Well, it depends which Wolverine you are talking about, but in general, both Wolverines have better air mobility (their drill claw can be used as an air dash; they can also wall jump which is almost equivalent to a double jump), have a slight better vitality (not by much but still better than Akuma's), faster ground dash (his ground dash is second to Magneto; Actually, if you read my previous posts, I said that Akuma's ground dash aren't fast; just ignore that, I tested it out a couple of days ago and man its pretty freakin fast), MUCH BETTER RUSHDOWN GAME, good ground combo into super (c. lk, c. mp, Berserker Barrage X or Berserker Barrage, Berserker Barrage X) which will send you all the way across the screen into the corner where Wolverine will stick to you like some sort of adhesive and not let you breathe for shit. However, one of the only things Akuma has over both Wolverines is his projectiles (which plays a pretty good defesne tool IMO) ad his more invincible anti-air (Gou Shoryuken). Akuma also has some pretty good combos too though ( c. lk, c. mk, standing HP xx Hadouken xx Shinkuu Hadouken) which does more damage than Wolverines' but in my opinion, it is harder to apply than Wolverines'. Wolverine doesn't dish out Akuma badly though. They will go toe and toe but IMO Wolverine is the overall better character. Damn, I'm tired, I'll post some more info later.