Either that or Cobra Kai wanted to hold off on bringing back Terry Silver until an All-Valley tournament was on the horizon, which also wouldn’t be surprising.
Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence could bring down John Kreese and Cobra Kai once and for all or lose their own respective dojos in the process.
The upcoming tournament has about the highest stakes the series has done yet, with dojos on the line.
Plus, they’ll have to firmly align and not be divided by petty squabbles along the training process, which has yet to happen in this series.