The "Zangief Kid" Bully Caught on YouTube Explains Himself to the Internet

Casey Heynes, also known as the Zangief Kid, became an Internet hero when a YouTube video came out showing him pile drive a bully into submission.

Casey had already been interviewed by Australia’s A Current Affair, but now the bully from the video, Ritchard Gale, has come forward in an attempt to defend himself against the onslaught of Internet hate. He claims that not only did Casey taunt him first, but that he hit him prior to the video being recorded. He goes on to say that, like Casey, he has been the victim of bullying throughout his entire life.

Fight videos are quite common online, but it takes something special like Epic Beard Man’s age or Cheeseburger Josh’s bare ass to really make it big. Casey is just a kid, so his power slam is even more impressive, but Ritchard comes looking like a little punk getting what he deserves.

Gossip about schoolyard scraps used to be limited to the school in which it occured, but thanks to YouTube we now live in a world where a middle school fight in Australia can spread across the entire world. While Casey is immortalized as a kick-ass defender of justice, Ritchard will forever be known as the little rat looking kid that got what was coming to him. When future employers or love interests Google his name, they might stumble upon this video and have second thoughts. The Internet can be a truly unforgiving place, and unfortunately for kids, mistakes that used to disappear into the recesses of high school memories can now be immortalized on YouTube.