AEW’s Kenny Omega Brings Alex to Life for Street Fighter 6 | IGN Fan Fest 2026

On March 17, Street Fighter 6 is getting a caller DLC character: the pro wrestling-inspired Alex, and All Elite Wrestling's ain Kenny Omega is the antheral down the question capture. At IGN Fan Fest 2026, helium explained however the accidental to bash the question seizure really came retired of a elemental misunderstanding.

"When the quality broke and they told me, we signed the NDAs and we cognize who the characters are and Alex will, successful fact, beryllium 1 of them. And they said, 'For you being specified a bully sport, it'd beryllium chill if we enactment a determination of yours in,' possibly 1 oregon 2 oregon a taunt oregon something," Omega told IGN.

"I had said, 'Wow, that would beryllium great. I conscionable don't cognize erstwhile I could acceptable that into my docket to bash the mocap for it.' And they'd said, 'Oh, wait, you bash the mocap for it?' I said, 'Yeah, is that what you were talking about, oregon no?' They said, 'Oh my, if you would bash the mocap for it, that would beryllium awesome.' And truthful a misunderstanding connected my portion is what led to maine really going to the workplace and doing a slew of mocap for the character. If determination was ever a amended clip to beryllium stupid, that was 1 of them, due to the fact that it worked retired successful my favour wholly to not recognize what they were talking astir astatine that moment. So due to the fact that of that 1 discussion, I got invited backmost to the adjacent year's Tokyo Game Show. And past earlier doing the crippled show, I stopped implicit astatine Osaka, wherever they bash the mocap for Capcom. And we hammered it retired successful 1 day. It was a grueling 10- oregon 11-hour shoot. I retrieve losing similar 8 oregon 9 pounds of h2o weight, but it was truthful worthy it and truthful fun."

He besides revealed that the developers were unfastened to suggestions – helium tin spot however his ideas were incorporated into the last crippled animations – and that wrestling without an assemblage wasn't arsenic alien of an acquisition arsenic radical mightiness expect.

"I deliberation due to the fact that of COVID, I got utilized to wrestling and performing successful beforehand of nary one. It reminded maine of being backmost into an bare arena and conscionable having cameras each astir me, but there's nary sound. There's nary adulation. There's nary people. I spot unit present and there, but it brought backmost memories of the COVID era, for sure."

Alex archetypal appeared successful 1997 Street Fighter III: New Generation successful arcades. Early conception creation shows the nonrecreational wrestler quality was initially positioned arsenic the caller look of the franchise. In Street Fighter 6, his ace moves see Raging Spear, Sledgecross Hammer, and The Final Prison. He besides has an alternate level 2 ace called the Omega Wing Buster, which is simply a series of moves inspired by Kenny Omega's ain trio of signature moves, including the V-Trigger, Snap Dragon Suplex, and of course, the One Winged Angel.

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Rachel Weber is the Head of Editorial Development astatine IGN and an elder millennial. She's been a nonrecreational nerd since 2006 erstwhile she got her commencement connected Official PlayStation Magazine successful the UK, and has since worked for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, fearfulness movies, fearfulness games, Red Dead Redemption 2, and her Love and Deepspace boyfriends.