Balrog is not satisfied with this, however, and forms a new get-rich-quick scheme. However, when Bison makes his return with the construction of his new body, Balrog is immediately brought back into the organization, hired by Bison to guard Bison's replacement bodies, which Balrog refers to as "dolls". After the fall of Shadaloo, Balrog was back on the streets, working menial jobs (such as casino security, as seen in his Street Fighter IV intro cutscene). Unfortunately, he ended up running the entire organization into the ground in no time. When Bison was killed at the hands of Akuma, ownership of Shadaloo was transferred to the former prize fighter. When the Psycho Drive exploded, Balrog realized that he had not been paid recently. Birdie told him about the Psycho Drive, and Balrog agreed to help him find it, thinking he could make money from it. Although he did not know why, Balrog went anyway. In one mission, Balrog was sent to terminate Birdie. While running errands for Bison, he killed Dhalsim's elephant with a single Gigaton Punch. He was banned from boxing for permanently injuring his opponents and accidentally killing one (as well as his illegal maneuvers, particularly his headbutt), so he joined the Shadaloo criminal organization, and worked his way up from the bottom, eventually becoming M. In Street Fighter IV the word "Champion" appears in its place.īalrog was once a great boxing champion and prize fighter. In certain illustrations, his Japanese name, "Bison", can be seen on the waistband of his trunks, although it's usually removed when these illustrations are published outside Japan.
The hair is similar to Mike Tyson's haircuts from the time Street Fighter II was made. His hairstyle consists of short hair in what appears to be wide cornrows. He wears red boxing gloves and boxing shoes.
Balrog wears blue boxing trunks with white trim and a torn white shirt under a blue tank top.