Edited sentence: As the game's development progressed his backstory was changed entirely.Designed by Akira Yasuda, Zangief was initially conceived as a character named "Vodka Gobalsky", planned to be strong in all attributed but extremely slow.Early designs of the character closely resembled the character's finalized appearance, but with the addition of a black tanktop and anchor tattoo on his upper arms.Later in development, his named was changed to Zangief, with the initial storyline that he was banned from professional wrestling for breaking the rules, currently engaging in underground wrestling