The History of The Four Grand-Masters ! - A Street Fighter Character Documentary (1987 - 2022) 

Saw my artwork in the thumbnail, had to watch. Thanks for the credit, awesome video.

Balrog sitting at the computer typing while wearing his boxing gloves is the best thing ive ever seen

Hello! Hey that artwork of M.Bison on 53:30 is my fanart! 😁 I'm glad you liked it, I really like your channel! Cheers

What's crazy is that Mike Tyson never heard of any of these characters until Street Fighter 5 was out and because somebody told him about this story

8:17 balrog is an educated scientist who programs all of shadowlou’s computers with boxing gloves on

Long live Shadaloo ! The four heavenly kings were always my favorite roster of characters to play as.

As a die hard Street Fighter fan, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Learned quite a bit more about these guys. Very well done bro 👏👏👏

Being hit by Sagat's Tiger uppercut for the first time at the arcade was so demoralizing. The damage was so unfair...and fear.

FUN FACT: Wes Studi is only 5’10”😬 It doesn’t matter though because it was perfect casting for Sagat at the time.

I always had the hardest time against Vega over the other bosses.

I personally find Vega (Claw) the hardest of the four. God I hate fighting him!

I saw the pic of what appears to be Balrog beating Dudley. I can't see that happening

Sagat was always a mystery to me except as the fight before Bison. What a cool story arc he has.

Alex was Hulk Hogan. That's why if you pair him up against Hugo, they would do the stand off from Wrestlemania. Hugo was Andre the giant

I give you credit man, you go out of your way to make these videos. I've never my life seen such an in-depth, deep video about fictional arcade video game characters like this before. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it's actually quite impressive. Im so old I remember seeing the very first Street Fighter arcade game and was blown away when Street Fighter 2 was released, and I've seen the Street fighter 2 animated movie that had Vega fight Chun-Li, and I've seen the god-awful live action one. And I've played the games up until Street fighter EX plus alpha on the PS1. But even after all of that I still didn't know all the details of these characters as your showing here. Nice job my man!

I respect M.Bison.....diverse work force, he was ahead of his time lol....take notes NFL!

When i learned balrogs moves i became almost unstoppable with him.underated character

Raul Julia's performance was Bison's best. the entire scene that lead to "For me it was Tuesday" is just too good.

Pete Holmes did some fun Street Fighter comedy skits, and one pokes at the often-overlooked angles about Vega being weird is the fact that he's the first one (I know of, at least) allowed to use a weapon in the street fighting tournament.

I still remember walking into the tilt(name of the arcade back then) back in the early 90's to see this game called mortal kambat that I kept hearing about from my friend's in school but while checking out the mk game I kept hearing from the back of the arcade something that kept yelling out the words that sounded like ha-do-ken!! It was so distracting that I had to go check it out and there it was. Street fighter2.. I was like what is this? I've never even heard of sf1 and after that day my life changed forever.

6:35 I always took his ending as the explanation for *how* he ran Shadoloo into the ground, he just spent all his time in charge living a ludicrously opulent lifestyle.

Always dropping great content man, definitely enjoying these Street Fighter history vids bro.

For me, it was Tuesday

Playing SFII is like being in Bruce Lee movies. You vs. 8 World Warriors = Enter the Dragon You vs. 3 Grand Masters = Game of Death You vs. M. Bison = The Big Boss

This was so cool to have multiple bosses and is still a great way to do fighting games and action games.

Vega/Claw is so misunderstood. You all need to give that man a chance and see his vision.

There's no question Balrog, aka M. Bison was based on Mike Tyson. That's not up for speculation. Go look at the World Warriors SFII stage select scene and it's literally Mike Tyson's face with the pointy hairline. Capcom changed his face in Champion Edition tho.

Balrog doesn’t get enough credit for typing whilst wearing boxing gloves.

There's a reason why Vega and M.Bison's theme songs are PTSD fuel...

I grew up playing Street Fighter Thanks for uploading this video

Long alive Top Hat Gaming guy he is history in himself underground legend of gaming

Says balrog and Tyson have the same hairstyle but then shows a picture where the two have different hairlines and haircuts 😂

I came for Balrog. He is the first character I ever got really good with. I especially love him on Alpha 3

Well I never. I always thought it was Dan's father that severely damaged Sagats eye.

So, Sagat was the inspiration for Doppo in the Baki series, right? Just opened my eyes😄

Blarog was based on mike tyson. In the japanese version, he is actually m bison. They changed it to balrog is the us version to avoid being sued.

30:30 - Sagat is actually a very defensive fighter. He can spam fireballs forcing opponents to close the distance. Where he can then counter with a tiger uppercut or use his insanely long reach.

Thanks for the amazing content I’ve dreamed of as a youngin

Sagat went from stereotypical 80s villian to Ryu's sparing partner and sometime homie

M. Bison needs his own game

I'm still trying to figure out the style of boxing Balrog does

Why didn't you compare the photo of the original street fighter 2 Balrog? The image was spot on.

Damn, this guy really hates Alex. Never misses an opportunity to dunk on him.

Going to friends to watch this right now! Are we going to get a complete history of the street fighter story soon?

I remember as a kid seeing Sagat for the first time,and telling all my mates in the playground... of course no one believed me🤫😃🤣

With respect to SF, first time mind blown: being able to play mirror matches. Second time mind blown: being able to play as these 4.

Never heard of the Fire Hydrant handle for Mike Tyson..I heard of Kid Dynamite tho.

"A expert who programs all of Shadaloo's computer systems" - while wearing boxing gloves lol

Awesome stuff, good video for hungover Sunday for me. Thank you!

Top work mate!

Back then these 4 grand masters cost me quite a few quarters at the arcade. Those were the times...

I broke controllers trying to beat Sagat. Good times

I like the content that you & Lady Decade provide.

Great vid, I watched half and will watch the rest tomorrow

When I was a kid Vega was the hardest to fight against and was my favorite to play as

Vega/ Claw was a very frustrating character to fight against. Imagine you are both leveled for about 10% energy left. Vega takes to the fence and then goes for the Izuna drop, sometimes the arcade would literally pull you mid-flight out if a dragon punch or flash kick. Now bear in mind you just lost with your last 50p credit 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

Lol. Nobody ever knew Tyson as "the fire hydrant" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This Guy is my 90s History teacher...in fighting game

Bison's Pyscho Crusher appears to have came from Hokuto no Ken.

Enjoyed the hell out of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After hearing Rayu and Chan Li instead of Ryu and Chun Li I could not go on...still thumbs up for your work and passion mate.

2:50 - Ali was old (and probably showing some signs of Parkinsons) by the time Spinks fought him. Long-time boxing fan, here.

When I first saw Sagat, I was thinking of Tong Po from Kickboxer

I find didn’t know Ming na wen was chun li

8:18 - Yes, that's Balrog operating a computer terminal with boxing gloves on. Science.

@6:03 " My fith have your blood of them." 🤣🤣 I know you read it like that, too.

Balrog is mike tyson. He was called M.Bison at the base. Vega was called Balrog and Bison was called Vega. Iirc, tyson wanted to sue capcom for it.

They are still great to fight against. Let's all forget about the 94 live action movie.

I did not know the SF movie was a success!! All this time, I thought it was a Super Mario Bros. level box office bomb!

Wooofff that was a tall order, but I watched it all. Good Stuff.

can u do a video on gen

Sagat connection to DAN made respect Dan a little more.

Imagine a retired veteran shaved hair Badr Hari interpretatig Sagat in a movie

legend says that balrog go toe to toe with gandalf for 3 days ,before meeting his end

8:18 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 HE GOT ON BOXING GLOVES WHILE UPDATING THE NORTON SECURITY SETTINGS OF THE 'EVIL COMPUTER'

Vega: not for us Clawr: whatever…

2:33 “the fire hydrant” im a tyson fan and ive never heard of him being called that lol

I never noticed how much SF V “borrowed” from the Orochi/NEST saga. Bison basically became a SNK boss. He moved like Rugal. Crazy.

Respect for pronouncing Ryu and Sagat correctly

Vega (claw) usually ruined my perfect runs in SNES's SF2 Turbo. Finally got passed him without getting hit then got hit by M. Bison (dictator).

28:49, I always thought Sagat was named after Bob Sagat

LOL I’ll never forget Sagat in SF2. There was a different name we had for him I remember but it still rhymes 😏. Hint it had to do with him liking it in the back door LOL

Sf lore is awesome thanks for this :)

Balrog was definitely Iron Mike

Always thought they were referred to as 'The Four Heaven Kings' but 👌!

It was confirmed Mike Bison was based of Mike Tyson back in the 90s

I loled at your intro

Vega was known as the Spanish Ninja? Weird, I vaguely remember the game manual of turbo describing him as "the demon of the cage" (which hints at his original name, Balrog).

R.I.P Raul Julia He played. M,bison In the street fighter movie. That was the last movie he did.he really died at the end of that movie.

The names for these characters in American version is perfect

Balrog is also missing a tooth like mike

This was the heyday of the truly varied Street Fighter character roster. Nowadays Capcom has kinda taken on this low key fetish for blonde blue-eyed characters. For instance, even characters who were formerly brunette were changed to blonde, such as Cody and even the Asian master of Guy named Zeku. In like manner, only one of the New Challengers from Super Street Fighter II was retained. So Cammy the blonde blue-eyed white girl is in Street Fighter 5 but the Asian, the indigenous American Indian and the black Jamaican were all unceremoniously excluded.

What’s that balrog theme version I hear in the background sounds amazing

I still want to know what happens to sagat in the street fighter 2 anime. Bison tells him to deal with cammy and that is the last you see or hear about him.

Great video!!

Wes Studi was a great Sagat. Im sure hes a big guy in real life.

The four grandmasters that akuma could easily fuck up without going full power

Street Fighter 2 series and Street Fighter 3 along with the Marvel Vs Capcom releases. The Dreamcast will always have the best Street Fighter 3 and the MVC games. The Saturn Versions of the Marvel Capcom games are also hands down the best. I play Dreamcast with Akura Box and Saturn on my 40 inch CRT TV with SVIDEO.

All these years I always wanted to know why the boxing gloves to o no holds fight lol

I always love the skull in the sky in alpha