WMAC Masters

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.

This show is an excellent show it is very well choreographed and the acting is good but best of all it is just plain fun to watch. If I could chose any show to bring back it would be this but since the show ended on a cliffhanger a lot of people would really want to see it. sure the idea is loosely WWE but still this show is extremely good. If they ever make a full DVD set of this I would 100% buy this without a doubt. If you can you should buy one of 3 2 episode videos they may still sell some places. All the actors are very skilled martial artists and Chris Casamassa was even in Mortal Combat as Scorpion. All have training background and some even are now professional Martial artists. Even though it's been 10 years it wouldn't kill fox or anyone to take out just one 5 A.M. Blender infomercial and put in WMAC Masters.

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.

A wonderful return down amnesia lane. I use to watch this show as a kid. As a martial artist I looked up to these guys a bit although I was never on their level. I actually met Chris Casamassa once although I doubt he will remember. This was a good show that never had a chance.

This show featured Martial Art battles\demonstrations. In between each of the fights were backstage storylines developing things like friendships and feuds between the fighters. Later on in the series a storyline developed involving a villain, however I didn't catch all of it. It was an alright show even though it basically copied the WWF and didn't last very long.