Cobra Kai Season 4 Spoilers: Peyton List on Why Tory Did THAT to Sam at the End of the All Valley

[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Cobra Kai Season 4.] The end of Cobra Kai Season 4 features a very big moment for Peyton List’s Tory. After three seasons of intense training while also fighting for her own reputation and doing everything she can to support her family, Tory finally gets to step into the spotlight as the first female champion of the All Valley Karate Tournament, besting her rival to claim the grand prize for Cobra Kai. Yes, ultimately it’s revealed the odds were in Tory’s favor courtesy of Terry Silver’s (Thomas Ian Griffith) manipulation, but there’s still no denying that Tory is an extremely skilled fighter who put in some serious work to get herself on a better path in Season 4. While there is some heartbreak for Sam (Mary Mouser), Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang, there’s an undeniable thrill and satisfaction that comes from seeing Tory get the thing she so desperately wanted to achieve. As she explained to Robby (Tanner Buchanan) in Episode 8, “All these Encin