]

@@MKF30 all i see is speculations, ABC logic and a lot of "if" and "jobbing" excuses to explain the simple facts, which is raiden getting beat up or beaten in the situations i stated. I will repeat, scorpion took raiden down in the gardens, making him kneel to the point raiden had to use the overpowered amulet to beat scorpion. This us a scorpion that didnt even want to fight in the first place. In the comics, once again, scorpion didnt want to fight raiden until he finally got nad and took raiden down flawlessly and had raiden choked. Quanchi uppercuts raiden and rhen we dont see raiden for several good moments, which means that uppercut took him out and he had to recover. Quanchi running from the good guys when they got the amulet means nothing as to him vs raiden. Later on when raiden is trying to save johny cage, quanchi blasts raiden and bully him because he has no respect to his power. Good thing sonya was there to beat quanchi for raiden. The revenants beat the shit out if him until he electrecuted them. Baraka and devorah landed combos on raiden before he defeated them. Shao kahn beat raiden every single time they faced each other. You trying to explain and say its jobbing doesnt change this fact. ABC logic of liu kang beat shao kahn and raiden beat liu kang means nothing because different fighters fair differently with different opponents. Shao kahn also destroyed liu kang in the aftermath story. All we have us facts, and the facts are, shao kahn beat raiden every single time

[@willdotchill7607]

I want a Pre Mortal Kombat series where Raiden is born and watch how his story starts and how he became. I believe it would give us a better insight to Mortal Kombat and how Earth has been protected, destroyed and reborn. It would have the original characters such as himself, Shao Kahn, Shang Tsung, Quan Chi and then we can possibly see Sub-Zero emerge and then Scorpion later.

[@SupportGamin2024]

Look at the new MK trailer with young raiden

[@TheBeowulfGaming]

6:27 that isn't the first Mortal Kombat Tournament, it's the 10th after nine Outworld Victories and Sub Zero didn't fight for Earthrealm in the first tournament he was hired by someone to kill Shang Tsung, Sonny wasn't recruited by Raiden either she had chased Kano to the island. Liu Kang was the only one recruited by Raiden

[@EmmettLBrown2015]

Raiden is my most favorite character and all of Mortal Kombat, ever since the beginning when I first played it in 1992.

[@ronsims7956]

He really took his time went into Detail I really appreciate his view and got way more understanding of one of the most iconic characters and movies and fighting Games ⚡️⚡️been a fan for 15 years plus

[@DRoyale1]

Hmm…to subscribe to this channel, I must consult the Elder gods…

[@kyleharrison713]

Honestly with all his abilities Raiden could easily deal with any threat but they have to nerf him or there wouldn't be a story to tell, lol.

[@njmfff]

They made him bumbling idiot in MK9. It was frustrating how stupid he was.

[@johnnycage112]

Fujinn gave him his favorite nephew too!

[@Agntculboik9]

Every time I see cole young I just get sick

[@shawnmclaughlin5886]

It was his voice to me. Idk why but it was what raiden sounded like.

[@alfonsopina3976]

The Mortal Kombat Universe’s Golden Boy Lol 😇😇😇

[@thegreattreon0177]

THAT'S MY BOY!!!!!!

[@mr.carnage3451]

I love Raidens Character Arcs. Him and Sub-Zero are my absolute Favorite Fighters. Just wish NRS did more with Dark Raiden in MK11, his Dark Outfits and Red Lightning were bada$$ looking. Out of all the Mortal Kombat games I still think it's crazy that Raiden hasn't been on One Cover.

[@surtaandume_psykermystyk4010]

Not once in the video do you hear Raiden say *'I MUST CONSULT WITH THE ELDER GODS.'* Not 100 on whether that is points for or points taken from this video. It's just so iconic and memed that you just gotta hear it. Or you don't and you hate fun lol

[@FrederickJones-bi1fv]

I would have never imagined mortal kombat been this deep when it started 30 years ago 😊😅

[@kleptortheconspiracythatwa2142]

The character in BTILC is not named Raiden. He’s one of the three storms and simply referred to as Lightning.

[@spandansahs8816]

Make a video on his brother fujin god of wind

[@The_unknown555]

Raiden God of fucking everything up

[@charlesjohnson536]

'ANOTHER MARVELOUS VIDEO' ..

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Christopher Lambert is my Raiden.

[@aznpikachu215]

I can't help but call Raiden 'God of Useless.' Blame a series called Mortal Komedy.

[@robpatterson3133]

Really enjoyed this

[@tevinhoward4419]

The eternal thunder god of earthrealm overcome the impossible odds to stop the invasion by shao khan Shinok and kronica.

[@manuelchavez4306]

Raiden is a cool character but my favorite mortal kombat character is Scorpion

[@ivovasilev2671]

Lightening is the present participle of the verb lighten.

[@Fictionfan364]

And now for the new reboot he’s a mortal shaolin I wonder where his story will go from there

[@Thrillr]

Lord Raider 🌩

[@Tampenismall]

Ray ray Ray dude

[@stephenblowers8457]

Though James Remer is a talented actor I prefer Christopher Lamberts Rayden much more

[@Illstatefishing]

Let's see a video on Art Lean!! 🎨

[@davxlm10]

He's loved for billions of years? Wow 😳

[@raulbleedem]

Raiden is my favorite character

[@ianthorpe1925]

The newest Raiden in the movies looks like a Babality head put onto an adult Raiden body.

[@RacingHeartMedia]

My favorite MK character Elder God

[@dannidee9181]

I enjoyed this so you mean to tell me Shinnok is Raiden and Shao Kahn daddy so that makes Kronika his Grandmother why they didn’t put this in the game that would’ve been interesting

[@surtaandume_psykermystyk4010]

*Raiden Wins...Flawless Victory!*

[@skimgettinkindamoney]

1:23 why tf am i just noticing that Hsu Hao billboard 😂😂😂😂

[@ryukomatoi592]

He looks exactly like Bill Nighy

[@taynitram]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 this mans will take every opportunity to remind us raiden "took him as a Son"

[@rodneybradley8770]

Can you do liu kang next

[@scaccu]

Lol, it was 99% inspired from BTILC, powers included (just look at the scenes that YOU posted) and then they just looked for some japanese references

[@richardpage5812]

I'm just getting back into Mortal Kombat but when I was into it none of these guys could mess with Raiden. How is he getting whooped by mortals now?

[@kamaul7845]

Raiden is most hero

[@stevelatin9977]

history of raiden he in mk 12

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Nice

[@almightytowerdiveking4636]

I loved the concept of the revenants but I hated how they used them. Let me write the mk storyline. Yall would love it lol

[@alfonsopina3976]

since Raiden is a white-Guy thunder god in video games, if Tadanobu Asano had no interest in playing Raiden again, at least we got some actors to play Raiden, like Stephen lang, Mark Dasacos, and Henry Cavill to play Raiden in the Reboot Sequel

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

I can't see how you can explore the origin of a character, that doesn't have any. I mean, NRS never explored Rainde's origin. They never told us, who he was, who he is and how he became the god that we all know. Sure, there is origin of his creation as a video game character, but that is not enough to explore the actual origin of a character.

[@kingartison]

Raiden did more than I thought

[@reinaldassulskis3663]

Big trouble little China thunder character face looks like a Kung Lao from mk 11

[@WHSuperman2005]

They made him Asian in this new movie, but he always came off as an older Italian to me.

[@blackdragon6]

Was this re-uploaded? 🤔

[@andyd8284]

Shinnok’s amulet was hide in earthrealm and not in netherrealm, sub zero(bi-han) who participate on the 1st mortal kombat wasn’t a hero,he is Lin kuei,they’re assassins,he was lure by Shang tsung with a secret mission of killing him later,on that spot of heroes that u mentioned you should give credit to Johnny cage instead,another flaw of your telling is that on MK11 story line merging times, that was the 2nd tournament and not the 1st as u stated,u need to b more accurate on your “chronology timeline telling” this would disinform the fandom…🤨

[@chengfu7063]

Dark Radien best version

[@nikitadyer6918]

My fave player… idc he old as hell 😂

[@kensmith2285]

As bad as the 2021 movie was, Cole Young's family didn't die and he ended up saving them with scorpions help. Please, if you're going to do stories about the characters get it right

[@murunbuchstanzangur]

He has lightening powers as well as lightning? Does he do home visits? I could stand to lose a few pounds.

[@eternity9099]

I have heard so many people mispronounce maniacal. Mostly in creepy pasta stories but here in this video as well. muh-ny-uh-kuhl

[@foreverprime6255]

The Elder God's are normally useless.

[@sethperez9865]

Son did not say kung jin was homosexual😂son didn’t wanna join cuz he was a thief lmaoo unless i missed something from the comic tie ins

[@hassankhan6955]

So the elder gods are A holes is what i got from MK universe

[@rilynjohnson3297]

Why did u say Kung Jin is gay? It never implied that

[@cringycook9597]

So how would he fair against the other god of thunder if they met for a duel 🤔

[@farkmuckerzerg634]

Not really sure what the point of adding that he's a homosexual, if they're monks, they're probably not having any heterosexual relationships either. Anyway, just seems dumb to add as a filler plot

[@thedarkkontroller8160]

I can tell u rn if u was in Detroit like rn I guarantee if u asked any nigga who is his favorite mortal Kombat character it would mostly be Raiden rt. When we was kids all my siblings only played with Raiden on the games lol, but my fav was/is Liu Kang 🤣

[@bitOy101]

what if Raiden initiate and manipulate mortal kombat by himself?

[@zachmccalpin7447]

23:15 what!?!?!?!?

[@tonymalveaux7756]

How were they able to steal the entire concept and even name of Raiden? Either way I like the character.😉

[@420uesr]

i'm kinda dismayed that they didn't present Raiden of World of Warcraft.. he also gave his life to protect the mortal realm.

[@1473аиаапщаиа]

Рооог ито иор

[@dennishandfield4369]

Sub Zero, Scorpion, and Rain can beat Raiden all together....

[@robertgrace7855]

Y’all goofy as hell for that Chris lambert comment it’s must of been a fan favorite cause I can’t see it 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@SugarRayCharles.]

Raiden use to be a formidable badass. Lately, (since MK-5 till MK-11) he has been as useless as the letter "g" in the word lasagna.

[@DownHillgamer]

Ohyea raiden and kotal kahn are the top Gs for me, but I haven't played or got into thr story since like 2016 with X

[@blakejones409]

I hate the "He must win" plot point as neitherrelm totally dropped the ball there. If he won in the original timeline why attempt to change it. Best written story in fighting? What a joke.

[@kobesystemyourwelcome8817]

So chronicle is Raiden and shao Kahn mother while they father is shinnok they will kill there on kids or have them fight against each other by one who seek peace and one who wants all of the realms 😂 crazy

[@SupportGamin2024]

Shinnok isn't Raiden's father that's non canon bs from the movies

[@mkdragonballfan8744]

Yet netherealm studios did everything they can to nerf and ruin this character. My favorite mk character. From ruining him in story. Turning him into a grumpy grandpa in mk11. To making his gameplay a boring joke. He’s one of the worst characters in mk11 to play! Mkx Raiden was pretty badass. I hope the next game redeems him

[@cassiustaylor9265]

Liu kang beats Shao Khan, So Liu Kang could fk up Raiden, I'm I wrong

[@1473аиаапщаиа]

Лили ил

[@gerrenorr1651]

I don't think so.....lol

[@jonahstirbis3408]

The 80s one was better.

[@jonjohnson5542]

36:11

[@musondampumpu6792]

Raiden mortal Kombat 2021 is not suited the actor

[@kmoov90]

WHERE'S MY MONEY!!!