Street Fighter action figures continue the AEW xCapcom crossover.
AEW launched a merch drop in January 2022 that featured a collaboration between Capcom and Street Fighter. A series of tees featured All Elite Wrestling’s best fighters versus Street Fighter’s most well-known characters. The limited-edition was not available. AEW has discontinued the limited edition t-shirts, but they continue to collaborate in real nostalgia with Street Fighter action figures.
AEW x Street Fighter action figures
The figures feature costumes worn by The Elite (AKA Kenny Omega, Young Bucks’ Nick, and Matt Jackson) during Fyter Fest 2019. The trio wore Street Fighter-inspired outfits because the Fyter Fest 2019 was held alongside CEO Gaming’s annual convention. The Young Bucks wore Gi’s that resembled Street Fighter’s Ken or Ryu. Akuma’s look inspired Kenny Omega.
All three Ken, Ryu and Akuma looks will now be brought to life in the new action figures. They were announced at AEW Fan Fest on the first weekend of March 2022. Although this was an early glimpse, very little information is available about the figures. AEW by Jazwares has shared official images of the figurines online via NERDS clothing, the company behind the previous Capcom x AEW merch.
AEW Wrestling Buddies Kenny Omega Akuma
The AEW by Jazwares Instagram photo shows that there might be a cute Wrestling Buddies figure in the collection. The sneak peek also features Kenny Omega as Street Fighters’ Akuma.
Yuke announces a new AEW game.
While we are on the subject of AEW gaming, Yuke’s is still developing the upcoming videogame. Luke was the original developer of WWE 2K games until Visual Concepts took control in 2019. We can be sure that they are knowledgeable about wrestling games.
The Yuke’s AEW title has yet to be released. It’s been hushed since Darby Allin’s early footage was published in June 2021.
This announcement follows the February 2022 announcement Street Fighter 6 was in development. Capcom is currently working on the game and will have more information in summer 2022.
