Left to right: Griffin Santopietro as Anthony LaRusso, Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, Tanner Buchanan as Robby Keene, William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz.

Cobra Kai's ending for its best character confirms why he doesn't have a role in Karate Kid: Legends, and it was always meant ...

Cobra Kai's trio of showrunners, producers, writers, and directors, Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, have ...

Zabka reflected when Hurwitz, Heald, and Schlossberg pitched him Cobra Kai as a YouTube Original series in 2018. "I think their love for Johnny Lawrence, and the work I did in the '80s from some ...

William Zabka notoriously "swept the leg" as teen bully Johnny Lawrence in 1984's Karate Kid — and for more than three decades, fans didn't let him forget it. "For years I had dads dragging ...

THE PERFORMANCE | It’s been four decades since Johnny Lawrence lost the All-Valley Karate ... at the hands of the diabolical John Kreese. Zabka gave an affecting performance, first in a scene ...

The real Karate Kid has always been Johnny Lawrence: member and sensei of Cobra Kai ... LaRusso finds himself training in Miyagi-Do karate, ultimately beating Lawrence (William Zabka) in a heated ...

Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reflected on three decades of ... and reprise their roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence, respectively, in Cobra Kai. "For Billy and I, the depth and level ...

Legends must honor its roots while embracing modern storytelling, with Johnny Lawrence’s cameo and sharp fight scenes .