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The scars covering his body are said to have been the results of wrestling with bears.Īs the greatest professional wrestler in the Soviet Union, Zangief was contacted by a man named Erai Hito (Great Man) to represent his country in the second World Warrior tournament. Zangief is said to have trained by wrestling polar bears in Siberia, on which he practiced his trademark Screw Piledriver after being picked up by a cyclone while performing a piledriver on a bear.

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Zangief's name is possibly based on real-life pro wrestler Victor Zangiev, a former Soviet amateur who trained as a professional in NJPW, and who also competed in WCW and UWF International.

Zangief's Flying Stomach block attack is the only standard move capable of dizzying a character in one hit.

His "spinning piledriver" is the single most damaging regular move in the series. Zangief is one of the slowest of all characters in Street Fighter yet is still one of the most effective. Many of his moves are more complicated to pull off due to the 360 motions input required to perform the moves, making him a character for advanced players. Zangief is a close range character as he is a wrestling type. Click here for more information about Zangief's other fighting game appearances.
