Drago, of course, was the hulking Russian antagonist in 1985’s ‘Rocky IV,’ (who kills Apollo Creed, the fiend). Continuing the family theme, his son Viktor Drago (Florian Munteanu ...

The Drago spinoff will be darker than the Rocky ... The Rocky and Creed movies have had a few dark moments, like Apollo Creed’s death in Rocky IV or Damian’s relentless pummelings in the ...

The Cold War may be long over, but the fascination with Soviet villain Ivan Drago is still very much alive. The cold-blooded fighter takes on Rocky in the fourth movie, after killing Apollo Creed ...

Wearing Creed's boxing trunks, he beats Drago via knockout in Russia. Those red, white, and blue boxing shorts worn by Apollo and Rocky would later be passed down to Adonis in the Creed movies.

Great form in rematches, stopping Wheeler after their gym brawl, then beating Viktor Drago by KO in their war ... to face unbeatable champion Apollo Creed, Rocky came close to a seismic upset ...

The Rocky franchise is in a great place these days, with Creed 4 just on the horizon. However, the series was almost canned after this 1990 film.