‘They Thought We Were Going to Fight’ — WWE Star Cody Rhodes Reveals He Was Kept Apart From Roman Reigns on the Set of the Street Fighter Movie

The formed of the upcoming Street Fighter movie is stacked with acquainted faces, among them being WWE superstars Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns arsenic Guile and Akuma, respectively. But, it sounds similar we won’t beryllium seeing overmuch of them sharing the aforesaid screen, if the former’s communicative from the acceptable is thing to spell by.

Rhodes precocious appeared connected podcaster Chris Van Vliet’s amusement and was asked by the big if helium shares immoderate scenes with Reigns, whose existent sanction is Leati Joseph Anoaʻi.

“We had 1 time connected set, and the mode the acceptable was, and helium could astir apt reiterate this,” Rhodes said. “I deliberation they thought we were going to combat oregon person issues for existent due to the fact that they were precise cognisant connected the radios of america [and saying], 'Stepping retired with Guile, Akuma volition beryllium coming on.’ They were precise cognisant that we would not transverse paths. And we did, due to the fact that I had to archer him the absorption of 1 of the trailers, and that was our lone moment, and it was precise awkward.”

This perceived animosity betwixt the 2 apt stems from an extended storyline successful the WWE that culminated astatine Wrestlemania 40 successful 2024. During the main event, Cody Rhodes yet became the Undisputed WWE Champion by defeating Roman Reigns with the assistance of John Cena, Seth Rollins, and The Undertaker successful a historical lucifer that ended Reigns’ long-unbeaten run.

“That's a brainsick relationship,” Rhodes said. “I person thing but admiration for what he's done and accomplished, but I don't cognize what it is. I don't adjacent similar talking astir it due to the fact that I don't cognize what it is. It's conscionable a precise unusual relationship. I tin archer you from what I saw of his fight, if helium has a fight, I tin archer you what I saw was truly special. And I deliberation fans of Street Fighter, Kitao Sakurai (the film’s director) has enactment thing truly peculiar together.”

“Kitao was each astir trying things,” Rhodes continued. “They had a afloat furniture connected acceptable with each Street Fighter connected it, which was custom-made, it's each different, truthful we had each 1 connected 1 cabinet. The manager of the crippled came down, the modern shepherd of the franchise. I deliberation radical who grew up loving the game, which I grew up loving the game, and I loved the archetypal movie, not ironically, I really loved it, I deliberation they're going to beryllium precise pleased with the instrumentality work the movie does and however it honors the characters.”

Of course, Rhodes and Reigns are acold from the archetypal wrestlers to marque the modulation to Hollywood acting. They travel a agelong enactment that has travel earlier them, with Dave Bautista, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and John Cena being astir notable among them. It’s thing Rhodes is good alert of; helium cited Cena successful peculiar for mounting the modular for what movie sets expect from WWE stars.

“If you look astatine what Batista (Bautista) did with Guardians, and you look astatine evidently what The Final Boss (Johnson) has done. I came connected that set, and I deliberation astir apt immoderate different wrestler has to travel connected acceptable acceptable to spell and travel close present due to the fact that John [Cena] has acceptable a barroom wherever he's aboriginal for everything, he's past to leave. His wit and his improv are phenomenal. He remembers everyone who interviews him. All the things John would thatch america increasing up successful the business, you person to use them present due to the fact that they've had him. So, you can't beryllium slacking disconnected erstwhile you're the wrestler connected set.”

And, of course, we can’t speech astir Guile without mentioning that haircut of his, which, Rhodes besides revealed, is simply a wig made from yak hair. So present you cognize that, conscionable successful lawsuit you were wondering.

Street Fighter isn’t the lone warring video crippled movie coming retired successful 2026, with Mortal Kombat 2 besides acceptable to deed the large screen. Both films person been successful the quality recently, arsenic stars of each person been exchanging barbs online, with MK2’s Lewis Tan claiming “numbers don’t lie” successful effect to SF’s Andrew Schultz. It comes aft some movies were teased astatine the 2025 Game Awards arsenic Mortal Kombat’s shaper claimed “I don’t ascent implicit others to get ahead” aft the Street Fighter formed threw jabs MK’s way.

Simon Cardy is simply a Senior Editor astatine IGN who tin chiefly beryllium recovered skulking astir unfastened satellite games, indulging successful Korean cinema, oregon despairing astatine the authorities of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him connected Bluesky astatine @cardy.bsky.social.