Inever thought I’d write these words in my life, but Cody Rhodes , why can’t you be more like Jean-Claude Van Damme?

At Thursday night’s Game Awards in Los Angeles , Paramount revealed what it is officially calling a “sneak peek” of the 2026 Street Fighter (Oct. 16) film. The teaser “went over big” at the video-game awards show, a person in the room tells The Hollywood Reporter . Well, it was not as well-received in the living room of this particular Hollywood Reporter … reporter.

The 45-second clip starts fine — we see Ryu’s (Andrew Koji) clenching fist à la the Arthur meme , Rhodes’ fellow WWE Superstar Roman Reigns (Joe Anoa’i) as Akuma taking a shower or something, Zangief (Olivier Richters) pulling a tractor, Chun-Li (Callina Liang) standing around looking like “Chu

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