"I have wrestled bears in the cruelest of Siberian winters! It will take more than a paper cut to quell the fury of the RED CYCLONE!"

Zangief is a champion wrestler from the Soviet Union and a hero of the Russian people. Training his body by wrestling bears in frigid conditions, he's an absolute powerhouse in the ring - provided he can actually catch anyone. Zangief is a regular in fighting tourneys around the world, where he fights to bring glory to his homeland and gets confused by the idea of kayfabe.

Despite his allegedly impressive resume, Udon mostly uses him to fill tourney slots and lose a lot.

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Strength

• Spinning Piledrivers a bear
• Spinning Piledrivers another bear
• Suplexes Ken
• Sends members of a crowd flying an impressive distance in all directions with a Double Lariat
• Sends several Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) flying
• KO's Sodom with a Double Lariat
• Scatters Geki ninja
• Throws Ken across the ring
• Sends Rainbow Mika & Sakura flying when they try to pin him
• Throws Rainbow Mika and El Fuerte in a combo attack
• Catches a Geki ninja out of the air and slams him into the gound
• Final Atomic Busters Dan Hibiki hard enough to crater the ground
• Slaps Rainbow Mika's ass

Durability

• Suplexed by Mike Haggar
• Takes Mika's Flying Peach
• Tanks Mika & Sakura's Double Daydream Headlock
• Takes Mika's Rainbow Hip Rush
• Tanks Mika's Moonsault Press
• Kicked over by Mika
• Tanks several of Ken's Hadokens
• Tanks El Fuerte's Flying Giga-Buster
• Unconcerned by a slash to the leg from a Geki Clan ninja

Fights

• Zangief vs. Haggar - Loss
• Zangief vs. Ken - Round 1 - Loss
• Zangief vs. Ken - Round 2 - Loss
• Zangief vs. Rainbow Mika - Loss
• Zangief vs. Rainbow Mika & Sakura vs. Dan Hibiki - Loss
• Zangief & Rainbow Mika vs. Sodom & E. Honda vs. Geki Clan - Formed a lasting personal friendship