This sound comes from Mortal Kombat 9, the 2011 fighting game also known as Mortal Kombat. The pre-Fatality cue became familiar to players because it signals the final moment before a finishing move. Online, that instant tension made it useful far beyond the game itself, especially in short edits that frame a mistake, wipeout or humiliation as a finishing blow. It still gets used because even a two-second clip can instantly suggest danger, defeat and the classic Mortal Kombat sense of finality.