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Rocky Balboa picks up in present-day Philadelphia, where Rocky, now retired from boxing for roughly 20 years, is living in a row house in Kensington (a deleted scene reveals that his brother-in-law Paulie has been living with him). His wife Adrian has died (due to what Rocky describes as "woman cancer" in 2002), and Rocky has retired to become owner of a small but successful Italian restaurant, Adrian's. He charms his patrons with stories of his past.

Rocky visits his late wife's grave site regularly, and embarks on an annual tour of Philadelphia landmarks that held importance to him and Adrian, including his old apartment, the pet shop where Adrian worked, and the remains of the torn-down ice skating rink where Rocky took Adrian on their first date. Paulie (Burt Young) joins him on this tour, but does so at great personal pain because, in his opinion, he did not treat Adrian well during her life. Rocky counters this claim by reminding Paulie that Adrian loved him as well.