Biff Slamkovich

**Alexsey Zalazof,** better known as Biff Slamkovich, is a Russian professional wrestler and a playable character from *Muscle Bomber*/*Slam Masters* as a main protagonist.

### Aliases

Aleksey Zalazof (Japanese ver.)
Red Lion

### Relatives

Gunloc (friendly rival)
Mike Haggar (trainer)
Zangief (friend)
Victor Ortega (boss)

### Affiliation

Capcom Wrestling Association
Hyper Cannons

## Story

Biff Slamkovich debuted in the first game of the *Slam Masters* series under the name *Saturday Night Slam Masters* and ended his last appearance in the second game called *Ring of Destruction*. After the end of the release of *Super Muscle Bomber*, Capcom ended the Slam Masters saga that shares the events of Street Fighter, and Slamkovich never appeared again in the following games.

In *Saturday Night Slam Masters*, Biff Slamkovich appears as the top superstar of the Capcom Wrestling Association (CWA) federation alongside his rival and tag team partner Gunlock. His story begins after the disappearance of the founder and first champion of the CWA Victor Ortega, and his disappearance left several fighters worried about his absence, as soon as there was a vacancy for the title of champion of the company and an invasion of a competing wrestling promotion. by the Blood Wrestling Association (BWA) under the leadership of Scorpion (The Astro). Biff and his CWA colleagues clashed with the invaders and only the Russian wrestler had a chance of defeating Scorpion under the vacant CWA title. After defeating the leader of the BWA and Biff being declared the new champion of the company, Victor Ortega soon returns to the ring claiming to want the belt back and challenges Slamkovich in the next event.

After the closing of *Saturday Night Slam Masters*, Victor Ortega returns to the rings after 1 year away and announces the main event known in Japan as *Super Muscle Bomber: The International Blowout* that brings together a partnership of the Brutal Wrestling Association with his Capcom Wrestling Association. He also announced that he will face defending CWA Champion Biff Slamkovich in the main event. In the main event that took place at *Ring of Destruction: Slam Master II*, Biff Slamkovich was challenged and entered into a match against the head of the federation Victor Ortega for the CWA belt, and the match ends Slamkovich defending his title defeating Victor Ortega, thus the *Slam Masters* saga ends.

## Personal life

Biff is a fan of his musical genre, American heavy metal.

Slamkovich shares a close friendship with his tag team partner and rival, Gunloc. Both got to know each other well early in their careers and began their training at the CWA Dojo under the tutelage of Mike Haggar.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Sunset Splash* (Rolling over the shoulder arm drag)
* **Signature moves**
	+ Backbreaker
	+ Brainbuster
	+ Diving crossbody
	+ Diving elbow drop
	+ Kneeling reverse piledriver
	+ Lariat
	+ Multiple kick variations
		- *Leg Cracker* (Rolling koppu)
		- Missile drop
		- Roundhouse
		- Shoot
	+ Multiple suplex variations
		- Belly-to-back
		- Northern Lights
		- Vertical
	+ Punching combination

## Trivia

* In the Japanese version for *Muscle Bomber* games, Biff Slamkovich is called Aleksey Zalazof.

* The character's appearance is similar to Alex from *Street Fighter III*.
	+ He is mentioned in the game when the ring announcer informs that there will be a match between Biff Slamkovich and Hugo.
* Possibly, Biff Slamkovich is one of Zangief's friends as they are both from the same country. After he loses a match, he mentions the name of the Russian character from the *Street Fighter* series

* The character's fighting moves are based on sambo and karate.

* Because they are sparring partners, his tag team partner Gunloc shares the same finishing move as him.