WMG / Cobra Kai

Cobra-Kai is a commentary piece on the further moral decay of humanity since the 80's

The original movie was an anti-violence flick turned Cash Cow Franchise that died with its actors and failed to catch interest to a modern audience. Cobra-kai goes the other way around showing how Humans Are Bastards to the point where Johnny's ideals are justified. Not because they are noble and righteous but because the world is so evil and the "hero" Daniel has become little more than another cog in the system. More interested in wealth and power than doing the right thing. That Johnny and Cobra-kai, that violence for violence's sake is just. Because violence for violence's sake is the only thing that the system will understand. Pacifism failed, Daniel struck it rich and became another corporate asshole willing to let some kid get murdered by three thugs. Johnny is no hero, but sadly he is the only one that is willing to fight.

• The 80's weren't much more moral than nowadays. There were even more racism, there were bullies at schools, there were wars, and the air was so polluted that it was needed so much eco-awareness in the 90's. If Cobra Kai has a message, it's that hard work may do the job. That a good guy can become a jerkass, and a jerkass still can become a good guy. And while is life, there's hope, and there's a way.

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• Plus, saying that he was "willing to let some kid get murdered by three thugs" seems a grossly unfair indictment of Daniel and doesn't make a lot of sense in any context we're shown, since he wasn't around to help Miguel either time and couldn't interfere with the ref's job at the tournament. One good takeaway is that while many things have improved since the 80's, things have regressed in some ways too, and it's foolish to think that older generations have nothing of value to teach just because of the stuff they did get wrong. Johnny's mindset is a little dated, yeah, but only to a point; what he is right about is that you should stand up for yourself, take control of your life, and not sit on your ass hoping someone else will come along and fix everything for you. His own life starts to change for the better the moment he realizes this and chooses to act on it.

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• Or the commentary is about how grudges that aren't let go are passed on to the next generations. With the original film, we see that Johnny was, indeed an asshole and bully who not only pushed Daniel, but refused to leave his ex-girlfriend alone when she told him that she didn't want to talk with him ever again, pretty much molested her in front of Daniel to make him jealous, and twice tried to kill Daniel (once by driving him off the road and the other by chasing him down and nearly beating him to death over a harmless, albeit stupid, prank). At the start Johnny believed his high school life and his time with Cobra-Kai was the greatest moment of his life and looking at it through Rose-Tinted Glasses, believing Daniel to be the villain of the story. Since we got a good view of the story from the first film, we know Daniel believes himself to be the hero (seeing that we followed him for three full films). There are moments where we've seen both of them appear actually kind to each other and even enjoyed having a beer/dinner with one another, only for something to set them both back at being at each other's throats. Cobra-Kai and Miyagi-Do both get resurrected as a result of this unrelenting grudge between them. And as a result, it's passed on to the kids of both dojos. It's no wonder there was a full-on brawl at the end of Season 2, mostly because both Daniel and Johnny can't let go of what they've done to each other and forgive one another for their actions.

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Season 2 will involve Johnny training his students for full-on MMA fights, which he is woefully unprepared for.

As a result of narrative Serial Escalation from a karate tournament, Johnny and his students will face a new adversary in fights with less rules and harsher consequences for losing. Not to mention, Johnny, who prides himself on being an old school karate black belt, will likely find himself completely out of his element coaching his students for MMA fights, but he’ll feel he needs to in order for Cobra Kai to compete with neighboring schools not helped by the reappearance of John Kreese, who will view the exposure of getting a Cobra Kai fighter on national television in the UFC (or a lawyer friendly Expy of the UFC) as the key to realizing his dream of a Cobra Kai franchise.

• Except MMA fighters have to be 18.
• In UFC and major promotions, yes. But what about Shooto?
• Jossed. No mention whatsoever of MMA in Season 2.

Kyler will join a dojo.

Specifically LaRusso's dojo. Kyler will join as a way to get back at Miguel, studying karate like he did. Under his Sensei's tutelage though, Kyler will become a better person.

• Robby's change was less a result of the karate lessons, and more of a result of having someone take an interest in him. Daniel, Johnny, and Miguel may have lacked a father figure, but Robby lacked any adult authority figure whatsoever. His change is therefore believable. I don't think this will work with Kyler, not to mention the fact that the Larussos hate him. In fact, I think if he joins anyone, it will be Kreese.
• Kyler will join the dojo out of spite. Daniel (and Sam) will be unhappy about it, but Robby (and maybe Amanda) will encourage them to give Kyler a shot. Kyler will begin to become a better person over the season, but will throw it all away at a shot for revenge, and become Daniel's greatest failure.
• Kyler is persona non grata at the Larusso household for obvious reasons. There's no way Daniel would ever accept him as a student, especially considering what he did to Sam. I don't see him going to Cobra Kai either since both Johnny and Miguel already whooped him good. If he joins a dojo, it will be a third one we have yet to know about.
• Kyler's attempt to join the dojo will be what finally prompts Sam to tell what he did to her. Daniel will beat the crap of him and Tom Cole will use it against him.
• Seems to be Jossed as of the "2 Dojos One Fight" trailer. Kyler is nowhere to be seen in the group of students at Miyagi-do, although it appears Demetri has joined.
  • Kyler does not appear in Season 2 at all, as it's set outside of school.
• Kyler is confirmed to return for Season 3 - this lends itself to the possibility that he will join (Kreese's) Cobra Kai.
• Kyler is seen in the trailer watching a Cobra Kai practice from behind the members.
• Kyler indeed joins Cobra Kai in Season 3 and remains within it.

Counselor Blatt will finally be fired for being so incompetent in grasping the bullying pandemic

Considering the show's heavy Reality Ensues and the effects of the school brawl in season 3, it wouldn't be a surprise people would finally realize how incompetent Blatt is at her job in season 4. She wouldn't understand why she was fired and someone more capable of preventing things from going worse will replace her.

Sam will become an independent.

Will possibly be a secret to everyone. If/When revealed, she say something like 'I'm not fighting for my dad, I'm fighting for myself.'

• Daniel will point out it's no reason not to have him teach her.
• Jossed: If the trailer is any indication, she's definitely training under Miyagi-Do with Daniel in season 2 at some point.
• Jossed. Sam stays with Miyagi-do. At least until the end of season , when Miyagi-do closes down its dojo.
• As of the end of Season 3 she is still within the dojo Whether it's Miyagi-Do or a new name for the Merged Dojo however...remains to be seen

Chozen will return for revenge in the next season.

Chozen, who Daniel utterly humiliated in the second film, to the point of being disowned by his own uncle has never forgotten nor forgiven it. He will emerge in the states and form a Big Bad Duumvirate with John Kreese to bring LaRusso down via the resurrected Cobra Kai, causing Daniel and Johnny to put aside their differences and set things right.

• According to Karate Kid Wikia, Chozen committed ritual suicide off camera following his disgrace. He shouldn't be back. He also has no connection to Cobra Kai so there is no need for him to return.
  • Whatever is or was once written there cannot be taken at face value. He still could have left Okinawa in shame and he might move to California to go after Daniel.
• Jossed. As of the end of season 2, no mention of Chozen.
• Chozen returns in Season 3 according to the trailer, and there is a promotional image of him holding Daniel for a killing blow the same way Daniel did after their first fight. The context is unknown.
• Chozen does return in Season 3. He was called by Kumiko to bury the hatchet with Daniel and despite some cold stares and awkwardness is able to do so. It's also implied that his demeanor at the start of those episodes was him just trolling Daniel.

Kyler is somehow related to Chosen.

Probably not directly like father-son, but possibly a second cousin or through marriage and Chosen will exploit this and Kyler's relationship with Sam to get back at Daniel through her.

• Or Chosen is already doing it and Kyler is only feigning ignorance regarding his roots.
  • Neither Kyler nor Chozen are mentioned in season 2.
• Both Chozen and Kyler are in Season 3 but Chozen outright states he never really left Okinawa after the events of his film so unless Kyler mentions being an orphan it's very unlikely they have any ties.

Daniel and Johnny will have to work together in Season 2

John Kreese wrests control of Cobra Kai from Johnny, forcing Johnny to ask Daniel for help in getting it back, which they will only be able to do if they win the next All Valley tournament. Since this is what Daniel feared from the start, and Johnny definitely doesn't want Cobra Kai to turn back into what it once was, they must combine their students and co-teach from Daniel's dojo, something that won't be easy given their differing philosophies.

• Furthermore, as Robby stated, each of them has something that can be of value to the other dojo. The offense-oriented Cobra Kai kids will learn the value of a defense, while the defense-oriented Miyagi-do kids will come to understand exactly how and why Cobra Kai was regarded as Johnny's buddies indicated. As the sequels of the Karate Kid franchise showed all too well, pacifism is going to get them only so far.
  • Jossed for Season 2, but both dojos are in a shambles as of the ending. Could still happen.
• Seemingly confirmed in the Season 3 trailer.
• Outright confirmed at the end of Season 3. They merge their dojos.

Chuck Norris, Jackie Chan, Hilary Swank, and Jaden Smith will make appearances in future seasons.

The former because, hey, it's Chuck Norris and this is a martial arts series, so why not? The latter because their characters are all part of the series. Furthermore regarding Jaden (and possibly, Jackie), his dad and uncle are executive producers.

• Also as a publicity stunt for the sequel to the 2010 film.
• And further films of the rebooted franchise, as has been rumoured.
• Chan would count as a Celebrity Paradox, since Robby mentions him by name.
• maybe cameos by Ed O'Neill and Keanu Reeves, both ‘80’s icons and legitimately skilled martial artists

Sam and Miguel will fight each other in the next All Valley Tournament.

And it could result in Miguel's Heel Realization regardless who wins.

• In interviews, the creators have mentioned there won't be a tournament in Season 2, to avoid repetition. Perhaps for Season 3.
• Season 3 also doesn't have the All Valley but it's implied it will take place in Season 4. However with Sam and Miguel now residing in the same dojo it's incredibly unlikely they would face off anyway.

Daniel and Johnny will join forces to take down Kreese.

Johnny would see how far gone some of his students will become under Kreese's influence so that would spawn some kind of alliance between him and Daniel to save the students from John Kreese's corruption.

• This fits Daniel's talk of balance as learned from Mr. Miyagi. Cobra Kai and Miyagi-Do as a sort of Yin-Yang Bomb (They're both even represented by black and white) to defeat a greater evil.
• Seemingly confirmed in the Season 3 trailer.
• Outright confirmed at the end of Season 3. They merge dojos.

The inspector mistaking the cobra for a rattlesnake is foreshadowing

Johnny's ethos has some merit to it in that some bullies/people in life will only understand force, but at the same time he's also lacking a key component: restraint. Johnny will end up realizing that in S2 and will reform his dojo's ethos to also include trying to warn away antagonists first before resorting to violence rather than just attacking everyone that you meet, changing the mascot of his dojo from a cobra to a rattlesnake, which very famously warns aggressors before attacking.

• Then he'd realize that "Rattlesnake Kai" sounds really goofy, and change it back. Besides, real cobras do give a warning before they strike; that's why they rear up and present the "hood" around their head. Ultimately Jossed, though, since Johnny ends up picking the much, much goofier-sounding "Eagle Fang" as the name for his new dojo in Season 3.

Miguel's biological father will return.

At dinner with Johnny, Carmen Diaz mentioned having to get "far away" from Miguel's "very bad" father when she learned the truth about his job. She also mentioned having to move around a lot — perhaps to avoid being tracked down by her ex? It's almost certain that Miguel's dad is a criminal, black-ops soldier, or something equally unsavory, which seems just the kind of character that Kreese might have crossed paths with at one point or another.

• Or worse, he is Kreese.

Miguel Diaz and Robby Keene have a Cain and Abel sort of rivalry

Robbie Keene is Johnny Lawrence's biological son while Johnny Lawrence act as a father figure towards Miguel Diaz. Also I do not see any scene where Miguel figure out that Robbie is his Sensei's son this leads to the next WMG

Miguel Diaz will have a Oh, Crap! moment once he realizes that Robbie Keene is his Sensei's son

Either it may lead to accusations from Miguel Diaz about going soft from uncharacteristic mercy or something to do with nepotism and mercy

• Miguel will think Robby was trying to steal his mentor/father figure.
  • Miguel does find out Robby is Johnny's son, and believes it's Johnny's motivation for trying to get them to show mercy, but Johnny tells him Robby has nothing to do with Cobra Kai.
  • Confirmed, sort of. Miguel finds a photo of Robby on Johnny's fridge, and assume this is why Johnny was so upset he and Hawk handed Robby his ass in the tournament. Johnny was upset that they were fighting dirty, but they can't really internalize that at that point.

Demetri will eventually train under Daniel.

Once he sees how much Miguel and Eli have turned into bullies themselves that's going to cause Demetri to cut himself off from them and probably end up being friends with Robbie and Sam down the road. Which would inspire him to want to train under Daniel at the Miyagi Dojo.

• If that happens, he'll make Daniel a better teacher. Demetri is the kind of kid that needs to know the why behind a lesson or he'll walk away; there's nothing intrinsic to Miyagi-Do that prevents telling the student why up front.
• Considering how he stated in the Season Finale that he's hanging with the Cobra Kai students for the safety in numbers, it's unlikely to happen unless Kreese drives him away.
• This seems more likely as of the "Two Dojos, One Fight" trailer for Season 2, where he is seen hanging around with Robby and some of the new Miyagi-Do recruits.
  • Confirmed, as of "Two Dojos, One Fight." There's a "blink and you'll miss it" moment, but Demetri is clearly in one of the shots of the full group during training. We also see that Demetri and Hawk get into a fight, but it's not clear if Demetri trains before or after this moment.
  • Demetri does indeed fully join Miyagi-Do after Kreese punches him in the face, and he does fight Hawk and wins!

Johnny will face the consequences of his alcoholism.

Johnny's already explicitly or implicitly driven drunk on three occasions in S1, and although he's still in decent shape, a 50-year-old body can't hold up forever under the constant abuse to which Johnny subjects it. Something — legal, health, job, or relationship — will go off the rails, forcing Johnny to confront his drinking problem.

• Watch Cobra Kai get into trouble, one way or the other, for it.
• Confirmed somewhat indirectly in Season 3. Johnny drunkenly gets into a fight in the first episode and gets thrown in prison for it (again). That, alongside his ruined PR from the School Fight and previous incidents, made it so it's impossible for him to get any work in the Valley.

Miguel's Asthma is Forshadowing

Asthma is a real disease and causes real problems when it isn't addressed. Miguel ignoring it will end up hurting his performance but his firm belief in Cobra Kai and Johnny will lead to him covering up how much it effects him. When he fights either Sam or Robby he'll have the advantage due to his skill and ruthlessness up until his asthma (which he's ignored because he isn't a "pussy") kills his stamina and leads to both a defeat and a trip to the emergency room. Seeing this happen will be part of what makes Johnny soften up more and realize that this pansy-ass generation might have some legitimate points.

Anthony will join Cobra Kai.

He actually got thrilled watching the All Valley Karate Tournament and was disappointed when he had to leave early with his sister and mother, hinting a keen interest in finally learning martial arts. Through learning karate, he will stop acting like a Spoiled Brat and, having to have seen the consequences of his teachings in the tournament, Johnny will actually teach Daniel's son the importance of discipline and restraint.

• Or, alternately, he'll learn Miyagi-Do karate under his dad's tutelage. Either way, here's hoping they do something interesting with him in Season 2; it's hard to think that they would create a character who is part of Daniel's direct bloodline, but who remained completely superfluous to the story.
  • This seems more likely. We see that, all his other quirks aside, he thinks the world of his father's martial arts skills ("my dad could beat your dad" is his go to claim) and we've already done the "I'm training my rival's son" angle with Robby.
• An Important Haircut may be in the works. He might only consider it traumatic in that the alternate route is even more frightening.
• He'll only try Cobra Kai after growing tired of Daniel not explaining the method behind his training. Johnny won't accept him until he explains it so Johnny won't think it's for the same kind of spite that drove Robby into Daniel.
  • Jossed, at least as of Season 2, where he ships off to summer camp. There could be something in store with Anthony in the future, though, as what little we see of him shows that he has lost a substantial amount of weight since Season 1.
  • Jossed once again in Season 3. He shows up in like two scenes (though with the massive weight loss mentioned above, good for the actor!) and is a non-factor. If anything this troper figures that the writers regret creating the character since they do their best to avoid using him at every turn.
• With Miyagi-do and Eagle Fang coming together at the end of Season 3, maybe Anthony will finally take up karate (and finally have plot relevance), but will prefer Johnny as his sensei than his dad. Daniel will be surprisingly okay with this, since Anthony is still getting into karate anyway and since he did teach Johnny's son. Also, Johnny may be the more effective sensei for him as his heavy-handed, assertive approach may be better suited to handle Anthony's bratty behavior.

Yasmine and Demetri will be shipped together in Season 2

Demetri had tried to talk to her, but Yasmine was very quick to shrug him off. After she gets a Melvin from Aisha, she's been humiliated, and likely humbled. She then ends up in a relationship with Demetri after a great deal of character development.

• Jossed as of Season 2. Yasmine is spending her summer in France.

• However confirmed as of Season 3! How significant their relationship will be is yet to be seen but they are caught making out and Demetri says he's in love (while Yasmine brushes it off because...hey, she has a rep to uphold!)

Johnny will cross paths with Ali again at the funeral of one (or both) of her parents.

When Ali returns to Los Angeles to attend her mom and/or dad's funeral, Johnny will also choose to attend, since he knew and liked her parents during his teenage years. Johnny will finally be able to find closure for the loss of his relationship with Ali, and while he and Ali almost certainly won't rekindle that relationship, they might end up keeping in touch after the funeral.

• Johnny will discover Facebook!
• Confirmed. The Facebook part. He never heard of it before Daniel mentioned Ali's profile.
  • Confirmed on both counts, but only in passing. Johnny drunk texts Ali and the last shot is of Johnny's phone with a friend-request from Ali, on Facebook.
• Jossed on them meeting at a funeral of any type. Confirmed that they do cross paths again.

Miguel will Reverse-engineer the Handstand Kick.

For all his newfound personal problems Miguel is still a VERY apt martial artist and Johnny inadvertently taught Miguel how upsetting it is for a person when they see their signature weapon being used in a way they don't like. When he and Robbie fight again, or alternately when Robbie sees him fighting again, Miguel will reveal that he can also perform the technique and give Robbie a bout of fear similar to Daniel's in Karate Kid 3 now that his trump card has been figured out.

Kreese hasn't changed at all. Or has he?

• Actor Martin Kove himself isn't yet sure what direction his character will be taken in, but he's been told that some "surprises" are in store.
  • Confirmed, from what we see in the teaser trailers and the "2 Dojos One Fight" trailer. Kreese starts his reign of terror by throwing Johnny and smashing the dojo's mirror. Then he continues his poisonous and brutal teachings, to the point where Sam complains it's like "a karate cult."
  • Also provides a Bait-and-Switch which allows him to manipulate Johnny. He seems quite human for one scene, then doubles down on his villainy.
  • Though talk about his story arc in Season 3 indicates that there's going to be a flashback to his war days, thus offering insight into what shaped his path to villainy.
    • Yep, we do get a bunch of flashbacks to his time in Nam which show the potential reasons he became how he is...and what started his friendship with Terry Silver.

Sid's home health nurse is foreshadowing

One of the more subtle themes of the series is apparently Forgiveness, particularly towards your father (figure). The fact that Sid hires a home health nurse implies that he's quite ill or that he is not in good health, and that it is only a matter of time. Having seen that Robby accepted his apology after the All Valley tournament, and despite knowing he has always been a poor father to him, Johnny will start to reevaluate his relationship with his stepdad, and while Sid is on his deathbed, Johnny will visit him one last time and make peace with him, thanking Sid for everything he's done for him even if it was simply just financial support. Sid himself had a change of heart after Johnny came in that one day to return all the money he had ever provided for him, and with his dying breath, tells Johnny he is proud of him for turning his life around on his own and that he regrets that he never gave Johnny the emotional encouragement or love that a father was suppose to give to their child, blood relation be damned.

• Not for Sid, but there is a death in Season 2—Tommy's.

Bert small boy with glasses will change dojo

He is visibly hesitant to attack anyone, let alone first, hard or merciless. Cobra Kai is just not for him.

• Jossed. Not only does he stick with Cobra Kai, he's finally evenly matched with another small, bespectacled Miyagi-do student!
• Confirmed in Season 3. Kreese kicks him out for refusing to feed a mouse to a snake, he joins Johnny's new dojo Eagle Fang which eventually merges with Miyagi-Do

Johnny and Daniel will eventually have a friendly rematch ala Rocky III

Season 1 seemed to make it clear that while the two will likely never become best friends, they also have no real reason to hate each other in the present day (with most their problems a result of how Poor Communication Kills). Eventually both will genuinely resolve their issues and agree to one last match, which like Rocky and Apollo, we never see the end of.

• Just like it was eventually mentioned that Apollo won, Johnny will be revealed to be the winner.
  • We see in "2 Dojos One Fight" that they do have a re-match, including a shot of Johnny kicking Daniel in the face, but it's not clear why or who wins.
  • The reason is Daniel was pissed that Johnny was sheltering Sam without his knowledge, and no winner as Sam stops the fight before it escalates too far.

Sam will fight one of Cobra Kai's top three students and lose badly.

Reality has a bad habit of ensuing in this series and Sam is very out of practice. While she's maintained a little of her skill the karate she gave up at age 12 can't match Hawk's aggression, Aisha's raw power, or Miguel's flawless technique and conditioning. She'll head to Cobra Kai and challenge the Dojo with the promise that they leave Robby alone should she win but fail miserably. This will lead to her character arc for Season 2, confronting her lack of dedication both in the martial arts and in her personal relationships.

• Seems to be confirmed as of the trailer "2 Dojos One Fight." New character Tory is a champion, and she and Sam seem to have at least two fights, one in a mall and the other at school.
• Just like when Miguel fought Robby, he'll let his emotions get the better of him and Sam will have a chance.
• She does fight Tory, and she wins, mainly because Tory was too busy going for the pain rather than simply finishing the fight. However, Sam is hospitalized, and it is unclear if she will regain use of one of her arms.

Just like Hawk, Aisha will flip the script on all the pig jokes.

Now that Aisha's a proud member of a Thug Dojo she'll take up the wild boar as her own animal theme. She'll reason out that she really is like a pig. That is to say she's strong, fast, smart and capable of causing grievous injury. She'll start looking at her weight as a source of pride but subvert the usual PC body-positivity connotations of this by deciding that being ugly doesn't matter if she's smart enough to be an honor student and strong enough to beat up anyone that tries to make fun of her for it.

• Although, realistically, she wouldn't remain overweight for very long if she kept up with her training. That kind of physical activity on a regular basis, especially at her age, tends to speed up the metabolism quite a bit. She even appears to have slimmed down a little bit between the beginning and end of Season 1.
• Jossed. She is somewhat slimmer and much more confident, so she doesn't need to make fun of herself.

Kyler's new Story Arc will be about learning about his true origins.

The Larussos might hate him, but Kyler didn't refuse the sashimi on purpose. He refused it because he wasn't aware of its cultural origins. If his attempt to reason with Yasmine at the canyon is any sign, there is a prayer for him.

• Jossed as of season 2. Kyler does not appear.
• Jossed as of Season 3. Kyler does appear and...well he's no more deep as a character than last time other than a throwaway line on the pressure he's facing at home.

Yasmine may show interest in joining a dojo but doesn't do it just yet.

Or, at the least, get it through her skull that actions can have painful consequences, and choose not to poke the cobra by doubling down on her bitchiness. But even if she does wise up and back off, what would she do if some of her previous targets in Cobra Kai decide she hasn't suffered enough her awful behavior?

• If all else fails? Make a Deal with the Devil (Kreese), thus setting the stage for Serial Escalation and potentially forcing the school board to address the problem that was at the heart of Cobra Kai's reincarnation. The painful way.
• A three-way feud between Miyagi-Do, the new Cobra Kai, and an even darker, nastier offshoot run by Kreese would be awesome.
  • Kinda-sorta confirmed, for now, in that Daniel and Johnny merge their respective dojos together at the end of Season 3 to take on Kreese's corrupted version of Cobra Kai.
  • It does seem that Kreese will be taking on some students without Johnny present.
• As far as Yasmine is concerned, nothing has been hinted at her taking an interest in martial arts, but that painful wedge of Humble Pie she had to eat back in Season 1 led to her becoming a little kinder and more empathetic towards those she used to pick on.

Kreese is Miguel’s father

And Cobra Kai is a front for training and recruiting new members to whatever gang, cartel or other criminal organization he is implied to be involved in.

Having found herself on the other side of her go-to tactic, Yasmine has an Armor-Piercing Question for the faculty.

She's not going to go crying to daddy for this one. Rather, she's going to ask the school staff, point blank: "Was I really that much of a troublemaker?"

• One of them will say "Yes". (Which probably won't surprise her anymore, if the talk between Sam and Aisha about that viral video of the wedgie means anything.)

Whither Terry Silver?

Terry Silver will not be appearing in Cobra Kai as his company, Dynatox Industries, was the target of a massive EPA lawsuit, and his bribing of juries and district attorneys to facilitate his illegal dumping was discovered, so he's now doing time in a federal penitentiary.

• While he's serving time, he's being embezzled of whatever money wasn't seized by the Government.
  • Potentially Jossed. Silver is shown and mentioned multiple times in flashback and Kreese seems to be making a call to him at the end of Season 3.

Daniel was indirectly responsible for Eli/Hawk being able to buy alcohol.

The minimart cashier needed to pay the double-rent Daniel goaded Armand into implementing, so he was more willing to sell alcohol to Hawk to make ends meet despite knowing that he was using a fake ID.

• No way! Places that sell alcohol are tested by regulators all the time. They want to make sure cashiers check the id of anyone who looks under 30. If they mess up, they risk a fine and losing their liquor license. He would risk losing more than gaining.

Kreese isn't really back.

Johnny wasn't lying or mistaken when he said Kreese was dead. It's actually his ghost appearing at the end of season 1, back to haunt Johnny and manipulate him.

• Tough to say. He may have honestly thought Kreese was dead (he faked his death back in '85 with Terry Silver's help) or he could have meant Kreese was dead figuratively ("Kreese is dead to me."). It can't be a literal ghost since this show is not about the supernatural. At most, it could be the modern equivalent of a pink elephant since Johnny was drinking and feared Kreese's legacy overshadowing his.
  • Jossed. The full Season 2 Trailer has Johnny move to attack Kreese and get kicked into a wall mirror for his trouble. It's him, all right.

Hillary Swank will make a guest appearance.

Daniel may or may not know about Miyagi training Julie in the fourth film, but either way, he'll be surprised when she turns up to lend a hand.

• According to the producers, Daniel does know of Julie's existence. They met at Miyagi's funeral. How close they are is another question.

Yasmine will not return, ever.

• Confirmed for Season 2, as she's in France for the summer. But we only get one day of school, and don't even make it to lunch hour, so there's no telling if she'll re-appear in Season 3. Her story arc does seem finished.
• Jossed, she returns in Season 3 since...you know, school restarts. And she appears to be starting on a new arc, now that she's learned some humility.

Season 2 will start where Season 1 ended.

After Kreese reveals himself, he'll try to take over the dojo only to be told that he lost all rights to the Cobra Kai name for the years not using it. Daniel will then show up to inform that Hawk will be banned if he repeats the illegal trick he used in the tournament. Upon seeing Kreese alive, he'll accuse Johnny of having taken fibbing lessons from Terry Silver.

• Alternatively, Daniel could assume that Johnny was also tricked into thinking Kreese was dead, as he knows that Kreese isn't above manipulating or assaulting his own students.
• Seems Confirmed, as of the "Which Cobra Do You Want to Be" and "2 Dojos One Fight" promo clips. The first episode appears to take place right after the tournament, with the fallout from what happened.

Shannon will lose guardianship rights over Robby.

After all those times calling her without any response, the school will send someone to visit her and she'll be deemed an unfit guardian. She'll blame Johnny for it.

• Zig-Zagged. Shannon abandons Robby in the first episode, and he moves in with the Larusso family.

Kyler's parents will try to get Johnny in trouble.

They won't accept that Johnny was acquitted on the grounds of self-defense and that'll be the series' way to make it clear Johnny's legal troubles over that matter didn't end with the bail being paid.

Mr. Miyagi helped Daniel to start his business.

Either by investing and then bequeathing his share to Daniel or by bequeathing money Daniel used as startup capital.

• Jossed. Daniel and Amanda started their first dealership when Amanda was pregnant with Sam.

Terry Silver is Miguel's father

• Terry does have the sleazy personality and wealth to impress an eighteen year old Carmen, who was implied to have been a boy-crazy teenager. Plus Carmen told Johnny that as part of being "an very bad man" his job was hinted to be shady and dangerous, which defitionately matches Terry's being an CEO of an corrupt company. In the film he appeared in, Terry was skilled in pretending to be an humble good man until his true colors was revealed, which is how an naive Carmen would had fallen easily and made her took a while to find out the truth. Miguel's family had to move a lot to avoid getting tracked down by his father and that sounds like something Terry defitionately has the resources and rage to do so. The reason why Carmen was so overprotective of Miguel from violence might have been realizing he inherited some traits from his father. Miguel finding out his father was an enemy of Daniel and friend of Kreese would certainly make him fall in an [1]
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Johnny will learn about Wikipedia from Miguel.

Miguel's reaction to Johnny not already knowing of it will be basically the same as Daniel's about Johnny not knowing about Facebook.

Daniel will leave the board.

Considering that he's reopening Mr. Miyagi's Dojo and his daughter is resuming her karate; and the fact this series already has enough cases of Reality Ensues to fill a page of their own, it's basically a Foregone Conclusion that he'll have to leave the board to avoid a conflict of interest.

• No mention of the board is made in Season 2. If it's anything like any other event board, they only meet once a year for a General Meeting. Otherwise the Board is mostly a governing body and the real work is done at the administrative and volunteer levels.
• As of Season 3, Daniel appears to be involved with the board in some way, as one member tells him about the fate of the tournament but it's unclear. He sits in the audience while the board hears Miguel and Sam's speeches.

There will be various other martial arts introduced into the show

Considering the large popularity of MMA, karate isn't as common as it used to be and there are other styles abound such as Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu, Muay Thai, Judo and so on. We see Kyler is a wrestler and Miguel mentions Taekwondo in the first episode, so it seems likely.

• Neither confirmed nor Jossed but I'm pretty sure Tory was using a Krav Maga move at one point.

• Since the synopsis for the 2010 namesake film indicates very little use of karate itself, kung fu can be expected to enter the mix as well.
• OP of this WMG, just found this deleted scene where Johnny antagonizes a local BJJ gym and talks down it and TKD, so sorta confirmed.

Robby was named after Johnny's friend Bobby Brown.

Both "Robby" and "Bobby" are variations of "Robert".

• Unconfirmed, but unlikely, as Johnny wasn't around when Robby was born so Shannon named him on her own. We do find out that Robby's middle name is Swayze.

Bobby will reappear in Season 2.

Unlike Johnny, Bobby was able to better move on with his life after the events of The Karate Kid. Hearing about Cobra Kai's return and victory at the All Valley Tournament, he comes to see for himself, only to see that the students of the new Cobra Kai are even more violent and worse bullies than he, Johnny and the others ever were. Horrified, Bobby then calls out Johnny for having repeated the mistakes of the past, with the latter being unable to argue against him, having seen with his own eyes the over-the-top aggression and violence of his students at the Tournament. Bobby will also accuse Johnny of ordering Hawk's attack on Robby just like Kreese ordered him to hurt Daniel in the first film.

• Confirmed, but not at all in the way it's described here. Bobby is now a pastor and their "Get him a body bag!" other friend Tommy is dying of cancer. The guys take him on a last road trip.

Kyler's new story arc will be learning about his origins, a la Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior.

Robbie's criminal past will catch up to him in Season 2

After Robbie moves into the Larusso's house, the cops will show up one day and arrest him. The reason it took so long and Robbie was a Karma Houdini in Season 1 for stealing someone's laptop was that either the customer whose laptop Robbie stole called the store to complain, the store denied it, and only realized what happened when reviewing security footage, and then the police had to conduct an investigation, and only figured out Robbie after seeing him at the Karate tournament. Or Robbie's ex-friends are caught doing another crime, and while being interrogated, give up Robbie's name while mentioning the stolen laptop.

• Confirmed, sort of, but not in the way it's described here. In the "2 Dojos One fight" trailer, we see Robby being held at knife point and threatened by one of his former friends.
• Confirmed in season 2. Not only does Robby get into trouble with Trey and Cruz, he is also ejected from the LaRusso's country club, where they remember him as a petty thief and trouble maker. Luckily for Robby, Daniel and Amanda intervene to protect him from both.
• As of the Season 3 trailer, Robby is in juvie, presumably as a result of the school fight.

The final fights of Seasons 2 and 3

The final fight of Season 2 will be Johnny vs. Kreese, and has Johnny overcome Kreese's malevolent influence on him once and for all.

• Zig-Zagged, as Kreese takes control of the dojo due to a bad "handshake deal" Johnny made with Sarkizian, but they don't fight.

The final fight of Season 3 will be Johnny vs. Daniel, as they settle their rivalry once and for all.

• Outright jossed here. While the two argue on and off as per usual, outside of an extremely small scrap they don't fight at all. Instead the final fights of Season 3 are Cobra Kai vs Miyagi-Do/Eagle Fang at Daniel's house, and then Johnny vs Kreese and Daniel vs Kreese.

Johnny's response to Daniel's ad for Miyagi-do.

He'll accuse Daniel of purposefully giving free lessons to drive Cobra Kai out of business and says it's easy to say it's not for money because Daniel is rich.

Miguel and Eli will destroy the car Daniel received from Miyagi in the first film.

The most recent clip for Season 2 shows that Johnny (for now at least) plans to train the Cobra Kai students in fighting without using dirty tricks. With Kreese being a major influence this season and judging from the “Finish him” scene in the trailer, it’s possible he creates his own faction of Cobra Kai that embraces the original dojo’s wanton violence, tempting Miguel and Eli over to become his new protégés. The end of the season will see Miguel and Eli, on orders from Kreese, setting fire to the yellow Ford in a Call-Back to what happened to Johnny in Season 1, which will be presented as their Moral Event Horizon. Going by the show’s use of Reality Ensues, the season finale will end with both of them being arrested alongside Kreese, and Johnny (who tried to set them straight) turning his back on them, setting up their Heel–Face Turn for Season 3.

• Jossed, at least by the trailer. He's painted the Challenger and the gearshift has a cool new cobra handle.

• How does Johnny painting his car mean that this theory is Jossed?
• Sorry, misread that as the car Johnny received from Daniel. As it turns out, this is somewhat confirmed. Hawk vandalizes Miyagi-do dojo, including the "Banana Boat," as Sam nicknames the car.

Hawk will become the new "leader", per se, of Cobra Kai.

The "Two Dojos, One Fight" trailer for Season 2 shows Kreese seemingly taking an interest in Hawk, which could possibly lead to him becoming the new "poster boy" for the darker Cobra Kai that Kreese seemingly wants revived.

• Kinda confirmed? He's essentially the de facto leader due to the above and Miguel is in a coma at the moment. Hawk would likely still defer to Miguel otherwise.
• Confirmed for Season 3. Hawk is definitely the de facto leader. Miguel leaves Cobra Kai outright so it's not in question...but then Hawk himself leaves Cobra Kai. Chances are it'll be Robby or Tory as the new leaders of Cobra Kai as we go into Season 4.

The finals in Season 2 will be fought between Miguel and whoever replaces him as Johnny's star student.

Miguel will leave Johnny's dojo to join Kreese's.

• Jossed. DID NOT see that ending coming!

There is more to Ali's breakup with Daniel

Daniel in the second movie says Ali broke up with him at prom after telling him she fell in love with UCLA football player. She did this after borrowing his car, busting up the fender and messing up the engine. Also, Daniel thought they were going to have sex after prom. This breakup seems rather out of character of Ali.

• Confirmed. Ali sets the story straight herself in Season 3, or at least provides her side to it but no it's nowhere near as cut and dry as Daniel made it seem.

The new girl, Tory, is Ali's daughter or granddaughter. In the latter case, possibly Daniel's granddaughter

Sent to live with her grandparents after one too many legal infractions in Denver. Or Ali gave her up for adoption after getting pregnant, which would explain her sudden breakup with Daniel and the auto accident. Ali's child then get's pregnant or get's someone else pregnant, and thus Tory is born. Ali breaks up with Daniel in July 1985, series starts in 2016. Tory is introduced in 2017. Its a razor thin margin but not impossible. If Ali did get pregnant by someone other than Daniel back in 1985, most likely the father is a rapist. Johnie is unlikely to be the father since he would remember sleeping with her or even chatting.

Tory: 'Tory', with a 'y'.

• Unlikely, as Tory's last name appears to be Nichols. It also doesn't make sense that a woman from a rich family who later became and married a doctor, would have to wait tables and eat leftovers from the restaurant. Unless they lost it all in a Ponzi scheme or something, Ali's wealthy parents also probably wouldn't let their granddaughter work in a roller rink to pay for karate lessons.
• One of the writers explicitly Jossed this theory.

Season 3: Johnny is going to have his own He's Back arc.

But he and Daniel have to put absolutely everything aside to pull it off.

Julie Pierce will return in Season 3.

Miyagi-Do students are still gonna need to defend themselves, especially since Cobra Kai has essentially declared "open season" on Miyagi-Do. Daniel, however, is too ashamed to continue training them. Julie arrives in the valley after hearing about the Miyagi-Do dojo, but after getting the whole story, she decides to take up the role as sensei of the dojo.

• Note that Hilary Swank 's Wikipedia page has an entry for the actress to appear in a cameo, TBA, for Cobra Kai. She may not have a big role, but it's safe to say she'll appear at least briefly.
• She will appear at the end of an episode, in the shadows behind Daniel, and will close out the episode by saying "Wow, Daniel-San... you suck."

Johnny and Daniel will team-up to find Robby

Robby is likely on the run after what happened to Miguel. This could sow the seeds of their eventual reconciliation.

• Confirmed very quickly in Season 3. Though they blow up again afterwards because that is their nature but they do legitimately reconcile in the Season Finale...or at least tolerate each other enough to be willing to merge dojos to take down Kreese.

Season 3 will focus on Johnny and Daniel finally burying the hatchet

Kreese now in full control of the dojo and Johnny renouncing anything to do with Cobra Kai, now would a great time as ever to for both Johnny and Daniel to really reflect on how they had let their decades-old rivalry poison their lives. Only then can they can hope to stop Kreese once and for all.

• Bonus points if season 3 starts at a bar with the two of them.
  Daniel: It came to this?
  Johnny: So What Do We Do Now?

• Somewhat Jossed. While the two do end up burying the hatchet the season doesn't really focus around it as their first attempt blows up. In fact the two don't share a ton of screen time at all for several episodes since Daniel is in Japan.

Season 3 will start with a Downer Beginning.

The season begins with Miguel finally waking up from his coma, several weeks after the Season 2 Finale. His first day back to school, he (and by proxy the audience) is brought up to speed on everything that's happened since that massive brawl.

• With Miyagi-Do gone and with no real competitors left, Cobra Kai (now under Sensei Kreese's control) pretty much owns the Valley and its students rule the school's social hierarchy with an iron fist. In Miguel's absence, Hawk is now the dojo's star pupil.
• Meanwhile, the former Miyagi-Do students have been left to fend for themselves. Most of them are still sticking together, trying to protect each other, but with Daniel no longer around to teach them any more lessons and Cobra Kai getting more ferocious by the day under Kreese's guidance, it's only a matter of time until the cobras eventually become too much for the Miyagi Students to handle. Even worse, a few former Miyagi Students have returned to Cobra Kai out of fear and desperation.
• As for how Cobra Kai is getting away with all this? Using his natural charisma, Kreese convinces the school board and local papers that it was Miyagi-Do that started the brawl and that his Cobra Kai students were victims, guilty only of trying to defend themselves (which would be more likely than you think - in most of the Miyagi/Cobra duels, it was the Miyagi kids who emerged victorious, which would make it easier for the cobras to play the victim card). Thus, Miyagi-Do is the one who gets the Lion's Share of the blame from the school.

  • It was Tory who wrestled the PA system away from an administrator to call Sam out for a fight. Public opinion on who's to blame may be a lot more divided. Or Kreese will try to spin it to his advantage, pinning the blame Johnny for making Cobra Kai so violent.
  • Schools would have video surveillance installed post Columbine. The school in the Valley wouldn't be different. Not only does Tory's wrestling the PA system away from the administrator count as damning evidence, but the footage would have been reviewed to find out who is to blame as well. Tory and a couple of the other Cobra-Kai would be completely expelled (as one of them assaulted a teacher) from the school, while other members of Cobra-Kai would be suspended because they were the ones who threw the first punch and escalated the event. A couple of the Miyagi-Do students may be suspended, as most of them were shown not throwing the first punch in their fights and were reacting in defense. Robbie's fate is unsure, but seeing he was trying to stop the fight between Sam and Tory, that one of Cobra-Kai tried to attack him (which he deflected) and then Miguel attacked him, it could be seen strictly as self-defense that ended in a tragedy (so, it's hard to know if he will be let off the hook or not, but given his relation to Johnny, he may not be let back into school. And outside of that, Miguel's mom could file charges for assault against Robbie for nearly killing her son, even if Miguel did attack him first). Stingray would be permanently banned from coming back to the school and applying for work there after the Principal witnessed him selectively attacking students while letting those associated with Cobra-Kai to continue to attack (such as by passing by Hawk who had one of the Miyagi-Do students in a choke-hold). So, even if Kreese did try to convince the board that it was Miyagi-Do's fault, there'd be evidence that shows that it was members of Cobra-Kai that were the ones who started and escalated the fight that lead to one of the students being left in critical condition. If anything will happen, the school would permanently ban any karate-related activities and finally enforce a zero-tolerance rule for bullying (meaning that if anyone even lifted a finger towards another student would lead to a very heavy punishment).

• As a consequence of the above, La Russo Auto has fallen on hard times. Given how eager the company was to slap their name on Miyagi-Do, the brawl was a PR nightmare. Sales are down, one of their lots had to be shut down, and the La Russo Auto empire is slowly crumbling apart. In one episode, Kreese sends his cobras to vandalize one of Daniel's lots, just to add insult to injury.
• Robbie is completely MIA. Fearful of the consequences of almost killing Miguel, he took off after the brawl and nobody's seen him since. One can only wonder where he is now.
• Johnny Lawrence left the valley after the brawl, and is rumored to live alone in the woods. He used to be a handyman before he became a sensai, so we know he's good with tools. It's possible that he built his own cabin in the woods, complete with a pond in the back where he can relax - not unlike Mr. Miyagi's old dojo. He spends his days in self-imposed exile, believing that he is ultimately responsible for all the damage Cobra Kai's done and that he never should've brought it back to begin with.
• All of this is explained to Miguel by Aisha. She left Cobra Kai after the brawl, recognizing it was now doing more harm than good, especially with Kreese as sensei (it's worth noting that Aisha wasn't present during Kreese's secret night class when Johnny caught them).

With the Valley now under Cobra Kai's control and no one left to stand up to John Kreese, it now falls to Miguel to rally Johnny, Daniel, Robby, Sam and Aisha to figure out a way to take down Kreese once and for all.

Yasmine has Skype, right? If Moon has Skype, too, she's going to be telling her "bestie" about the big fight that decommissioned Miguel.

• The first episode's title appears to be "Aftermath."
• Nichole Brown has confirmed that Aisha won't be returning for Season 3, as they just couldn't "find a place" for her character. Maybe she'll be able to come back for Season 4 and beyond.

• The Season 3 official trailer has confirmed that Season 3 will start out on a dark note. Miguel is awake but in a hospital bed and requiring extensive therapy (though the extent of his injuries is unknow). Robby appears to be hiding out in the woods before he's arrested and thrown into juvie, where he is badly beaten. Kyler appears to have joined Cobra Kai, wherein Hawk has to confront his remaining feelings about being bullied. Demetri and Hawk's relationship remains broken. Sam and Tory appear to have a rematch, while Sam remains reluctant and scarred from the fight. Johnny looks much the worse for wear and spends some time in jail, too.

• Confirmed, it's a pretty downer beginning. Johnny gets into a drunken fight and is thrown in jail (this has consequences later). The School Fight has absolutely torched the Larussos' name to the ground to the point where the town all but hates them and their Auto Group is so bad off that they're getting a fraction of their customers (this also has consequences later). Miguel is still in his coma and only wakes up at the end of Episode 1. Sam has blatant PTSD of the School Fight. Robby is indeed on the run and is considered a fugitive. Tory was expelled and is working two jobs to provide for her family (while getting accosted by a slimy landlord propositioning her, a MINOR, for sex in order to avoid eviction). Hawk's rep is also completely in the toilet after getting punked by Demetri. Aisha was moved away completely. The only two people in the Valley to have any sort of benefit was Kreese (obviously) and Demetri who got a big PR upgrade.

Season 3 will be a reconstruction period for Johnny & Daniel.

The first two seasons were about deconstructing who their respective characters were from the first movie, right down to their respective teaching methods. The third season will involve the two of them finding a way to build themselves back up again. With the third season ending on the two of them finding some kind of common ground. Which will be the closest Earn Your Happy Ending moment they'll ever get.

• More or less confirmed. While the two do ultimately have other objectives they have to deal with (Johnny getting Miguel back on his feet and Daniel saving his business) they do have to come to terms with who they want to be as people and eventually (thanks to Ali) finding that common ground.

Season 3 will begin a year after the events of Season 2.

The season will actually open with the finals of the All Valley Tournament. With no Miyagi Do and their even more aggressive methods, Cobra Kai picks up the victory with Hawk taking Miguel's place. Robbie returns after spending the last months in juvenile hall for his actions in the brawl, now completely isolated from even his former criminal friends due to his own guilt. Samantha isn't doing much better and has shut herself off to karate, blaming herself for Robbie and Miguel's feud. Meanwhile Miguel has come out of his coma, and is about to start physical therapy.

• Jossed: Season 3 picks up the same day season 2 left off.
• Incorrect actually. It picks up two weeks after Season 2 but still not a year afterwards.

Season 3 will have at least one fatality

Think about it. Season 1 was the transformation of bullying victims into a Cobra Kai worse than Johnny ever was. The final episode of Season 2 ended with a brawl involving nearly every Cobra Kai and Miyagi-do student at the school. With Miguel crippled and Kreese taking over Cobra Kai, most aren't going to be interested in reconciliation. They'll want revenge... and there's only one additional step left to take.

• Jossed unless you count the Flashbacks...not that Kreese didn't try his best.

Kreese's Freudian Excuse

During The Vietnam War, Kreese and his men got into a gunfight with some Vietcong and wounded them, and they started begging for mercy. Kreese spared the men, only for them to pull an I Surrender, Suckers on him and capture them. Kreese and his men were tortured by the Vietcong, leaving him as the Sole Survivor by the time rescue came. This incident permanently warped Kreese and caused him to develop the mindset that mercy was a weakness, leading to his actions in 1984 and the present day regarding Cobra Kai.

• This might even be showcased in a Whole Episode Flashback featuring Kreese.
• Kinda Jossed? His mindset was formed in Nam, but that had more to do with his captain and a failed mission (on top of his girlfriend dying) rather than being duped by the Viet Cong.

Cobra Kai Karate is actually a hybrid style of Tang Soo Do and a Southeast Asian Kickboxing style (Muay Thai, Lethwei, etc.)

Southeast Asia is the only place that Kreese is actually confirmed to have deployed to and it's not much of a stretch for him to have encountered one of the native Martial Arts there. Cobra Kai's philosophy (Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy) runs counter to most traditional forms of Karate but is very much in line with the hyper competitive environment of the Lethwei and Muay Thai arenas. In addition to this the Cobras favor a number of techniques that are usually more emphasized in Southeast Asian Kickboxing than Karate. Sweeping the leg at the knee and thigh, throwing elbows and knees in the clinch, catching kicks, and the superman punch are all common techniques and strategies in Muay Thai while Lethwei is one of the only two combat sports in the world (the other being Vale Tudo) where headbutting is a legal tactic. Incidentally Hawk's superman punch started as a technique in Muay Thai where it's original name is translated out as the "Cobra Punch".

• The Cobra on the Dojo's logo may actually be meant to symbolize the Southeast Asian influence on Kreese's art. Cobras are not native to Japan or Korea but they are found in abundance in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia where they are also important cultural icons meant to invoke a number of ideas. Among other things the Cobra is heavily associated with longevity and rebirth in Southeast Asia, hence "Cobra Kai never dies".
• More likely than not Kreese and Terry Silver originally learned Tang Soo Do (Terry's mention of a Korean master is not a total fabrication) but heavily modified their techniques with what they learned on duty. Kreese kept the basic stance of Tang Soo Do rather than the more square stance of Muay Thai because he favors the explosive power and speed of the bladed stance over the the more defensively sound square stance, especially since few fighters outside of Southeast Asia were likely to throw low kicks at the time. Kreese named his new style Cobra Kai Karate both out of a nostalgic attachment to his original martial arts training and as a business move since people in the States were (and to some degree still are) much more familiar with Karate and thus more likely to pay for lessons.
  • This is actually Truth in Television. A lot of Americans stationed in Korea who studied Tang Soo Do and Taekwondo referred to what they learned and taught under the moniker “Korean Karate”. Chuck Norris for instance was a Tang Soo Do practitioner who learned the art while stationed abroad, but called said art Karate for name value. That being said, most of the techniques being taught have equivalents in Tang Soo Do (which uses elbows and knees, although to nowhere near the same degree), there is virtually no use of the clinch, which for many trainers is viewed as the cornerstone of Muay Thai, and the scenes we see of the Cobras practicing their kicks, even on pads, show them using the snapping knee and targeting with the foot motion of Tang Soo Do vs. the heavy pivot and swing of the leg as seen in Muay Thai, which uses the shinbone as the impact point. So while it’s possible (and has historical precedent) the techniques borrowed seem to be fairly minimal.

• Actually partially confirmed. Kreese's captain (the one he learned his karate from) outright mentions that Tang Soo Do is going to be part of what he learns and it was taught by his own superior who learned during Korea.

John Kreese will become a father figure to Hawk

Just because it's a bit of a running theme in this show, Hawk will come to see Sensei Kreese as something of a father figure. However, unlike Daniel and Johnny who try to do right by their students, Kreese will use this relationship to use Hawk to his own ends.

• Jossed. While Hawk does because his de-facto leader at least until the Season Finale the two are never all that particularly close and Kreese goes out of his way to be a bit more "caring" towards Tory and Robby and even Johnny.

Kreese’s endgame

It’s been established that Kreese’s short term goal is fairly simple, get his dojo back and defeat the Opposing Sports Team that is Miyagi-Do, which in turn, would validate his philosophies over the late Mr. Miyagi that drove him out of business the first time. As a goal it seems simple enough, and it was the same goal he had in The Karate Kid Part III, but the season ends with Miyagi-Do shut down and him the sole owner and instructor of Cobra Kai. Given that, is Kreese going to be content to be the leader of the “karate cult” in the Valley and dominate the All-Valley championships while destroying local competitors? Given the theme of driving philosophies and validation, I don’t think Kreese will be happy with merely being a big fish in a small pond, and next season will look to either begin franchising Cobra Kai (which he also wanted to do in Part III) or having his students, Hawk in particular, representing Cobra Kai on a much bigger stage than the All-Valley, to confirm his philosophies were superior to those who challenged him.

• Taking this a step further; what does Kreese hope to achieve by going national? It's clear he has (or at least had, back in the day) friends in high places like Terry Silver who could offer him riches and a lavish lifestyle, but he chooses to continue training students. Why? He doesn't just want his brand to go national; he wants his philosophy to. Like Johnny did at the start of the season, Kreese sees a world that has grown soft and coddling, and like any good Social Darwinist villain, wants to inject the fear of death back into the hearts of the weak. By taking Cobra Kai national, he can raise a strong but sociopathic generation of warriors and purge America of the weakness he sees around him, proving that Might Makes Right and life rewards the strong who take what they want. And he will be the grandfather of it all. It's not unlike a certain senator from a popular video game series who sought to reduce America into a survival-of-the-fittest petrie dish.
  • The end of season 3 is certainly setting this up. Not only does Kreese overtly state he wants to 'melt the snowflake generation', but he's made a call to Terry Silver, implying he may in fact be reigniting his plan to go national if he can do well at the next All-Valley.

Ali will be the Hope Bringer in Season 3

Season 2 ended in a depressing Downer Ending, with all the good guys in retreat, Miguel in a coma and Kreese in charge of Cobra Kai, but also with Johnny receiving a Facebook message from Ali. Ali will then return to the Valley in season 3 and be force for good to balance Kreese's evil, helping to reconcile Daniel and Johnny and using her skills as a pediatric surgeon to save Miguel.

• Johnny may see this as a chance to finally make up and be with the girl he has long cherished - only for Ali to tell (remind) Johnny that she's married and have ''long'' since moved on from both him and Daniel.
• Daniel reconnects with Ali as well - mainly to rip for how she trashed his car on their prom night.
• Well the initial WMG is confirmed. Ali coming back is huge for both Daniel and Johnny as she essentially puts their feud to bed all on her own. However, outside of some mild ship-teasing (since Ali apparently got divorced sometime in the last year) Johnny never makes an actual play for her since he had started a relationship with Carmen. Daniel's interaction with her is also very polite though the whole "prom night car trashing" IS brought up.

Daniel and Johnny will team up in Season 3

Kreese’s Cobra Kai will increasingly act like a street gang and in particular will target the former Miyagi-do. A group of Miyagi-do, abandoned by Daniel and now being led by Robby, will seek out Johnny as their new Sensei to teach them to stand up to the Cobra Kai bullies. Eventually Ali will come to town to perform surgery on Miguel. To do that, Ali has only one price for Johnny and Daniel: put an end to their feud once and for all. Once that reconciliation has been achieved, they together will reopen Miyagi-do as a balanced middle-way between their two competing philosophies.

• OK, Mrs. Larusso, what say you about all this?
  • Obviously, Ali has to have a long talk with Amanda Larusso to convince her that Daniel and Johnny can settle their differences and karate can play a role in that. Sure, that's not going to be a easy sell for Amanda, but that's where the drama lies.
• Confirmed at the end of Season 3 (also Amanda doesn't need to be hard sold on the Karate part...Kreese did that just fine on his own).

Any Cobra Kai student that wasn't present during Kreese's class at the end of Season 2 (particularly Aisha and maybe Bert) will join up Miyagi-Do in Season 3

• Realizing the unabated corruption of the new Cobra Kai under John Kreese, the few perspicacious-enough students will team-up with the remnant Miyagi-Do students to fight back against Kreese and to hopefully persuade Johnny and Daniel to keep teaching them karate, but this time together as one dojo.
• Aisha will hookup with Chris, both being the most "moderate" students of their respective dojos.
• The mess is clearly far from over. With nowhere else to go and another showdown being a certainty, the surviving students will see no choice but to take refuge at the house where Miyagi-do stood. In their own little way, they become a contemporary eastern martial arts Breakfast Club.
• ...this one actually ends up a bit complicated. The easy stuff, Aisha just outright moves away. But the rest of the CK students do remain. Initially. Then Kreese starts casting out some and they go to Johnny to start a new Dojo, Eagle Fang. Only for that dojo to eventually merge with Miyagi-Do anyway so...technically confirmed?

In the wake of the school brawl, several characters are going to be in court, but for different reasons.

• Jossed, at least that we could see. It's possible Stingray went to court and that's where his probation came from. But otherwise only Robby faced actual punishment from the police and he was sent straight to Juvie (Tory avoided it thanks to her caregiver status at home).

Amanda is going to be horribly raped or hit with a brutal injury close to home.

• Jossed

Hawk will kill Demitri

• Jossed, though he does break his arm...before he performs a Heel–Face Turn in the Season Finale and they're bros again.

The Grand Finale: The Final Battle of the series, between Johnny and Daniel.

• It will be a friendly rematch, and exhibition in a tournament before the (Unshown) Final Match. The families and friends will be cheering both of them and betting a dessert in a barbecue. After exchanging some punches and blocks, it will end with Daniel readying a Crane Kick while Johnny prepares a Flying Side Kick. The screen will stop, and it will be shown a picture, just like Rocky III Ending, with "You're the best (Around)" rocking in the background.

The End.

Characters from Season 1 who didn't appear in Season 2 will have big roles in Season 3.

• Sid will make a Back for the Dead appearance and become the one who finally make Johnny understand Daniel didn't steal Ali from him. Sid will also die and leave Johnny a big amount of money. Johnny will buy a new karate studio and attract Cobra Kais not wanting to learn from Kreese. He'll also get Daniel's former students.
• Kyler will show up and reveal he spent Season 2 level grinding.
• Robby's mom will return.

• Well...confirmed that all three of those characters (plus Yasmine who also did not appear in Season 2) will return in Season 3. As for big roles...uh. Johnny goes to Sid to get money for Miguel's surgery. Kyler shows up and joins Cobra Kai and becomes Miguel's Final Boss towards regaining his full ability and confidence in his health and fighting. Shannon returns in rehab and is ultimately the one who helps bring Robby in. Yasmine shows up and starts a potential romance with Demetri.

Johnny will try to learn more about Terry Silver.

And will learn Daniel had a good reason to hold him as a reason not to trust Cobra Kai.

Future season predictions

In season 3 Hawk and the other Cobras will bully Robby relentlessly until Robby agrees to a rematch against Hawk in the next all-valley tournament. Robby will prepare for this by training with Johnny but will lose himself in the aggression inherent in Cobra-Kai until Daniel returns from Okinawa to help Robby find his way again.

In season 4 Miguel will have recovered enough from his injuries to return to school. Miguel will refuse to rejoin Cobra-Kai and will be targeted by his former friends as a result. Miguel will refuse to give up his new found pacifism so Sam will step up to protect him. If Hilary Swank ever makes a cameo it will be here.

• Season 3 Jossed all the way around.

Johnny and his old Cobra Kai buddies will visit Tommy's gravesite

Harsher in Hindsight since it was Rob Garrison's final appearance before his death (September 2019). Expect it to become a plot point.

Demetri and Moon will enter in a relationship in Season 3, which finally incites Hawk to start Jumping Off the Slippery Slope.

• Demetri starts undergoing a (reconstructed) transformation similar to Eli/Hawk thanks to Miyagi-do, which attracts Moon to him.
• This of course also makes Eli's anger and jealousy reach a fever pitch and, without Johnny guidance, will cause him to take actions that may make him finally cross the Moral Event Horizon (e.g. kill Demetri or force himself on Moon, or both).
  • Or, given their actors are dating as of late 2019, Moon will start spending time with Miguel, leading Hawk to battle his former best karate friend.

• Jossed. Demetri does enter a potential relationship but with Yasmine of all people. Moon isn't really much of a factor.

Since each season seems to mirror some of the "story beats" of the films, Season 3 will feature swaps between dojos, Daniel "going bad," a tournament re-match, and Kreese may fake his death... again!

• Well the swaps between dojos happens at least.

The Quickbooks commercial is Production Foreshadowing for Kreese's ultimate fate.

• All the other characters will inevitably turn against him, but after already looking into his Freudian Excuse and portraying his defeat in a sympathetic light, he will decide to pull a Heel–Face Turn and start over with Koala Kai.

Demetri will temporarily take up leadership of the Miyagi-do students in Season 3.

• With Daniel no longer teaching them, Sam likely being too distraught over what happened to Miguel, and Robby most likely being on the run, Demetri will take it upon himself to keep the remaining Miyagi-do students together and keep each other protected, especially since they'll more than likely still be targeted by Cobra Kai.
• Jossed, Sam is the de-facto leader of Miyagi-Do all the way through, though Demetri does assert himself far more than Season 2.

Demetri will be the one to convince Amanda to keep letting Daniel teach karate.

• After Robby, Demetri is student most (positively) changed and influenced by Daniel's teachings.

• Jossed, Amanda ends up convincing herself after seeing just how far Kreese is willing to go and how little law enforcement is willing to do to help.

The one teaser shown for Season 3 offers serious insight into Miyagi's backstory — and Daniel's core character defect.

• You know how viewers were saying Daniel was always an angry and violent kid and still is? If that's Chozen's voice we heard there, we're going to learn the harsh truth about Miyagi's formative years. Also expect to learn about the mistake that served as a wake-up call to Daniel's sensei.

• Jossed. What Daniel ends up learning is that Miyagi-Do is not 100% about self-defense and does have techniques for killing since it was used to deal with warring invaders.

Johnny's new dojo will be called Iron Eagle

• Johnny clearly doesn't understand how copyright laws work, so he will just mindlessly use the name without thinking much about it. This will lead to a hilarious sequence where he gets copy-striked and forced to pay for the right.
  • Considering that an actual Cobra Kai school is in Las Vegas (a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school) and they likely pay royalty rights to Sony to use the name and snake logo, it could be a fun little bit of Very Loosely Based on a True Story legal shenanigans. And considering how Season 2 ended, some light comedy about name rights might be a fun way to lighten the mood.
• Close! It actually ends up being called Eagle Fang.

Demetri is Freddy Fernandez's son

Since Sam and Robby are children of Daniel and Johnny. Demetri is the son of Freddy for everything to come full circle. Freddy and Demetri both have dark brown hair. Also Demetri's last name isnt fully revealed yet but it falls inbetween A-G according to the episode "Different But Same".

Kyler and his 3 friends will join Miyagi-Do as secret weapons and the season long arc will be moving past the lingering issues from season 1.

• Hawk will see Kyler and his friends and attack him for what Kyler did to him in season one, but the group of wrestlers will hold their own till the Miyagi-Do students see and help. Desperate for new students to join and help in the fight against Kreese's Cobra Kai, both sides will be forced to join forces. Kyler and co learn karate and at the same time teaches Miyagi-Do mat-based wrestling. Wrestling uses the entire body and can be an effective tool to combat karate and give an extra martial art to the show. Throughout the season both Kyler and his friends try to make amends with Miyagi-Do and by the season's finale they would have fully patched things up and become friends.

• Jossed, Kyler and his friend Brucks join Cobra Kai (well his friend attempted to anyway before Hawk beat him to a bloody pulp). That violent act though made sure Kyler didn't try to start anything after that.

Kyler will start bullying Miguel again in Season 3.

• Confirmed to return for Season 3, Kyler will take advantage of Miguel's current crippled state and resume bullying him again. This will cause a reaction from both dojos:
  • Miyagi-do: Sam and Demetri defend Miguel from Kyler, with Demetri most likely going to be forced to actually fight.
  • Cobra Kai: The students (particularly Tory and Hawk) will immediately go No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Kyler, who may cripple him in return or possibly even kill him.

• Kinda confirmed? It's very clear during the Season Finale assault that his goal was to get revenge on Miguel, especially while he's still weakened from the Season 2 fall. However, while he does give Miguel a damn good beating Miguel finds his Heroic Second Wind to put him down again. Also for some Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! he may have accidentally triggered Hawk's Heel–Face Turn and his defection from Cobra Kai. Oops.

The woman who bitched at Johnny will return in Season Three

• She will encounter Johnny and Daniel, and she and Johnny will again rehash the "you called me a bitch" argument. After which, Daniel will say "What a bitch."

• Jossed

Tory and Kyler will start dating

• They're both violent aggressive people and with Miguel in a coma he can't warn her about Kyler. Sam might try to warn her about Kyler, but she'll brush it off as her wanting revenge for the fight.

• Jossed for Season 3 at least. The two don't really interact whatsoever.

Kreese will go out of his way to ruin the rest of Daniel's life in season 3

• Kreese may have taken over Cobra Kai and forced Miygai-Do into disbanding, but it's unlikely he'll stop his crusade against Daniel. After all, we saw how far he went in The Karate Kid: Part III to get his revenge for ruining his dojo; imagine how resentful he feels after three decades of destitution, brought forth by Daniel's doing? Now that he has students who are willing to do anything to get what they want, there's no telling what fresh torments or the lengths they go to if their sensei tells them to go after Daniel La Russo. They could target his business, his house...even his family...
  • And given that he was on the other side of her glorious little wind-up, there's no way in hell he's going to let Amanda off in the long run. A two-for-one deal for him.

• Somewhat zigzagged. He does have his students go after Miyagi-Do students but generally leaves it at that at first (the School Fight itself did enough damage to Daniel's PR and Auto Group). But when Amanda tried the same tactic Daniel used on Johnny in Season 1 to force him out of the strip mall he ramps up his efforts considerably. First he sends a snake to the Auto Group showfloor and during the city council meeting does his best to throw Daniel under the bus for everything that happened in regards to the Mob War.

Miguel will dish out a glorious "Reason You Suck" Speech to the remaining member of Cobra Kai

When Miguel learns about the current situation his sensei is in, and learn that Hawk, Tory and co. blamed Johnny for Miguel's condition, the latter will tear into the Cobras for blindly trusting Kreese and abandoning the mentor who actually got them to where they were. This would perfectly tie into Miguel's Undying Loyalty to Johnny, and show his character development of understanding the difference between "No Mercy" versus "No Honor".

• Jossed...at least in terms of his target. He delivers a "Reason You Suck" Speech to Johnny himself, calling him out for abandoning his students, allowing everyone to call him weak and a pussy and tells him to sack up and accept that he is a sensei. Interestingly enough it's that very speech that galvanizes Miguel to stand on his own two feet (literally) and helps Johnny reassess his status.

At first, Kyler will look like he hasn't changed in the least. But then something unexpected will happen.

• Jossed, he's pretty much the same.
  • Right now. But as Yasmine proved, this series has a history of surprises.

The victim of Hawk's vicious beatdown in the Cobra Kai dojo will be Kyler

Hawk will spar against him and win before taking full advantage of Kreese's allowances for Kick Them While They Are Down to enact his revenge for the previous bullying.

• Jossed, it was Brucks who received the beating.

Miguel’s rehabilitation in the trailer will actually be an Imagine Spot.

• Surprisingly Jossed. It wasn't Kyler but one of his friends from Season 1. It did do its job in cowing Kyler towards him though.

Chozen is going to teach Daniel the "I thought it was a Dangerous Forbidden Technique."

Remember when Daniel thought Miyagi had taught him everything he knew? And how Chozen responded ("are you sure about that?"). Do not be surprised if Daniel eventually invokes Let's Get Dangerous!

• Somewhat confirmed. Miyagi-Do has techniques that are suited for killing that Mr. Miyagi specifically did not teach Daniel and Chozen does teach at least one to him. Daniel doesn't use it to kill though.

Kyler will become Cobra Kai’s star pupil

In the season 3 trailer, we see Kyler observing the Cobra Kai students while Hawk looks back at him. Seeing as how Kyler was a vicious bully from day one, this would make him a perfect student for Kreese. While Miguel’s and Hawk’s training made Kyler no longer a threat to them, he’s still larger and probably stronger than both of them. Kyler will take to Kreese’s methods like a duck to water, and will quickly outshine Hawk as a result. Hawk will then resume getting bullied, and become more alienated from his peers at Cobra Kai. Seeing as how he’d also previously alienated Demitri, this will mean that he’ll end up in a worse predicament than before he joined Cobra Kai because he will now be completely alone. He will then come to a Heel Realization and attempt to atone.

• This may also lead to a grudge match between Kyler and Sam, considering the fact that he was the one who started the “blowjob” rumor about her.
  • Calling it now: yes, he's pretty much the same as he was in the first season. But she curb-stomps him in the same vein as The Next Karate Kid. Kreese (having been done away with in a similar way) orders Kyler to actually off her, and either he (1) flat-out refuses, effectively putting him firmly on his way to a Heel–Face Turn, or (2) gleefully obliges, only to get curb-stomped again and cement his status as the ultimate jerkass.

• Jossed. He is a pupil, but not exactly a star one. He definitely ranks below Hawk and Tory and eventually Robby.

If Mike Barnes do appear in the show at some point, they will differentiate him from Johnny Lawrence

The Karate Kid Part III was criticized for rehashing the first film with Mike Barnes being Johnny Lawrence 2.0, if he were to appear in the show, they have to differentiate him from Johnny Lawrence and the character will serve as a Foil for Johnny Lawrence.

There will be a Lampshade Hanging on Terry Silver's actor being younger than Daniel La Russo's actor

Thomas Ian Griffith is younger than Ralph Macchio despite Terry Silver is older than Daniel La Russo, so what if one of Cobra Kai students said like "Man! You age rather well, Sensei Silver" or "You're a War Veteran?! I thought you were same age as La Russo or Lawrence!" or Something.

The Terry Silver Arc will have a twist

Kreese will call Terry for help in Season 4, but the help he'll get won't be what he expected, and this will lead to his Villainous Breakdown and him finally losing to Daniel and Johnny.

We already know the new dojo's mascot

What animal kills snakes? Bert's (correct) answer isn't just a one-off punchline: Johnny and Daniel's new logo will feature a mongoose.

One of Season 4's main themes will be the mixing of fighting styles and philosophies.

• As pointed out by the Miyagi-do and Eagle Fang students, despite coming together to work towards a common goal (taking out Kreese's Cobra Kai) their natural Opposing Combat Philosophies are inevitably going to cause conflict and friction between their senseis and their training. Johnny and Daniel will struggle throughout the season to find a true balance between their styles.
• Despite Robby now being dedicated to Cobra Kai, he may still occasionally fall back on the teachings he learned under Daniel.
  • And being the only other student to have a connection to all three sensei, he will be the type of Bringer of Hope that was often attributed to Alli in the wake of the second season climax.

Johnny will start working at Daniel's dealership

Johnny is assumably still unemployed at the end of Season 3, but now that he and Daniel are teaching karate together, Daniel may be willing to offer Johnny a job.

Hawk and Moon will make up and reconcile in Season 4

• Given Hawk's Heel–Face Turn in the finale of Season 3 and rekindling his friendship with Demetri, next season we'll be seeing Hawk apologizing to Moon for his actions in season 2 and hopefully the two can either be friends again or start over, like Sam and Miguel did.

Aisha will return for Season 4 and join her friends in Miyagi-Do/Eagle Fang

• If Nicole Brown is brought back for Season 4, we'll be seeing Aisha come back to the Cobra Kai dojo, only to see that none of her friends, save for Tory, are there and that Kreese is running it. After seeing how Kreese operates Cobra Kai, Aisha leaves and eventually someone from the Miyagi-Do/Eagle Fang will find her, fill her in on the situation, and after Aisha reconciles with Sam, she joins her friends.
• Alternatively, Sam or any of Cobra Kai's former students will fill her in on the events of Season 3 offscreen and Aisha joins in after reconciling with Sam.

Julie will show up for Season 4

• Somehow, Julie from Next will catch word of the All Valley tournament going on and how Miyagi-Do is involved. Somehow, she shows up at the Miyagi-Do/Eagle Fang dojo volunteering to help train since Miyagi was her mentor too and this will lead to a few interesting interactions between Daniel and Julie, along with some with Johnny and possibly with Amanda.
  • For example:
  Julie: Daniel LaRusso?
  Daniel: Who wants to know?
  Julie: I do. You trained under Mr. Miyagi, right?
  Daniel: I did. How do you know him?
  Julie: I trained under him also. You happen to know where he is?
  Daniel: I'm sorry, he's long gone. Who are you, exactly?
  Julie: Julie Pierce. I heard Miyagi-Do's gonna be part of the All Valley tournament comin up soon and I figured I'd help since he was my teacher too. Think you got enough room for me?

Kreese will be defeated at the end of Season 4 and Robby will become the Dragon Ascendant

The setup for Season 4 makes it look like the final season, with the All Valley being the final battle for the soul of the Valley with a rematch between Miguel and Robby. However, the creators of the show have said they have plans for at least 6 seasons, so I think season 4 will have Kreese defeated and keeping his word to leave for good (or maybe being Driven to Suicide) but leaving Cobra Kai to Robby as a last act of revenge against Johnny, to ruin their chances at reconciling. Robby will have to deal with the pressure of running a business at his age and deciding what kind of philosophy he wants Cobra Kai to have, paralleling Johnny's arc in the first 2 seasons.

• Robby could also become a Dragon with an Agenda or The Starscream, learning what he can from Kreese to enact his own revenge against everyone, believing society caused all their problems with themselves and each other in the first place, from the controlling but incompetent political correctness to the bullies who continue what the former was trying to stop. Taking advantage of being much more familar with his generation than Johnny or Kreese are.

Kreese will instruct Robby to "break [Miguel's] back."

Robby will face Miguel again in the All Valley Tournament where Kreese will instruct him to reaggravate Miguel's spinal injury to insure him the win. Robby is by shocked by this but complies, mirroring how his father was instructed to "sweep the leg" back in the 1984 tournament.

Hawk’s beatdown of Brucks left the latter with major facial damage

Before he became Hawk, Eli was bullied relentlessly for his lip scar. Immediately prior to Hawk finishing him, Brucks is shown to have a bloody mouth. While we don’t see the aftermath of the No-Holds-Barred Beatdown, the reactions of the other students and Hawk’s bloody fists let us know that it wasn’t a pretty sight. What better karma for a bully who teased someone else over a lip scar than for them to receive a lip scar of their own.

Robby's role in the next All Valley Karate Tournament will mirror Johnny's from the first movie, complete with being physically assaulted for coming in second and leaving Cobra Kai as a result.

Silver will have a Dragon Ascendant arc at the end of season four as a result of Kreese undergoing Character Development, ending up in jail or dying.

Hawk and Demetri will eventually get their own Spin-Off with a college setting

Possibly with Aisha, Yasmine and Moon as supporting characters.

There will be a Running Gag of people telling Terry Silver he looks too young to have fought in Vietnam.

Lucas Schwarber will become a regular character

While catching up with Johnny, Ali volunteers a considerable amount of information about her son Lucas, including interests, personality, what sports he plays and the fact that he is 17... like all the main teenage characters in the show. This may be laying the groundwork for Lucas to come stay with his grandparents and attend West Valley High in season 4.

Daniel will take over training Miguel

Johnny doesn't want Miguel to fight in the All Valley due to his injury setting him back and the risk of aggravating his spine. Daniel will start training Miguel in the more defensive style of Miygai-Do which will give him a better chance of competing with a lower risk of something happening.

A relative of Kreese's girlfriend Betsy will appear.

If Anthony becomes more prominent, he'll have some sort of encounter with Tory's brother.

The name 'Eagle Fang' is not going to stick.

Since the dojo's inception, many people (including its own students) have commented on how garish its name is. Even its motto ("Bite like an eagle.") is seen as rather bizarre as eagles do not have teeth. Johnny will consider some new potential titles like "Eagle Claw" or "Soaring Eagle" or "Iron Eagle" (Daniel will explain to Johnny about working around copyright laws).

Tory is going to get her own juvie arc similar to Robby's. Basically a Distaff Counterpart

Robby could have a brain injury.

He was knocked out cold for several minutes at the end of Season 3, meaning he could have a fairly significant concussion that he likely won't be getting proper diagnosis or treatment for. Watch it further degrade his emotional and physical health in Season 4. On the bright side, if it affects his fighting too much, it will at least get him away from Kreese.

Freddy Fernandez will be the main villain of the final season

He was the real person who started the feud between Johnny and Daniel.

Both Daniel and Johnny will learn from each other's teaching method to improve their instruction abilities.

Kreese will have a feud with a Las Vegas BJJ dojo

Specifically, the Cobra Kai Jiu Jitsu Academy.

Kreese will instruct Tory to injure Miguel's leg in the semifinals like he instructed Bobby to injure Daniel's leg in the original movie.

Ava Schwarber will become Robby's Love Interest

As of the end of season 3, Robby's Love Interests are Sam and Tory, who both present problems: Tory is a psycho and Sam is back with Miguel. Absent any sort of redemption for Tory, the show will Take a Third Option and introduce Ava, Ali's daugther, as the endgame for Robby. This will also mean that history will repeat but with a happier ending than for Johnny and Ali.

Kreese was planning on using self defence laws (such as Castle Doctrine) to justify murdering Daniel and Johnny in the Cobra-Kai dojo

Throughout season 3, Kreese has shown himself quite savvy about the law, manipulating it to his advantage and purposely provokes Daniel, Johnny, and their associates into acting he ways he can slam them with legal ramifications. This leads to an interesting question; what was Kreese's plan to get away with killing Daniel (and possibly Johnny) during the season finale? It could be entirely possible both his suffocating Johnny in a necklock (once again) and his comment about Daniel going to 'meet Mr. Miyagi soon' were done in the heat of the moment, but it begs the question what his end goal luring them both to the dojo was. To beat them up and send a message? No, there's another angle to consider: Castle Doctrine. American law states that use of fatal force is allowed should the victim initially threaten fatal force to another individual in a space they legally own (such as a house or business). Kreese has shown time and time again his willingness to manipulate the law in his favour. If Kreese murdered Daniel, and was to go to court and argue in defence of his actions, he could use Castle Doctrine to show that Daniel was physically assaulting him in his place of business, with possible intent to kill; indeed, even with the other LaRusso's attempting to sue the Cobra Kai students for the assault on their house, Kreese can easily claim plausible deniability and argue even if that was the case, it doesn't justify Daniel attempting to murder him. Indeed, it's possible that Kreese purposely set up the whole situation to make it look like Daniel was overreacting to what would ultimately amount to a lesser crime. Combined with his pre-existing restraining order against Amanda, Kreese has the deck stacked well in his favour to make Daniel look guilty.

• As for Johnny, Kreese has the perfect motive to pin on him as well: Robby. Kreese could exploit Johnny's desire to rescue his son. Kreese would look like a valiant protector who was simply trying to defend Robby, and make Johnny look like he was attempting to take Robby forcefully, perhaps even pointing out how Johnny picked up the sai to drive the point home. The worst part? If called as a witness, Robby could possibly go along with this plan, since he's become more sympathetic to Kreese and has come to completely detest Johnny. Essentially, if Kreese ended making the kill on both Daniel and Johnny, he has ample ways ways to make both of them look guilty for breaking and entering with intent to kill.

Demetri will try to act as a Morality Pet to Robby in Season 4

Demetri is the one person Robby was close to/friends with on the Miyagi Do/Eagle Fang side that he doesn't have beef with. Demetri will try to reach out to/get through to Robby throughout Season 4 or if not that then at least during the tournament before a major match.

Aisha will return and try to act as a Morality Pet to Tory in Season 4

Aisha had bonded with Tory quite well in Season 2 and was given many Pet the Dog moments including but not limited to initially trying to break up the school brawl and not siding with Kreese post brawl. Aisha will return, align herself with Miyagi Do/Eagle Fang, but will simultaneously try to reach out to Tory and get through to her.

Cobra Kai occurs in an alternate timeline where UFC 1 never happened

A theory suggested by MMA coach Ramsay Dewey (who is a fan of the show) is that the culture of the martial arts in the Valley is the same as the culture surrounding it during the '80s. While Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu clearly exists, it is a much more underground phenomenon than it is in the modern day since MMA and the UFC never took off. Coincidentally, this also has wrestlers like Kyler being a lot less respected than they would be by other martial artists (where some variant of wrestling, be it freestyle, collegiate, or a form of jacketed grappling like judo or sambo is a pre-requisite to fighting MMA), specifically when Kreese calls Kyler (a high school wrestler able to use those skills) untrained. The only explanation for the martial arts culture remaining the way it did is that UFC 1 never happened and the modern sport of Mixed Martial Arts doesn't exist. If it does exist, without the UFC, MMA never reached the level of mainstream acceptance that it did in our reality and is an underground phenomena no one in the Valley would know or care about outside of a few hardcore fans.

Sarah will join the Eagle Fang/Miyagi-Do alliance in Season 4

Despite losing her initiation match against Tory and being subsequently absent for the rest of Season 3, Gissette Valentin's character Sarah had a relatively strong presence along with Kyler and Brucks when Kreese was out recruiting students. Since she is no longer welcomed into Cobra Kai, she'll instead join Eagle Fang, possibly for a chance to get revenge on Tory for clipping her tooth.

Kreese will somehow win in Season 4

He has to, or else he will come down in history as the most pathetic villain onscreen. Other than his Vietnam war flashback, Kreese hasn't done anything successful throughout the entire franchise.

• Considering this is Kreese we're talking about, expect heavy cheating/bribery/blackmail/whatever dirty trick he can come up with to seal their victory.
• Well he did lead Cobra Kai to three straight All Valley Championship wins before 1984, so it's inaccurate to say he hasn't done ANYTHING successful.

Tory will attempt to murder someone else in Season 4...and succeed.

My best guess is either one of the Miyagi-Fang Students or possibly Sam's little brother. This will finally cement Tory and the Cobra Brats as being beyond redemption and result in the mother of all NoHoldsBarredBeatdown coming their way in retribution.

Conversly, Tory and the others will have a Heel Realization after almost murdering someone.

Brucks will join Cobra Kai in Season 4

At the end of season 3, Cobra Kai is lacking in terms of named members that can be a legit threat at 3-4 in Tori, Kyler, Robby, and maybe Doug, compared to Miyagi-Fang's 6 of Miguel, Sam, Hawk, Demetri, Mitch, and Chris. Bringing back Kyler's friend Brucks would remedy this and have a built in rivalry with Hawk as well. Bruck being as phyically powerful as he is would make for a terryfying opponent with proper training.

Terry Silver will either change the rules of the All Valley or bring in outside fighters to replace everyone

The initial plan of Terry's, the convoluted "pretend to be a coach only to betray Daniel" scheme only works once (Or in this case, never). With that option out of the way, Silver will need to find a way to help his old sensei win the tournament that won't involve tricking people ready for him. To that end, he probably has two immediate choices, change the rules of the tournament to one that favors Cobra Kai, or get rid of Kreese's students save Robby and possibly Tory and replace them with competitive veterans from the karate circuit and overwhelm the motley crew that is Eagle Fang and Miyagi-Do. He certainly has the money to go through with either option.

• If this happens, perhaps Daniel will try to do the same by bringing in Chozen's Miyagi-Do to level the playing field.