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JIM: WELL, K-FED HERE TO
ADDRESS AMERICA TONIGHT.
I GUESS THAT'S BRAVE.
IN ANY EVENT, KING'S GOING TO
HAVE AN SLUFF INTERVIEW WITH
SYLVESTER STALLONE MOMENTARILY
HERE FOLKS.
"ROCKY BALBOA," THE FINAL, WE
THINK, IN THE SEQUEL OF THE
ERIC: SERIES WILL OPEN IN
THEATERS NATIONWIDE THIS
WEDNESDAY.
HERE'S A QUICK LOOK.
>> LET'S START BUILDING SOME
HURTING BOMBS.
["
ERIC:" THEME PLAYING]
-- ROCKY THEME PLAYING.
JERRY: THERE IT IS.
I'M SO EXCITED, I CAN'T WAIT.
JIM: I'M LOOKING GUARD TO
SEEING THIS WEDNESDAY, KING.
IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
JERRY: THERE HE IS.
DIRECTOR AND STAR OF "ROCKY
BALBOA," SYLVESTER, WELCOME TO
"RAW."
>> THANK YOU, JERRY.
JERRY: AMERICA LOVES THE
CHARACTER ROCKY.
YOU'VE SAID THAT "ROCKY BALBOA"
WILL BE THE FINAL INSTALLMENT.
BUT DO YOU ENVISION A SCENARIO
WHERE
ERIC: -- ROCKY COULD BE A
MANAGER A TWINNER?
>> I SUPPOSE YOU COULD.
I JUST WANTED TO END IT ON A
CERTAIN EMOTION LEFT LANE --
EMOTIONAL LEVEL.
WHEN HE'S IN THE RING U.S. --
YOU SEE THE CHRISTIAN VALUES
AND EVERYTHING INVOLVED.
IT'S GOOD AGAINST EVIL, WRIGHT
AGAINST WRONG.
THEN I JUST WANTED TO SET IT TO
REST.
I THINK IF HE WERE TO MOVE ON
TO ANY OTHER SERENE YOU, ANY
OTHER OCCUPATION, IT WOULDN'T
WORK.
THIS IS THE FINAL GOOD-BYE TO
MY CHARACTER.
>>
JERRY: HOW MUCH DOES THIS
CHARACTER HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR
OWN SELF?
>> I USED TO DENY IT ALL THE
TIME BUT IT'S PRETTY
BIOGRAPHICAL.
MAYBE THE LAST ONE WASN'T,
ERIC: -- ROCKY FIVE.
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T
WORK.
BUT THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT.
I THINK THE BABY BOOMERS --
THAT WAS THE KEY TO FINDING
SOME KIND OF FUSING TOGETHER
AND THAT'S WHAT WORKED IN ROCKY
ONE.
JERRY: WE ALL KNOW YOU HAVE A
DEEP RESPECT FOR BOXING, WE'VE
SEEN IT IN THE BOXING MOVIES AS
WELL AS YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN
"THE CONTENDER."
DO YOU THINK A SERIES LIKE THAT
COULD WORK HERE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK PEOPLE DO NOT
UNDERSTAND THE QUALITY AND THE
DEPTH AND ABILITY OF THESE
ATHLETES AND THEIR ABILITY TO
ABSORB PUNISHMENT.
YOU CAN'T FWAKE GRAVITY.
I WAS IN THERE WITH HULK HOGAN
EARLY IN HIS CAREER AND I'VE
NEVER FELT SUCH PAIN.
I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A
FANTASTIC SHOW.
JERRY: IN ROCKY THREE THERE'S A
FAMOUS SCENE WHERE ROCKY TAKES
ON THUNDER LIPS, PLAYED BY HULK
HOGAN.
WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD WIN A
BOXING VS. WRESTLING MATCH,
ROCKY BALL BOWO OR HULK HOGAN?
>> HULK HOGAN, NO QUESTION.
WHEN WE WERE IN THERE, I WAS
SUPPOSEDLY CHOKING HIM OUT AND
THEY WOULD YELL CUT AND HE WAS
JUST STANDING THERE TAKING
DIRECTIONS WITH ME HANGING FROM
HIS NECK LIKE I WAS A FLEA
COLOR.
WRESTLERS ARE SO POWERFUL, SO
FAST, SO INCREDIBLY DEXTEROUS,
I HAVE NOTHING BUT DEVOUT
RESPECT FOR THEM.
JERRY: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
PEOPLE WHO TRY TO WRESTLING IN
THE SQUARED CIRCLE, FOR EXAMPLE
KEVIN FEDERLINE?
>> I THINK IT'S A DEATH WISH.
JOHN CENA WOULD BEAT HIM WITH
YOUNG -- ONE FINGER.
I THINK HE SHOULD WRESTLE MAYBE
JOHN CENA'S WARDROBE.
THAT WOULD BE A FAIR FIGHT.
BUT ACTUALLY GET IN THERE WITH
JOHN CENA, WHO IS AN
UNBELIEVABLE ATHLETE, I THINK
IT'S A PRETTY SELF-APPARENT
DEATH WISH.
JERRY: "ROCKY BALBOA" IS IN
THEATERS THIS WEDNESDAY.
SLY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE ON