Cobra Kai buys pet Cobra to distance further from Miyagi Brand
Raffi Lalazarian
Cobra Kai isn't Miyagi, and he wants to make sure that you know it. As of early Wednesday Morning, Sayyad is the proud owner of a 6 foot long cobra named Shorty. The cold-blooded reptile is part of the new branding campaign unleashed by team Cobra Kai to solidify his bad boy image and further distance himself from his old title as Miyagi.
"Cold-blooded. That's what 2014 is about for the Kai. We've got one championship under our belt., now we're looking to strike for more."
The yellow backed Shorty is kept in a large glass aquarium. The glass walls of the snake's dojo are lined with logos of the various AFFL teams for the snake to strike at and maim. During feeding time, Shorty is fed his usual meal of mice, but with a twist: Sayyad plans to have each opponent he faces that week tattooed onto the rodent that he gives his snake.
“When you’ve tasted the venom of defeat, only then can you become immune to its effects”
After becoming the first non-Lalazarian team to win the AFFL title, Sayyad has cranked it up a notch in the jinx department. Most teams would opt to get creative anyway they could, but feeding snakes rodents marked with the opponent you face is uncharted territories. If Chakarian wins back-to-back titles you may see an uptick in Cobra purchases by other managers in the league. Should he fail to make the playoffs however, the question will be, was it the Snake or the team?