Who won the movie
Sylvester Stallone
Just one Oscar
Bill Conti
Cruise or Hanks
Cruise as Rocky
Dion Waiters Award
Brent Musburger
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 1:12:51
Chris Ryan: The movie would be more interesting as Creed, centered on Apollo’s shame and rematch obsession.
Van Lathan: Rocky and Apollo would both fare better if they swapped wives.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:47:15
Listen to the trainer instead of the ego is the main lesson.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
Round fifteen; Apollo and Duke; Adrian awakening through the training turn
Adrian’s “Win,” followed by Mickey’s “What are we waiting for?”
A 9.5% mortgage, fifteen-round fights, paper hate mail, and major fights on regular Philadelphia television
Affordable housing, Paulie, weight training, Adrian missing the fight, stickball, domestic expectations, background boxing, and Rocky’s exaggerated impairment
Stallone’s pectoral injury (uncertain) and Talia Shire’s scheduling conflict as explanations for plot choices
The zoo callback, reckless spending spree, fuller arena, Tony’s pep talk, New Jersey gas service, Rocky lore inherited by Creed, and Carl Weathers
The meat, Paulie’s snow cone, and the spit bucket are nominated.
The children running with Rocky and fight footage projected over Mickey are considered.
The opening credits or ambulance ride and “Gonna Fly Now” over the training montage are considered.
Apollo Creed
The group asks whether Rocky and Adrian have sex only on their wedding night, then compares Adrian across the franchise.
Rocky beating the prepared Apollo, the coma, Gazzo’s unused plot potential, and Adrian
The commercial director and Burgess Meredith
A Creed-centered version; swapped spouses; Apollo’s wife among 1970s beauties; Stallone over Cruise as a movie runner
Chuck Wepner’s proposed trainer role
Chris Ryan as the commercial director; Al Pacino as backup
The dedication, Leroy Neiman, Rocky’s reading, running-scene extras, room 669, the novelization, and Burt Young’s weight loss; Paulie speculation
No affirmative selection
Cruise as Rocky
Scorsese
Mickey, Paulie, and the commercial director
Rocky’s post-fight prospects, boxing rules and defense, chicken training, and Adrian’s tubeless coma
A reported prestige television project in the Creed world
The rotating-commentator premise includes Al Michaels calling the double knockdown.
Bill Conti
The pet store, Gazzo, betting, Apollo’s schedule, and whether Rocky loves boxing
Beast aftershave, the fake nose, Apollo’s trunks and gloves, cars, and snow-cone machine
Listen to the trainer, resist ego, and do not read hate mail
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired August 31, 2026
The ten best sequels, plus the hosts’ additions
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired June 11, 2024
Seventies sports pyramid; 1979 domestic box-office list (twelve named)
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired June 11, 2024
Seventies sports pyramid; 1979 domestic box-office list (twelve named)
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired February 21, 2022
1979 box office top ten: 10 The Muppet Movie; 9 Moonraker; 8 The Jerk; 7 10; 6 Apocalypse Now; 5 Alien; 4 Star Trek: The Motion Picture; 3 Rocky II; 2 The Amityville Horror; 1 Kramer vs. Kramer
