Zangief

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Zangief
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Red Cyclone
Birthday June 1st, 1956
From USSR / Russia
Height 7' (214 cm)
Weight 400 lbs. (181kg)

Debut Match

8chanmania:Season 1
First Victory

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First Championship

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Zangief is one of the playable characters from Street Fighter. He first appeared in Streetfighter II.

Bio[edit | edit source]

The gargantuan Zangief is not only a bear of a man himself (complete with an impressive patch of chest hair), but also prefers to train himself by wrestling actual bears in the frozen depths of the Siberian taiga. The only part about him that is stronger than his muscle is Zangief's fervent patriotism; with his main motive for joining the Street Fighter tournaments in the first place being the chance to add to Russia's glory. His fighting style fittingly is a mix of Russian and American pro-wrestling moves.

Despite of his intimidating size and his tendency to belittle foes that are shorter or less muscular than him (which applies to nearly everyone), he fundamentally is good-natured and possesses a great source of humor. The only thing he truly detests are bears that can't wrestle properly (which are no good for training), and young women of marriageable age (which distract him from his training).

In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]

Season 1[edit | edit source]

Zangief debuted at some point during the first season of 8chanmania, but the where and when have been lost to history.

His first recorded appearance was in 8chanmania XXIII, where Zangief defeated two chicks in the form of Lady Zinogre and Amy Rose before finally being "eaten" by the third chick Alice Fateburn XVI.

Zangief would return for 8chanmania XXXI, where he formed a tag team with Tetris Block. The two managed to defeat Mecha-Hitler and Big Boss, but the only thing we know other than that is that neither of them won a belt.

Season 3[edit | edit source]

He made another appearance in 8chanmania LXIX. There, he crushed Virtua Fighter star Jacky Bryant, sent pre-timeskip Dimitri Blaiddyd packing, and gave a mortal beatdown to Mortal Kombat villain Shang Tsung. His defeat came at the unlikely hands of a short Japanese sushi chef

Although he himself did not fight in 8chanmania LXXIX, Zangief still entered it as the manager of his adoring fan R. Mika.