Oliver Kahn of the tournament that Kahn became the starting goalkeeper. Two years after the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, in which defending champions Germany made an embarrassing exit in the group stage, Kahn received the squad's captaincy, succeeding the striker Oliver Bierhoff. Kahn experienced one of his worst performances in his international career against England in Munich in 2001. Germany were favoured to win as they had beaten England 1–0 in 2000 at the Wembley Stadium. However, they were routed 5–1, including a hat-trick by Michael Owen. Despite the defeat, Germany qualified for the World Cup after winning a playoff against
Shao Kahn messages to his past self using his broken talisman. The talisman periodically informs the younger Raiden of his progress in preventing Armageddon. As Shao Kahn invades Earthrealm, Raiden decides not to stop Kahn's attempts to merge Earth with Outworld. Kahn pummels a surrendering Raiden until the Elder Gods, enraged by Shao Kahn's violation of Mortal Kombat rules, empower Raiden which allows him to kill the emperor. While this averts the timeline leading to Armageddon while restoring Earthrealm, "Mortal Kombat X" reveals that Mileena succeeded Shao Kahn in ruling Outworld before she is overthrown by Kotal Kahn. Shao Kahn will appear