Cobra Kai Season 4's Alternate Ending Would've Changed Season 5 In 4 Ways
An alternate ending to Cobra Kai season 4 that was shot would have changed season 5 in 4 major ways. Cobra Kai season 4 ended with Tory Nichols (Peyton List) defeating Samantha LaRusso (Mary Mouser) to win the girls' All Valley Under 18 Karate Championship. As per the bet that was made in Cobra Kai season 3, the black and yellow dojo's win meant that Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) must close their dojos, Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang Karate, respectively. However, Tory later learned that her sensei, Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith), paid off the referee so she could win the All Valley final.
The cast and creators of Cobra Kai celebrated the show on May 5, 2022, with Cobra Kai: Live and Badass, an event at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles where they revealed the teaser trailer for Cobra Kai season 5. But as a bonus treat for the live audience, Mary Mouser showed a clip of the alternate ending that was produced where it was Sam who scored the final point and beat Tory for the All Valley Championship, complete with a victory celebration. William Zabka and Ralph Macchio explained that the alternate ending was filmed for the extras in the crowd and to avoid spoilers leaking. (Macchio also pointed out that in the alternate version, Sam won the All Valley «fairly,» unlike Tory.) Zabka assured everyone that Tory winning was always the planned season 4 outcome but he indicated there was a chance it might have been changed in the editing room if Cobra Kai's executive producers decided to go in a different direction.
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The fact that footage of Sam LaRusso winning Cobra Kai season 4's All Valley exists is fascinating. It essentially means there's an
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