Johnny Cage
After his participation in "MKII", Pesina parted from Midway, and sued them for unpaid royalties from his likeness being used in the console versions of the first two "MK" games. For this reason, from "MK3" on his characters were played by different actors: John Turk would take over Sub-Zero in "Mortal Kombat 3" and the rest of the ninjas in "Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3", while Johnny Cage would be played by Chris Alexander in "Mortal Kombat Trilogy". During this time, Pesina promoted "BloodStorm" (a fighting game designed by former Midway employee who assisted in the making of "Mortal Kombat" series) in an advert, dressed up as Johnny Cage. He and his younger brother Carlos also secretly worked on "Tattoo Assassins", another competing game to "Mortal Kombat". Carlos Pesina remained with Midway until the company's closure, and as of 2019, still works at NetherRealm Studios.