Kreese grabs the smoldering stub of his cigar and tosses it into the gasoline, enveloping the yacht in a massive fireball. Thus ends the epic life of John Kreese…or does it? "You have to know ...

“We did shoot a scene where… I’m smoking the cigar and I grab a magazine ... and with credibility — not with an absurd confirmation that somehow John Kreese survived that fiery blast.” ...

They say Cobra Kai never dies but John Kreese (Martin Kove ... But Kreese has one last trick up his sleeve: He tosses a lit cigar into some gasoline and, boom, the whole boat goes up in flames.