User blog comment:Rare Hunter/Street Fighter V exclusivity/@comment-26351869-20150506094546/@comment-5833753-20150506151703

Air blocking = Chicken blocking. Plus if that's added, air throws will have to follow. Air throws are normally reserved for very few characters (Guile, Decapre etc), giving them to everyone takes away the uniqueness of those characters.

All that is best left in the Marvel vs. Capcom series.