Birdie - Pro Wrestling Birdie is an ex-Pro Wrestler, who turned into a criminal after his Wrestling career ended. He would go out on Street Fights to get money, or serve as a night club bouncer. In the later Street Fighter games, Birdie's story of Street Fighter 1 is explained:

In the Street Fighter ++ meta, Birdie is a dominant character. Having not only an insane moveset, he has a consistent way of stun-locking most of the cast, with basicaly a touch of death string involving only one move. Birdie is, however, counter-picked by Eagle, and a Birdie should be cautious of his own mobility.

Birdie's stage is at some unspecified street in London. Having a poster of a real album "Velvet Underground".

Bill Cravens, painted at a garage door, was the Capcom USA Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Birdie's name is nammed after a Golf term. A Birdie is a hole played in one stroke and under a par.

Birdie was not originally meant to be black, but was then retconned due to his redesign of the Alpha series.