Former decorated Soviet freestyle wrestling champion Victor Zangiev returns to pro wrestling in 1994 with shootstyle fed UWFI. His dynamic pro & amateur work in the 80’s inspired the iconic Street Fighter 2 character Zangief. 🥇
For anyone interested in Victor Zangiev, this is a cool interview he did in 2019 discussing his career and unauthorized likeness in Street Fighter. web.archive.org/web/2019032907…
@vintagepuro That spinning Cattle Mutilation is nuts.
@vintagepuro @kotakmakan Wait, koo namanya sama kayak karakter Street Fighter? 🤔
@vintagepuro What is that submission called?
@vintagepuro Never seen Zangief do quite a lot of that.
@vintagepuro Where is the helicopter punches? Where is the spinning piledriver?
@vintagepuro Call me crazy, but I think he'd get over today.