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Adam Holmes

Street Fighter’s Cody Rhodes Explained Why He And Roman Reigns Were Not Allowed To ‘Cross Paths’ On Set

Street Fighter posters of Cody Rhodes as Guile and Roman Reigns as Akuma.

When the new Street Fighter movie arrives to the 2026 movies schedule this fall, those seated for it will see WWE stars bringing characters from the popular video game franchise. Cody Rhodes is starring as Guile, while Roman Reigns is playing Akuma. However, don’t expect to see these two get much screen time together, if at all, because Rhodes revealed the lengths that were taken to make sure he and Reigns didn’t “cross paths” on the Street Fighter set.

Rhodes spent some time talking about the upcoming video game adaptation while appearing on Insight with Chris Van Vilet. After the three-time WWE Champion said he had “so much fun” working on Street Fighter, saying it was like Green Day’s “Time of Your Life” was playing in his head, the podcast host asked if he has any scenes with Roman Regins, and Rhodes responded:

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