Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns React To Being Cast In Street Fighter Movie

Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns have (finally) commented on their respective roles in the upcoming Street Fighter movie.

In May,  Deadline reported that Roman Reigns was one of the people being considered for a role in a new live-action film based on the iconic Street Fighter video game series.  Jeff Sneider (The InSneider) later reported that Reigns would play the role of Akuma. More pro-wrestling-related casting news followed in July, as  Nexus Point News reported that Rhodes was in talks to play Guile in the upcoming video game movie adaptation. In addition, Fightful (via Fightful Select) reported that New Japan Pro-Wrestling star Hirooki Goto would play E. Honda.

Neither Rhodes nor Reigns commented on the respective reports — until now. On Thursday, Paramount officially announced the full cast of the movie, confirming Rhodes as Guile and Reigns as Akuma.

Reigns simply wrote “Akuma!” in response to the digitized image of his casting announcement on Twitter/X. Rhodes went a step further, sharing an American Nightmare logo sporting Guile’s trademark flat-topped haircut.

The full announced cast is as follows:

• Andrew Koji is Ryu
• Noah Centineo is Ken
• Callina Liang is Chun-Li
• Cody Rhodes is Guile
• Orville Peck is Vega
• 50 Cent is Balrog
• Jason Momoa is Blanka
• Vidyut Jammwal is Dhalsim
• Olivier Richters is Zangief
• Hirooki Goto is E. Honda
• David Dastmalchian is M. Bison
• Roman Reigns is Akuma
• Andrew Schulz is Dan Hibiki
• Eric André is Don Sauvage
• Mel Jarnson is Cammy
• Rayna Vallandingham is Juli
• Alexander Volkanovski is Joe

Street Fighter will be released in theatres on October 16, 2026.

AKUMA!! ☝? https://t.co/XcDD2LSpRo

— Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) September 4, 2025

Oct 16, 2026 https://t.co/BeYWysvpK8 pic.twitter.com/02Nn0VnfK9

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) September 4, 2025

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