Zangief's plotline and history for Street Fighter 4
Last updated on Jan. 18, 2009
A man who trains with polar bears in Siberia should not be taken lightly.
Zangief is the greatest professional wrestler the Soviet Union has ever produced and his ferociously muscular body is packed with blazing passion and love for his home country.
He is a patriot to his very core and is disgusted at acts of selfish evil.
Zangief is ready to prove he is the strongest fighter in the world and fights for his land and the little ones who look up to him.
Using close range combat, Zangief will gladly take a punch in order to grab his opponent.
He is called the Red Cyclone for a reason and his famous Spinning Piledriver is to be feared.
Posted by F IR I IE Z A on January 22, 2009 at 1:22 p.m. #1
He is called the red cyclone beacause of the spinning lariot not the spinning piledriver
Posted by Russell on February 9, 2009 at 12:23 a.m. #2
Read that again F IR I IE Z A.
It doesn't say that's why he's famous.
Posted by SlapnutsGT on February 21, 2009 at 3:08 a.m. #3
His story was kinda sad in SF4 ... with the fall of the Soviet Union all he had to fight for was to show he still had pride in his country even tho so many people gave up on it. For a fighting game, Street Fighter has always had great stories behind its characters.
Posted by Den on March 22, 2009 at 8 p.m. #4
As a usseless fact, wrestling was forbbiden in the Soviet Union. They said it was barbaric so they didn´t allowed it. I know that cos my mom is from the USSR and told me so.
Posted by Zex on April 9, 2009 at 12:04 p.m. #5
you're a twit, so where did the USSR get all those Olympic Wrestlers from? let's hear your answer, this ought to be good.
Posted by Toaster on April 23, 2009 at 11:17 a.m. #6
The USSR collapsed in 1991, so the wrestlers were just representing the union. Wrestling wasn't forbidden because wrestlers there were known for their freestyle type of wrestling. They dominated in that category all though out the 1990s. It may have been frowned upon, but the USSR had no laws regulating the banning or forbidding of wrestling.
Posted by Someone on May 3, 2009 at 6:33 a.m. #7
It does imply that he is named Red Cyclone after his Spinning Piledriver. Doesn't matter, he's a beast - that's all you need to know about him.
Posted by Mach on May 9, 2009 at 7:40 p.m. #8
Ultimate Atomic Buster!
Posted by anti zex on June 17, 2009 at 1:43 p.m. #9
calm down zex where u said ur a twit and this ought to b gd calm dwn slapknuts
Posted by DieZange on July 26, 2009 at 1:24 p.m. #10
nobody beats the red cyclone - he's the best!!!
Posted by Truth on July 30, 2009 at 10:17 a.m. #11
SNK has always had better stories and went more in depth as well. Most characters have last names as SF have no last names.
Posted by Faps on October 16, 2009 at 8:51 a.m. #12
He doesnt need a last name, hes like Madonna =|
Posted by Jamheald on October 17, 2009 at 2:54 p.m. #13
I never thought zangief would be compared to madona
Posted by russian patriot on December 12, 2009 at 11:48 p.m. #14
actually Zangief is LAST name. he doesn't have first name in the game. trust me :) and by the way, with all this black hair and beard he looks much more chechen (caucasian) restler than slavic one. also his last name suggests that... so training in siberia seems not to be true to his story...
Posted by also truth on January 21, 2010 at 10:52 p.m. #15
@ truth
well, for the most part, they don't say the full names, but I know guile's first name is William, Ken's last name is Masters, and Balrog (aka m. bison in Japan) is named Mike Bison. Besides that, you're pretty much right :/
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