| Death Battle Combatant | |
|---|---|
 The Mayor of Metro City | |
| Mike Haggar | |
| Origin | Final Fight (1989) |
| Company | Capcom |
| Appearance(s) | Haggar VS Zangief |
| “ | Drop me a line so I can visit your Hospital Room! | „ |
| ~ Mike Haggar |
Michael "Mike" Haggar is one of the main protagonists of the Final Fight series. He appeared in the fifth episode of DEATH BATTLE!, Haggar VS Zangief, where he fought against Zangief from the Street Fighter series.
History
For many years, Michael "Mike" Haggar was a champion wrestler of Slam Masters until being elected mayor of Metro city, a metropolis overrun with street gangs. He and his friends Guy and Cody took on the Mad Gear Gang when they kidnapped Mike's daughter after he refused to cooperate.
DEATH BATTLE! Info
Background
- Height: 200 cm / 6'7"
- Weight: 121 kg / 266 lbs.
- Fighting Style: American Wrestling & Scottish Backhold
- Mayor of Metro City, former wrestler
American Wrestling
- Grabs
- Holds
- Twists
- Quick Strikes
- Submissions
- Tie-Ups
Scottish Backhold
- Focused on Balance
- Grappling
- Pressure
- Sustained Grip
- No ground work involved
Notable Moves
- Suplex
- Piledriver
- Back Flip Drop
- Body Splash
- Spinning Clothesline Lariat
- Spinning Piledriver
Steel Pipe
- Favored melee weapon
- Decent Projectile
Bull Sharks
- 7-11 ft. long
- 500 lbs.
- Very dangerous
- Swims near shores often
- Wrestling demonstrates Scottish Backhold
Gallery
Sprite used in DEATH BATTLE!
Mike Haggar with Steel Pipe
Haggar doing a Suplex
Haggar doing a Body Splash
Haggar doing a Piledriver
Haggar doing a Spinning Clothesline Lariat
Add a photo to this galleryTrivia
- Haggar and his opponent are the second and third Capcom characters to appear, after Akuma, and with the next 22 being Felicia, Chun-Li, Dr. Wily, Blanka, M. Bison, Strider Hiryu, Ryu, Dan Hibiki, Mega Man, Dante, Cammy White, Ken Masters, Zero, Balrog, Vergil, Leon S. Kennedy, Frank West, Sigma, Mega Man X, Mega Man Volnutt, MegaMan.EXE and Star Force Mega Man.
- He is the first Capcom character to lose, with the next 16 being Felicia, Chun-Li, Dr. Wily, M. Bison, Ryu, Dan Hibiki, Mega Man, Cammy White, Ken Masters, Balrog, Vergil, Frank West, Sigma, Mega Man X, Mega Man Volnutt and Star Force Mega Man.
- While originating in Final Fight, Haggar is also from the Street Fighter series, since both games exist in the same universe, though he hasn't been playable in a single entry.
- Coincidentally, Final Fight was originally intended to be a sequel to the first Street Fighter game.
- Haggar's sprite was built off of Hulk's sprite from Capcom's Marvel fighting games.
- Haggar is the first Non-Fighting Game character to fight against a Fighting Game character, with the next eight being Yoshi, Thor, Pikachu, Guts, Hercule Satan, Captain Falcon, Black Canary and Machamp.
- He is the first non-Fighting Game character to lose, with the next one being Pikachu.
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