The name comes from the Sylvester Stallone story of how he sold his dog for $150 in desperation, because he was
flat broke and needed funds to pursue getting his Rocky
screen play purchased and getting the lead role in the movie. After he got the script sold, he re-purchased the dog from the guy he sold it to for $15,000 and had to cast the guy in Rocky as part of the deal.
So the story goes...
Is it true?
Stallone it to find out