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Pretty sure most wrestling characters are either Mexican luchadores or Japanese sumo though?

Hulk is one of the biggest Pokemon fans.

>>6427059
Sumo is an entirely different thing. They have japanese pro wrestlers.

>>6427057
Yes, and thankfully so. Best American stereotype around.

>>6427057
You got a PROBLEM with that, LITTLE MAN?

>>6427117
UUUUUH
NUMBAH ONE
NUMBAH OOOOOOOOOONE

>Hugo

>>6427136
Hugo was from Germany.

Make him the strongest opponent

He's the biggest dime drawer of the history of the business, brotherjackdude

>>6427149
WCW was ducking amazing as fuck, until they booked it to hell and made NWO too big.

>>6427057
Agreed. Needs some more Big Show

>>6427059
nah sumo is an actual martial art and sport.

>>6427149
... What?

>>6427057

>>6427202
Alex is based on Chris Jericho, the greatest wrestler of all time.

>>6427230

>>6427230
>Alex is based on Chris Jericho, the greatest wrestler of all time.

Nobody knows who that is.

>>6427230

Nah. He's like a Hulk Hogan/Bret Hart fusion if anything. If he were modeled after Jericho, they would have probably put some lion iconography in there, as he wrestled under the name "Lionheart" in Japan.

WHEN IT COMES CRASHING DOWN AND IT HURTS INSIDE

Funny how the American in Darkstalkers is a catgirl, despite that being a thing mostly associated with Japan.

AHM COMIN FER YEW HOKOGAN

>>6427057
Are you just retarded or what?

>>6427057
I mean seriously... How limited is your knowledge?

don't worry I heard next games will feature fat shooters

Hulk Hogan was one of the most popular wrestlers in Japan before he ever became a huge star in America.

KWAB

>>6427191
>fat guys pushing each other
>actual martial art and sport

>>6427441

He was popular at the time, but I wouldn't say one of the most popular. He got his start in Japan, so he was still really inexperienced, and he also played a cowardly villain.

>>6427202
were they docking?

>>6427451
What the fuck is the sauce of this. It looks like some porn made in poser

WELL YA KNOW SOMETHIN' MEAN GENE, LATELY I'VE BEEN KICKIN' BACK WITH MY CRT, PLAYING REAL CLASSICS ON REAL HARDWARE, BROTHER, THINKIN THIS IS HOW ITS MEANT TO BE.
BUT THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF DUDES OUT THERE WHO CHEAT, AN AWFUL LOT OF DUDES LIKE THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN WHO ARE TOO CHEAP TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY - THEY USE EMULATORS, DUDE.
MILLION DOLLAR MAN - YOU HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD TO SET AN EXAMPLE, JACK, BUT YOU THROW IT ALL AWAY. ANY TIME YOU WANT TO TEST WHICH IS BEST, YOU BRING YOUR LITTLE FLASH CARTS OR YOUR BRING YOUR LITTLE ZIP FILES DUDE AND ME AND ALL THE HARDWARE USING, CARTRIDGE BLOWING HULKAMANIACS WILL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU HOW ITS DONE, BROTHER. YOU'LL BE STUNNED WHEN THE LARGEST ARMS IN THE WORLD PICK UP THE LARGEST CRT IN THE WORLD, AND WHEN THE PYTHONS WRAP AROUND THE NES ADVANTAGE, JACK.
WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN HULK HOGAN GETS HIS DAD TO HELP HOOK UP HIS CONTROL DECK ON YOUUUUUUUUUUuuuu

>>6427486
How fucking new are you that you don't know what fucking Tekken looks like? The same retard OP who's only ever seen SF3?

I usually notice more Stan Hansen clones in Jap games than Hogan.

>>6427057
That's literally just World Heroes and Dead or Alive, and the latter isn't even 2D.

>>6427616
No, you fucking don't.

Andre the Giant is the bigger inspiration imo.

>>6427057
There's a good variety for American characters. Even just looking at Street Fighter 2 alone, you've got a military man, a boxer, and a karate champ.

Hulk characters are great though, glad that's a thing. Hulk actually wrestled in New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 1980-1985.

>>6427734
Bass is clearly Macho Man

>>6427057
>Japanese fighting game
>needs a Chinese
>uhhhh make them Bruce Lee
>make them a clone of Bruce Lee

>>6427734
Alex from Street Fighter III is inspired by the Hulkster.

>>6427783
No he isn't.

>>6427782

>>6427753
You mean Mike "Bison"?

>>6427782
>in b4 that scene from once upon a time in Hollywood.

>>6427792
I mean Boxer

>>6427786
He is though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nZDHNlToLI

>>6427802
Not at all. Are your eyes operational?

>>6427782
I've always liked Bruce Lee clones

>>6427782

Not a playable character, but they made this art.
https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/column-130189

>>6427803
It's not a 100% recreation, but he takes some inspiration from him. Like that intro is referencing Hulk vs Andre at Wrestlemania III.

>>6427501
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEIzkLr7JzQ

>>6427057
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HoaxHogan

>>6427236
>name is literally Hugo Andore
>Andore

>>6428219
Is that the Legion of Doom guy up top? Didn’t he jump up the stage at one point because he was depressed?

>>6428226
Yeah it's clearly Hawk, I don't know what you mean by "jump up the stage" and I've not seen the Dark Side of the Ring special on them yet.

>>6428232
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6jsi8

>>6428219
Fuckin nice!
>Hulk Hogan
>Bruiser Brody
>Road Warrior Hawk
>Abdullah the Butcher
Top quality cover.

>>6428245
It was clearly a work, Droz pushed him backwards and he likely landed on padding off screen.

>>6428247
>go into locker room
>get fucking stabbed

>>6428245
IIRC people hated that angle and WWE let them go shortly after. They made Hawk a drunk and drug user in story for some reason.

>>6428258
Didn’t Droz get paralyzed?

>>6428267
Yeah but before that he was a 3rd member of the LoD or someshit

>>6427057
Hogan was big in Japan(he was the ichiban), altough he wasn't the first "American wrestler clone" in a 2D fighter, Raiden of Fatal Fury was Vader.

>>6427348
>WAAAAAAH

>>6427057
Best Hulkster in fighting games. His daughter is hot, too.

Raiden from Fatal Fury is based on Vader
Zangief from Street Fighter is based on Victor Zangiev
Craig Marduk from Tekken is based on Goldberg
Sledge Hammer from Wrestle War is based on Bruiser Brody
Killbane from Saints Row is based on Santo

Any other wrestler characters that anyone think of that are based on real wrestlers?

>>6428226

>>6428603
Hugo from SF3/Final Fight is Andre the Giant

>>6428603
king is tiger mask

>>6428263

I think he was actually an alcoholic, which just made the angle so much more depressing.
they did the same with Scott Hall, make his alcoholism an angle.

>>6427820

whatcha gonna do when the 24 inch pythons run wild on you

>>6427057
>american fighter is not a wrestler
>he's an american indian instead

>>6427117
looks nothing like hulk, lex luger maybe

>>6427236
no man andrevthe giant is in final fight and is literally named andore

One of the Fire Pro games also had Cactus Jack

>>6427431
also, looks nothing like hogan

>>6428725
they changed him for the sequels, probably because the likeness was too exact. also they made the bruce lee clone be from korea even though that makes no sense

>>6428729
if we want to drag in actual wrestling games we have a lot of material to cover

>>6427926
It'll always tickle me that "andore" is obviously a poorly romanized version of what's supposed to just be "Andre" but it stuck.

>>6427117

The prime example of the token American in a Japanese fighting game is literally based on a Nazi though.

>>6428862
Best fucking look

>>6428465
But bass is RANDY!

>>6428638
Where can I get this?

>>6428603
Astro/Scorpion from Saturday Night Slammasters is based on Tinieblas.

>>6432063
Sheep/Grater is also based on Vader

>>6427782
No, they always go for the kenpo girl first, THEN the Bruce Lee clone, then the old martial arts master. Maybe an assassin guy if they're feeling particularly creative.

>>6428628
Krauser from Fatal Fury is also based on Tiger Mask, although without the actual mask.

>>6428614
Can't believe you didn't post this with that image anon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcUgs18QB4o

>>6428603
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94nQlZ_Y-S8
Jushin Liger (the wrestler) is based on Jushin Liger (the anime).

>>6428728
Hugo is literally the same character as Andore, His name is Hugo Andore and poison is his manager

>>6432023
just google double dragon reloaded alternative

>>6433418
Thanks, brother!

>>6427501

>>6427460
Sumo actually had a huge influence on Smash Bros. Smash is based on ringing out your opponent because it appeals to japanese players and it can spread interest in a traditional japenese art (same reason taiko no tatsujin tought an entire generation of kids and gaijin to play the taiko drum).

>>6432123
Wasn't Krauser based off of Ravishing Rick Rude?

>>6434342
>Ray Charles
>Hulk Hogan
>Dolph Lundgren
>Mr. T
Based character sources.

This thread has soul

>>6427192
Austin is an absolute midget compared to Hulk business wise and legacy wise. Hulk Hogan is responsible for the TWO biggest fucking boom periods in wrestling, once as a face and once as a heel. The dude is untouchable and everyone else is just fighting for third place (since Hulk is first and second)

>>6427462
Literally every part of this post is wrong. He worked as a face in japan, was huge there to the point he was made the first IWGP heavyweight champion after beating Antonio Inoki when nobody beat Antonio Inoki.

>>6428862
IDK, Polneraff isn't a Nazi

>>6435063

Austin made more money for himself and the company selling shirts than Hogan ever did as a draw. Even Vince has said that Austin is pretty much the best of all time in terms of character and drawing power, but you can sit there with your opinion.

>>6435071

Dude, if you didn't know Hogan worked as a heel in Japan, I don't know what to tell you. Methinks you need to watch more old clips and read less Wikipedia.

Hulk Hogan is somehow still alive after spending the 80's and 90's high on coke and abusing steroids. Most of the 80's wrestlers have died already.

>>6435116
nah, Polnareff inspired Benimaru, even the clothes are similar.

And that's why he played the evil Thunderlips in Rocky 3, because till then he was a heel.

So marvel co-owns the "Hulk Hogan" character strangely enough. Look at old wrestling things and you'll see a marvel copyright on them. Why? Well if he just called himself "Hulk Hogan" he would be safe. "Hulk" is a generic word and pre-dates the marvel character. But they called him "The Incredible Hulk Hogan" originally, and I believe he had donned green for a while in his early days (might be wrong, can't remember). So that's enough for Marvel to co-own him.

https://www.cinemablend.com/pop/2475914/why-hulk-hogan-had-to-pay-royalties-to-marvel-for-20-years

>>6435183
No shit Vince overpraises Austin's impact given he was his bitchboy for his entire career, unlike Hogan who actually had the balls to tell him to fuck off, left and was just as successful elsewhere. Hogan's heel turn can be credited with starting another wrestling boom. Austin's heel run can be credited for ending one.

>>6435318
>Austin's heel run can be credited for ending one.

Austin became a heel?!

>>6435272
It's Hollywood hulk hogan or Mr. America

>>6435337
Yeah when he joined up with Vince. It was in 2001 or 2002, can't remember the exact year.

>>6434460
>soul
You mean charm?

>>6435367
Hollywood Hulk Hogan was a 90s thing where they tried to turn him into a heel and it blew up in their faces spectacularly. "The Incredible Hulk Hogan" was an early 80s thing.

>>6435425
>tried to turn him into a heel and it blew up in their faces spectacularly

Are you fucking retarded? Hollywood and the NWO were the most over gimmick in wrestling history, and shot WCW from being second fiddle straight to eclipsing WWF in ratings

Hogan turning heel was literally the dawn of the attitude era that Vince thinks he deserves credit for

>>6435425

What? Hollywood Hogan was a huge success, wtf are you talking about?

>>6435183

True Hogan and Stone Cold were both bootlicking rats though.

>>6435193
No amount of 'watching old clips' is going to change the fact that for most of his time in Japan Hogan was a face.

>>6435425
>Hollywood Hulk Hogan was a 90s thing where they tried to turn him into a heel and it blew up in their faces spectacularly.
You're a fucking idiot.

>>6435446
You're kidding right? Hogan started the beginning of the end for WCW with the fingerpoke of doom. Hell all the guys who had the creative control clause in their contracts (Hogan, Nash, etc.) became a cancer that slowly killed WCW. Stone Cold was undoubtedly the most over wrestler in the monday night wars.

>>6435379
Mania 17, 2001. You had it right.

>>6436976
Yeah the finger poke was fucking long after they started Hollywood Hogan, that gimmick and the nWo had already been over as fuck and drawing stupid dimes before the finger poke. Learn your history before making a dumbass out of yourself, dumbass.

Dimes

>>6427460
>reductio ad absurdium
Try again.

>>6427779
Bass is more Kevin Nash, they even got him to play Bass in the "movie"

>Japanese 2D fighting game
>needs Koreans
>uhhhh criminals?

>>6435116
That was Strolheim my dude

>>6438064

Hell no, Bass is totally based on NWO Hulk Hogan, but.. wearing the late 90s leather Macho Man outfit. (waddup maaaaaaach)

Tom Anderson

>Ain't you them kids that have been whackin' off in muh toolshed?

>>6438068
Kim is JUSTICE personified, though?

>>6438540
>(waddup maaaaaaach)
OOOOOOH YEEEEEEAH!

there are people ITT who never snapped into a Slim Jim

>>6427501
Legit great post, well done anon

>>6438068
my man chang is not a criminal.
Choi is probably a serial killer though.

>>6437094
That was also when he started doing the "What?" chant and it resulted in the most annoying chant ever.

>>6427057
Hulk Hogan sucks, but he is the most recognizable wrestler in the entire world, as well as being the most iconic. He is basically wrestling's version of Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson.

>>6427057
SNK:
>Terry Bogard
>Andy Bogard
>Geese Howard
>Blue Mary
>Duck King
>Rock Howard
>Ralf and Clark
>Heavy-D
>Jack Turner
>Big Bear/Raiden

Capcom:
>Ken Masters
>Guile
>Balrog
>Alex
>Charlie
>Felicia

Guilty Gear:
>Sol Badguy
>Chipp Zanuff
>Johnny

Eternal Champions:
>Larcen Tyler
>Xavier Pendragon
>The Senator
>Dawson McShane

Tekken
>Paul Phoenix
>Marshall Law
>Bryan Fury
>Michelle Chang
>Julia Chang

Dead or Alive:
>Zack
>Tina Armstrong

Literally the only two characters in that entire list that fit the discription are Big Bear from Fatal Fury and Tina Armstrong from DOA

>>6435337
He was also a heel during the wcw invasion era.

>>6442375
>Hulk Hogan sucks, but he is the most recognizable wrestler in the entire world, as well as being the most iconic. He is basically wrestling's version of Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson.
Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson are actually good at what they do so maybe there's a better analogy

>>6444563
hogan was pretty great when he did his japanese run, he's actually a good wrestler. and thats what makes him so bad, he can wrestle but he's just a lazy asshole

>>6444563
Hulk Hogan is good at entertaining and making matches watchable. But Hulk Hogan in real life sucks. If you've seen any videos of Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man, the way they speak about Hulk Hogan, they'll tell you straight up that he's a bad person. The N-word nearly destroyed Hogan's career too.

>>6444651
Hogan didn't get lazy, Vince just pushed for big guys to keep a very limited moveset, he thought giants weren't supposed to do anything more than their finisher basically.

>>6427441
Is that the reason why nearly every American character in Japanese media is exclusively blond haired with blue eyes, even though this phenotype is not at all common in the US?

>>6444854
>Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man

Warrior was a nutjob, he hated everything. and Macho Man was.. beyond autistic.
Try listening to some shoots, they don't talk bad about Macho but the guy was living in his own head.

Don't get me wrong, I love all three of these as entertainings and I know Hogan only cares about himself. but Warrior and Macho were fucking weirdos.

Here's a good interview with Macho's brother, who never swallowed the "I'm a god" pill that so many of these guys do.

https://youtu.be/H0CvBNooStU 0:55

>>6427486
Tekken ending movie after you complete Arcade mode with Law

>>6442993
>Big Bear
Except that Big Bear was based off of Vader not Hulk Hogan.

>>6445276
Yep. They're all basically homages to Hulk Hogan / Mr. America.

>>6445582
>Mr. America.

That was actually Superstar Billy Graham, or Sting.

>>6445582
>Hulk Hogan / Mr. America.
Get this tinfoil hat bullshit out of here. That could be ANY wrestler with a blonde handlebar mustache.

>>6442993
Alex from SF3 is kinda like Hogan, especially in his vs. Hugo intro.

Plus I would argue that Hogan is the main reason why Japs think all American fighters have bright yellow hair.

>>6445289
Warrior is not nutjob. Everything he said made perfect sense in his YouTube videos. Hulk Hogan acts more autistic than the Macho Man, always trying to hog the spotlight especially whenever Macho Man wins the world title.

>>6445276
Partly, our movies featured that phenotype a lot and we used to have so many German families people thought we'd become a German colony.

This thread is just ravishing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah-eFQFc4rs

nWo > dx

>>6435183
>not just replying with another "what?"

>>6445289
>Calls Randy autistic
>listens to fucking LANNY POFFO

Jesus, man.

>>6446123

I've heard people say that he might have actually been portrayed by more than one guy, and the one at the end was none other than a roided up Randy Hogan

>>6427059
There's so much dumb crazy shit and lore in Mexican wrestling that I'm surprised they don't get referenced too much in fighting games. Like the first things that come to my mind is Saturday Night Slam Masters(Fucking GREAT game which also has a Hulk Hogan clone) and King in Tekken who's a mix of Tiger Mask(a Japanese manga that inspired several wrestlers) and Fray Tormenta(a Mexican wrestler)

>>6427336
well the zombie is Australian despite that being some kind of Haitian thing

>>6427782
>needs a Chinese girl
>qipao
>two buns hairstyle
>works in the restaurant

>>6446969
I disagree. DX had the better gimmick, a smaller group, the better theme music and better variety of t-shirts. Heck I still have the original Two Words Suck It t-shirt, the X-Wave t-shirt, the Barcode t-shirt and the DX Jersey. I also have the DX Denim jacket. The only nWo t-shirt I own is the original nWo t-shirt from WCW(not the WWE version).

>>6427792
>>6427798
It's Vega, the boxer in Vegas.

>>6427782
>>6427790
>>6427806
>>6427820
Bruce Lee clones are always based and welcomed.
It's basically a recreation of all the movie clones of him in real life.

>>6428603
>>6428628
King is based on Tiger Mask and this guy. They're both masked Mexican luchadores who are also priests and support orphanages.

>>6428640
>American fighter is an American Indian
>his stage is a photo of literal actual India

>>6438068
Classic Japan, I'm surprised they made Kim is a good guy. Probably why when Street Fighter made Juri as their first Korean rep, they made her evil.

>>6447742
Tiger Mask supported an orphanage.

>>6428640
>>6447758
>Need a Mexican Indian character
>looks like an American indian anyway

>>6447776
I know but I don't think he was ever a priest

>>6447682
I love those

Isn't Guile supposed to know wrestling too

>Japanese 2D fighting game
>needs a Jap
>uhhhh make them a karate master
>make them a clone of Ryu

>>6448313
>make them fuckawesome
>make MIZOGUCHI

>>6448313
The Street Fighter cast themselves are based on various anime and movie archetypes.

>>6433764
Back in the days before the World Wildlife Fund hogged the copyright to the initials.

>>6427059
You do know that Japan has a huge pro wrestling scene, right? And has had one for decades?

>>6447682
Why change perfection?

>>6448313
>uhhhh make them a judo fighter
>make them a clone of Ryoko Tamura
SNK did it, Data East did it. A whole popular anime and manga was based on her.
You could argue Capcom did it with at least some of their schoolgirl characters.

>>6448313
>>6448327
Ryu was based on an old manga called Karate Baka. Both were based on Mas Oyama who influenced fucking tons of karate tropes since the 60's, basically credited with popularizing karate to a modern audience.
What's funny is that this was all done by a Korean man who grew up in China.

>>6448438
So like the only time a Korean did something good in Japan?

>>6448327
Karin and Sakura are basically Ace o Neware
Chi blasts are everywhere in anime and any wuxia and martial arts movie or novel to come out of the Sinosphere, but apparently the hadoken was inspired by the wave motion gun in Space Battleship Yamato

>>6448412
>Ryoko Kano (嘉納 亮子, Kanō Ryōko) is a character in the Fighter's History series. Like Ryoko from World Heroes, she is based on the real life Judo world champion, Ryoko Tani. Her story also takes inspiration from the manga Yawara!.
>based on the real life Judo world champion, Ryoko Tani

>>6448618
What are you trying to say with this post.

>>6448618
>Ryoko Tani (谷 亮子, Tani Ryōko, née Tamura (田村), born September 6, 1975) is a retired Japanese female judoka and a politician.
>Ryoko Tani (谷 亮子, Tani Ryōko, née Tamura (田村), born September 6, 1975) is a retired Japanese female judoka
If you're trying to say that's a different person, Tamura was her maiden name because she was like 15 and later married and changed it to Tani.
Learn to use your words.

>>6448412
>>6448438
>>6448506
Cool stuff.

>>6427057
>we need a Japanese inspired mech fighter
>none of the Japanese franchises know how to do it
>It takes Western dev Rare to give us one

>>6448770
Are you retarded? Cyberbots is an entire game of mech fighters.

>>6448770
I thought he was based on the predator yautja armor thing.

>>6448784
It's obviously predator, Rare watched the same movies the MK guys did

>>6448319
Mizoguchi is basically an Otokojuku character

>>6427782
Aren't most 'Chinese' characters usually from Hong Kong or Taiwan, though?

>>6428725
He's literally just Hulk without his mustache

>>6448412
>based her on a real life real world flesh and blood currently out and about walking around literal actual 16 year old girl
>give her gigantic bouncing knockers
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh can I get a BASED?

>>6448319
I might remember wrong, but isn't the story behind Mizoguchi that he's from a line of octopus fishers, he dropped out of school to pursue martial arts, and then grew up to become a janitor for the same school he dropped out of? That's so fucking hilarious and Data East, if true.

>>6448854
You're very good at this, I want to watch you play the anime/manga category in quiz nanairo dreams.

>>6448915
Judo girls tend to have giant knockers.

>>6448987
They also have hairy pits and long, dark labia.

>>6448998
No they don't.

>>6448957
Looks based

>>6448784
One of Fulgore's No Mercy finishers is also a reference to the ED 209 turret from Robocop.

>>6448506
>apparently the hadoken was inspired by the wave motion gun in Space Battleship Yamato
That explains why it was called the Hurricane Punch.

>>6447783
T.Hawk is actually from the states. He had to flee to Mexico after Bison destroyed his homeland.

>>6448987
This is true.

>>6450167
There are Native Americans in Mexico too, anyways.

>>6435063
I want to agree with you but Austin literally made way more money for the franchise than HH, The Rock and a lot of the other biggest guys put together, that was the real boom, you just liked Hogan better.

>>6434342
Ok boomer

>>6450661
Well yeah but T.Hawk is clearly meant to be a plains native. He's tall as shit with a huge roman nose wearing feathers and denim lol, his name is Thunder Hawk.
The only character more stereotypical in the SF2 cast is probably Dhalsim.