WMAC Masters

I don't care what anyone else says. This show was so bad ass. Granted, it was a martial arts knock off of the WWF, it was so cool. The fights, the plots, and most important, Shannon Lee (Bruce's daughter) is hot!!!!! I wish I knew what ever happened to this show cause I would so watch it again if it was still on television.

I first watched this show by accident, channel surfing one day, and, from that point on, I was hooked. It had the fighting element- something I really enjoyed, being the Mortal Kombat fanatic that I am. On that note, it also had people with ties to Mortal Kombat, (movie and games) making me *that* much happier. It was good, clean fun, with a cast that was pretty easy on the eyes. You hear that, ladies? HOT GUYS. WITH NICE BODIES. It went far beyond the little hearts floating above my head, though, I assure you. Speaking of ladies- the women on this show were (and I imagine still are) AMAZING. Seeing Lady Lightning in action always made me happy. A great athlete and someone I have a lot of respect for. Her with the steel whips- how cool was that?! Sure, it was mildly cheesy at points- all that morality and stuff, but, it was a really great show, and one I still enjoy watching, thanks to a few episodes I taped off of TV. I know WMAC Masters doesn't have a gigantic fan base, especially so long after the fact, but, it's got loyal fans in me and my friends.

This show was off the hook. It gave good insight to the different worlds of martial arts and kept you hooked by the storylines. All the actors on the show were actual martial artists and know how to entertain a crowd. It was fun seeing the titles jump from person to person.

As a former student of one of the "Masters", I was very disappointed to see the show dropped by Fox. Instead of watching stunt doubles in rubber suits fighting monsters in cardboard cities, WMAC took the stunt doubles and gave them personalities. Most of the characters were really based off of the actors' personas and nicknames. Add in some stories that were meant to inspire the good in young viewers (brothers helping one another, respect for others property, etc.) and this show was better than 90% of the drivel on Saturday mornings.

As the show was being shown, I had the opportunity to meet many of the stars and each of them really did care for young people. Here's hoping TV studios take some time and show respect to the families watching their shows instead of throwing the next violent and materialistic retread from Japan.

The WMAC took the best of the best from the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and put them together to do for Martial Arts what the WWF did for wrestling. Each actor used their real name on the show, but also had a ring name (or Key symbol) that created a character. My Favorites were the strong yet cute BabyDoll (played by Bridgette Rylie who now competes as a boxer using the same nickname),Turbo (plyed by Michael Bernardo, who is now retired from the film world, and runs a martial arts school in Canada) , and Tracer/ Tracy Swedom the villain of season 2 (played by Michael Foley, a former Navy Seal who went on to star in Race for the Poles). Tracy Swedom was the only character to not use his real name, because the words Tracy Swedom, when mixed up , spell 'Destroy WMAC', making his the ultimate villain.

I can see why people would not be intrested, because the show primarily aimed to teach good morals and values, and when that diden't work they made it a pure battle of good versus evil (like so many typical martial arts movies,) with the villain speaking poetic lines that fall out of context in a kids show.

It was a great show, and I encourage everyone to check it out on video, or at least look for the films that the cast has made since then.