The following contains spoilers for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Season 1, Episode 2, "Superhuman Law," now streaming on Disney+.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is one of the unquestionable successes from Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a winning hero, a sharp origin story and a previously unseen corner of the franchise well worth exploring in Ta Lo. The film also left a number of intriguing clues as to the future of the MCU. That's especially true of its coda, which formally connected Shang-Chi to the other heroes in the universe.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has dived head-first into the rest of the MCU, and it wasn't about to leave Shang-Chi out in the cold. The show's second episode, "Superhuman Law" -- featuring the return of Tim Roth's Abomination -- also ended with a callback to one of Shang-Chi's signature scenes. It seems like that callback is going to continue to have ripple effects on the series, too.

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Abomination in Shang Chi

The film contains a scene in the underground fight club run by Shang-Chi's sister Xialing in Macau, which caters to super-powered contestants. Shang-Chi is induced to fight in the arena after watching the previous match end in decisive fashion. Master Wong defeats Abomination with the clever use of an interdimensional portal: knocking him silly with his own punch before touching fists in the locker room afterwards. The scene ends with him returning Abomination to his cell while telling him to do a better job of selling their fights. At the time, it seemed like little more than a fun cameo.

The moment was most notable for confirming that the franchise wasn't going to ignore the events of The Incredible Hulk -- where Abomination first appeared -- simply because Mark Ruffalo had replaced Edward Norton in the lead role. It also helped establish Wong's central place in Phase Four thus far, but seemingly left the best of him for the post-credits Easter egg in which he discussed the possible origin of the Ten Rings.

Now She-Hulk has brought the moment roaring back, and it looks to play a significant role in the unfurling season. Fans already knew that Wong will be making an appearance on the series -- he showed up in the trailer -- and that Emil Blonsky would be present too. But Season 1, Episode 2, "Superhuman Law" returns to the fight in the cage as a central part of its story. Having lost her job at the D.A.'s Office for Hulking out in court, Jennifer Walters is hired by a private firm opening a "superhuman law" division. Blonsky is her first case, angling for parole and seemingly expressing a good deal of regret for his previous actions.

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Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky smiling and pointing with his finger during his trial in She-Hulk

The fight complicates matters considerably. Having earned her cousin Bruce's blessing for her new job -- he and Abomination apparently patched things up -- and developed a seemingly iron-clad argument for Blonsky's release, Jennifer is shocked when video footage of the cage fight leaks online. The bombshell drops just as the episode ends, leaving her to pick up the pieces in the following episode. When combined with the tidbits that have already dropped, this makes the Shang-Chi match far more central than it originally appeared.

Wong's presence and apparent allegiance with Blonsky speaks to much more than just a way for the two to blow off steam, and while the new Sorcerer Supreme definitively explains how Abomination got out of his cell, the MCU has yet to explain why. That could involve anything from the Thunderbolts to a new threat from the Multiverse. Subsequent episodes of She-Hulk will doubtless clarify matters, but the twist has given MCU fans something much bigger than Blonsky's parole to talk about, and Shang-Chi's superhuman fight club just became a good deal more important.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law streams Thursdays on Disney+.