Street Fighter and Wrestling

How Professional Wrestling Influenced Street Fighter

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To start us off, hailing from Russia, we have the red cyclone himself, Zangief. Zangief would fight decked out in red wrestling trunks that would have made William Regal and Bryan Danielson proud!

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The main inspiration for the character was Victor Zangiev, a former soviet amateur grappler who turned pro and joined New Japan Pro Wrestling in 1989.

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There is Alex, an all-American tough dude from Street Fighter 3 whose persona was inspired by Hulk Hogan, including a pre-match shirt rip.

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