Sep 26, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min · 16 segments
Rocky 3 marked a turn for the franchise. Not just for its lead star. But it marked the first time the series went from full on human drama emphasized by boxing. To a boxing movie with hints of drama…
This is it, man.
Love staying forever.
They stack the odds against us.
Budget on this was $17 million.
Box office, an astounding $270 million, and this was directed once again by Sylvester Stallone.
This is it, boys.
This is my end to this series.
This was my very first Rocky experience, was this film, and my God, I had a Clubber Lang standee.
I had boxing gloves for Christmas that year.
I had a speed bag.
This got me into Rocky.
Yep, this was it, and I think this was going to family gatherings and stuff like that, and it being on the TV or somebody putting in a VHS tape.
I had the Mr. T Bop It, to- the inflatable, like-
Oh, nice
... punch it down, it pops back up.
And of course, we'll get into it, but Thunder Lips, baby.
So between Mr. T, that, it being Rocky, I think this was the one that kind of had that broad appeal when family got together for a barbecue or holiday or whatever it was, that this just happened to be on.
I have to ask, since Matt, it, it appears our wrestling retrospective has been kinda put on hold for a bit, I, I have to get this question off my chest right off the bat.
Not to the degree of what it was.
I do think there would've been eventually some kind of big show for the WWF, but I don't think you get certainly that main event and all the exposure that came with that from the media to draw non-wrestling fans to it that it caused.
So I think the, the history of wrestling would be dramatically different without Sylvester Stallone of all people.
And it's so funny to watch this with the benefit of hindsight, 'cause looking at it in the vacuum that it came out in, there's so many just off-kilter ideas in here, especially in comparison to the first two.
This is it, man.
Love staying forever.
They stack the odds against us.
Budget on this was $17 million.
Box office, an astounding $270 million, and this was directed once again by Sylvester Stallone.
This is it, boys.
This is my end to this series.
This was my very first Rocky experience, was this film, and my God, I had a Clubber Lang standee.
I had boxing gloves for Christmas that year.
I had a speed bag.
This got me into Rocky.
Yep, this was it, and I think this was going to family gatherings and stuff like that, and it being on the TV or somebody putting in a VHS tape.
I had the Mr. T Bop It, to- the inflatable, like-
Oh, nice
... punch it down, it pops back up.
And of course, we'll get into it, but Thunder Lips, baby.
So between Mr. T, that, it being Rocky, I think this was the one that kind of had that broad appeal when family got together for a barbecue or holiday or whatever it was, that this just happened to be on.
I have to ask, since Matt, it, it appears our wrestling retrospective has been kinda put on hold for a bit, I, I have to get this question off my chest right off the bat.
Not to the degree of what it was.
I do think there would've been eventually some kind of big show for the WWF, but I don't think you get certainly that main event and all the exposure that came with that from the media to draw non-wrestling fans to it that it caused.
So I think the, the history of wrestling would be dramatically different without Sylvester Stallone of all people.
And it's so funny to watch this with the benefit of hindsight, 'cause looking at it in the vacuum that it came out in, there's so many just off-kilter ideas in here, especially in comparison to the first two.
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