Without Cobra Kai, Johnny Lawrence would’ve remained a pop culture punching bag, a footnote in Daniel LaRusso’s history. But the one-two punch of Heald, Hurwitz, ...

William Zabka traces Johnny Lawrence's evolution from Karate Kid 2 to the series finale and ending of Netflix's Cobra Kai.

Forty years later in the series finale episode of “Cobra Kai,” it’s the same mat but a different winner, with Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) lifted up by his students and basking in sweet ...