Just what was so "unsalvageable" about his character anyway, that led to an hilarious and nearly psychotic hatred from most of the fanbase, and a promise from NRS never to bring him back (which I don't take seriously)? I mean, really.

I liked the character. Buff Asian men in fiction aren't all that common, his design was a little hilarious, I liked his sun moon weapons, wrestling style (his other fighting style was fun too), his fatality and that creepy smile of his. To me, wrestling and the sun moon blades should be his trademarks, and he should have a whole lot of wrestling-related moves.

He works perfectly as the silent type. He's probably one of the few characters I know that benefits from being silent. His slight smile just makes him creepy. Just imagine him smiling in a cutscene just before he kills someone.

I know that besides the rather irrational hatred of him, some think Kano in MKX is making him obselete now that he has a chest implant of his own and some wrestling moves. Well, Kano shouldn't have a chest implant to begin with but it's pointless to complain about it now. Anyway, Kano didn't seem to have that many wrestling-based attacks in his gameplay vid beyond his X-Ray, so Hsu could always get a different wrestling-based X-Ray. Not to mention, Kotal Kahn's fatality involves heart-ripping, yet Kano's in the game, so a few wrestling-related moves doesn't mean Hsu Hao couldn't return.

As for his story, I'm going to hope that people opposing his return don't use his enforcer status against him, because by that logic, I can think of many fan favorites that couldn't return, either.