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Capcom has produced hundreds of deadly warriors, but few can match these hulking leviathans: Mike Haggar and Zangief. Although they have never met in person (in canon anyway...) their rivalry is legendary, and it's time to settle it onece and for all.
Mike Haggar: Standing at 6 feet 7 inches and weighing 266 pounds is Mike Haggar! For many years Haggar was a champion wrestler before being elected Mayor of Metro City, overrun with gangs that he then took on himself.
His is a master of professional American wrestling, and his moveset includes grabs, holds, twists, ties, and submissions. He is of Scottish ancestry and probably knows Backhold Wrestling (where you bear-hug your opponent and keep your balance while overpowering theirs). Other notable moves include suplexes, piledrivers, body splashes, back flip drops, and the spinning clothesline lariat.
Though a master of unarmed combat, Haggar is well versed in the ways of a metal pipe which he uses as both a melee and projectile weapon. He trains by wrestling bullsharks, which can weigh up to 500 pounds and grow 11 feet long.
Zangief: Zangief is 7 feet tall and weighs 350 pounds. Zangief is a champion Russian wrestler who knows grabs, holds, and tie-ups. He also specializes in sambo, a combination of wrestling and martial arts. He rarely uses chokeholds, but his groundwork and grappling is second to none.
Some notable moves include the double lariat, spinning piledriver, atomic suplex, body splash, and banishing flat. He trains by wrestling ussuri brown bears, which can weight 1,500 pounds and are twice as large as grizzly bears.
Zangief is a Russian through and through. He puts his country ahead of personal gain, and has been chosen by the president to be Russia's official fighting representative. However, Zangief isn't exactly a master tactician, and fights by instinct.
After an ad from Netflix, IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
FIGHT!
Haggar and Zangief get into a Brawler Lock which ends when Zangief flips Haggar behind him. He tries to follow up but his moves are either blocked or dodged by Haggar, who tosses him onto the ground. Zangief gets up almost instantly and retaliates by smashing Haggar into the ground several times.
Haggar is then thrown several feet away. Spotting a pipe next to him, he picks it up and gets in a few hits, but Zangief counter attacks, sending Haggar into a building.
Unseen (the video showed the outside of the building with a shot that panned up), the fight moves up the floors of a building. Haggar and Zangief attempt to harm one another, but block each others' attacks. Zangief leaps at Haggar and the two crash through a window and fall to the ground.
A dust cloud picks up when they hit the street. As it clears, both fighters are visible on the ground, but only one gets up: Zangief.
K.O.!
Zangief and Haggar had similar movesets, Zangief had several distinct advantages. For one, Zangief has almost 100 pounds on Haggar, which is crucial in wrestling. Zangief is also 13 years younger than Haggar (meaning Zangief is in his physical prime, while Haggar is somewhat middle-aged), and has been training all his life without the distraction of a political career.
Oh, and on their training: while Haggar can wrestle with bullsharks as a hobby, the bears Zangief pushes around are about 3 times heavier, from which we can infer Zangief is much stronger than Haggar.
