Kenny Omega appears at Capcom Cup event in Japan

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Kenny Omega was back at Sumo Hall in Japan on Wednesday — but it wasn’t for a wrestling match.

The former AEW World Champion helped kick off Capcom Cup 12, a video game tournament for Street Fighter 6. Omega appeared in costume as the character Alex, who is being added to the game on March 17. Motion capture work for Alex was done by Omega and many of his moves and taunts will be included in the game.

“For the past few years, we’ve worked closely with @KennyOmegamanX on bringing Alex to life and we want to thank him for being at Capcom Cup 12!,” the official Street Fighter account tweeted. “Just a few more days before Alex releases on March 17!”

This appearance mean’s Omega won’t be in San Jose, California for tonight’s Dynamite episode and Collision taping. He’s been contractually scheduled to be in Tokyo for Capcom Cup from March 11-15, which would mean that Omega won’t be at Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view either unless he was able to reach an agreement to leave before the final day.

A feud between Omega and Swerve Strickland was brewing in advance of Revolution, but they instead faced off on the February 18 edition of Dynamite with Strickland getting the victory. Omega did not want to be in a position where he was being teased for Revolution while his status for the show was in doubt.

Strickland will still be in action on Sunday, facing off against Brody King. The PPV is being held in Los Angeles at Crypto.com Arena.

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