06 01 2021 Cobra Kai returned to Neflix on New Year's Day with another dose of nostalgia-packed karate action. We took the opportunity to put stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka head-to-head as the world binges Season 3. What was your reaction when you heard the pitch for Cobra Kai? Zabka: It was like someone was waking up a bear. My eye was slowly opening, going… “Are you for real?” I’d played with the idea, like in the Sweep The Leg music video I play a version of myself, but I was like, “Wait, you’re gonna go in the belly of the whale and bring Johnny and Daniel back?” I walked away from that meeting feeling like something was stirring in me.