Fellow Mortal Kombat fans, would this make sense?

When the first game came out there wasn't much of a story and only a few characters. Each game would add something new or retcon something from a previous game. I love MK lore but I know it wasn't always cohesive. Fast forward to now and there are multiple timelines with many characters. In the original timeline is it possible characters like Baraka could have been at the first tournament, he wasn't established yet as a character but from in universe perspective could he have been at that tournament?