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This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live. He often insists that certain fighters lean into the heel gimmick more, and makes references to his colleagues from Saturday Night Slam Masters. Zangief's prototypical name was Vodka Gobalsky. Zangief's biography apparently plays upon the association between Stalinist regimes and state-funded athletics programs utilizing bodybuilding drugs following the domination of the World Weightlifting Championships by the Soviet Union.
His appearance was possibly influenced by several professional wrestlers who performed with the New Japan Pro Wrestling Circuit during the time period of Street Fighter II 's development in the late s and early 's. Specifically, his physique is similar to that of Soviet wrestler Salman Hashimikov , while his facial appearance, including his beard, seems to be a slight nod to American wrestler Steve "Dr.
Death" Williams , who was a staple in Japanese Pro Wrestling throughout the 80's and 90's. Zangief is similar to the original version of Birdie , as both characters are depicted as very large men with mohawk haircuts.
Zangief is also similar in terms of build and fighting style to Mike Haggar from Capcom's Final Fight series, whose spinning clothesline move he emulates, not to mention that Zangief's alternate costume in Street Fighter IV is a nod to Haggar's costume.
Zangief and Abel have a decent relationship, although not really covered in the story. Zangief first meets Abel in Street Fighter IV , which is his rival, believing he is worried and says they should fight, which initially confuses Abel about who he is and what's going on, but after the fight, he recognizes Zangief and is honored to meet him.
Rainbow Mika is inspired by Zangief and is considered her idol and Zangief considers her a good friend. In Street Fighter V , they became wrestling partners and would've fought together in an exhibition match after Alex won the wrestling championship, but the Black Moon over the city they were at detonated and blacked out the entire city. Laura and Zangief are wrestling rivals. They first met in Russia, where they fought. After the fight, Zangief gave her a ticket to a wrestler scouting camp, starting her wrestling career and being able to spread Matsuda jiu-jitsu worldwide.
Later, Laura fought with Zangief and R. Mika with Alex during an exhibition match, which was blacked out due to the Black Moon.
Zangief and Ed seem to share a certain respect towards each other. With Zangief wanting to train Ed at his gym and Ed admitting to be impressed when he heard Zangief wrestles bears.
Zangief has respect for Dudley, stating it was an honor to fight him. Dudley stated that Zangief changed his view on modern wrestling. Zangief is a national Russian hero nicknamed the "Red Cyclone". The leader of the Soviet Union, regarded as "the President," promised Zangief the country's full support in exchange for traveling around the world and showing off the might of the Soviet Union and to improve his image abroad, an objective which Zangief wasn't made aware of.
During his travels to prove his Russian might, Zangief encounters Birdie and the two trade barbs about their appearance. Later, Zangief meets Ken Masters , who calls him a 'mama's boy', angering him and starting a fight.
After Ken is defeated, the President appears, congratulating Zangief, who is then sent to train in remote Siberia albeit with a limited budget. Of note is that in almost all his appearances, the President bears more than a passing resemblance to the real-life former Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev. However, he is never explicitly mentioned by name.
Under orders from the Soviet President, Zangief is sent to combat the forces of Shadaloo , which is beginning to spread its corruption into Russia.
Zangief encounters many fighters along the way, befriending some such as E. Honda and R. It is believed that he lost to Blanka before he could accomplish his final objective of destroying the Psycho Drive ; however in his ending, he and Honda team up to destroy it the canonicity of this ending is dubious. It appears his story is a mix of the two.
Nevertheless, the Psycho Drive gets destroyed by someone , at least and Zangief returns to Russia satisfied. He then participates in the second World Warrior Tournament, hosted by Shadaloo, at the behest of the president, but loses.
After the tournament, Zangief, dissatisfied with the outcome, returns to training in the Russian wilderness, wrestling bears. Eventually, he is approached by the largest wrestling organization in the world with an eye to signing the "Red Cyclone" to their promotion.
Zangief at first refuses, saying that he is less interested in money than he is in bringing honor to Russia by demonstrating Russian strength. He is promised a stage to better showcase his skills, with his matches watched by millions. Due to the obvious help this will bring to his will to show Russian strength, Zangief gladly accepts. Zangief enters the World Tournament held by S. After the tournament, Zangief frantically realizes that he hasn't gotten a souvenir, and says "I didn't even understand what the last guy was saying before I beat him.
Zangief is shown beating an opponent with a Spinning Piledriver to win a wrestling match in the New York Fighting Tournament. After the match, he reads the latest edition of a wrestling magazine "Muscle Soul Fighters", sent by Rashid 's servant, Azam.
Zangief then flies to London, where he reunites with R. Mika who refers to him as "Master Zangief". Zangief wants to test her in-ring strength in a fight and Mika happily complies. After she is defeated by him, Mika comments on how she wants to follow in Zangief's footsteps to become a "great professional wrestler", and Zangief replies by telling her that the only way to properly follow in his footsteps is to have what he calls "Muscle Spirit".
He proposes that the two embark on a training journey, fighting around the world to build muscle and obtain the strongest Muscle Spirit they can muster. Mika gladly accepts the offer, and the two fly to their first destination, China. Once in China, Zangief meets with an old friend Azam as well as Rashid.
Rashid, too, is surprised that Azam and Zangief know each other, as Rashid is a fan of Zangief's, having watched his wrestling victories on the internet and remarking that his muscles are amazing in person. Zangief comically challenges Rashid to a wrestling match on the spot, offering to literally throw Rashid "as [a] greeting", much to Rashid's surprise and terror.
After Zangief demonstrates his moves on Rashid, the latter remarks that he was tremendously powerful; Zangief states that this strength comes from a "great power and dedication of muscle". Mika also challenges Rashid, again much to Rashid's shock and terror. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , cameo as spirit. Super Show! Change the channel! He also had a long fight with E. Honda and one "hero moment" near the end of the movie.
Zangief was also a loyalist to Bison until Dee Jay explained Bison was the "bad guy. Zangief makes a cameo appearance in the Disney film, Wreck-It Ralph as part of a villains support group, even though he is not a villain within the main Street Fighter storyline. According to the screenwriter, Phil Johnston, Zangief was a source of frustration for him when playing Street Fighter in his childhood.
Of note is that Zangief has played the role of villain in a few spin-off appearances, including the movies mentioned above. Zangief's signature fighting style is close-range wrestling, with devastating throws and powerful base moves. This makes him tough up close, though often has trouble with foes with projectiles.
Many of his moves are more complicated to pull off, due to the motions input required to perform the moves, making him a character for advanced players. This, along with the fact that several of his moves incorporate spins, is likely the basis for his wrestling moniker "Red Cyclone". Zangief is one of the slowest of all characters in the Street Fighter games, and presents a large target, yet is widely considered high-tier. He has several means to bypass projectile attacks, such as Double Lariat and Banishing Flat, the ability to walk unphased into a hit during his Flying Power Bomb, and the ability of his Spinning Piledriver to grab opponents out of most ground-based moves.
His Spinning Piledriver was the single most damaging special move in the original Street Fighter II series until the introduction of T. Hawk , and is capable of "sucking in" opponents from a surprising distance. Zangief's Flying Stomach block attack is the only standard move capable of dizzying a character in one hit in the Street Fighter II series.
In most incarnations, Zangief is extremely dangerous against floored opponents, as he is able to force them to block regular attacks so that he can pin them in place to deliver a powerful throw or hold. In Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter , Mech-Zangief is introduced. This is an even slower version of Zangief who can't block; however, he takes reduced damage from everything, excluding beam-style attacks.
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