U a good follow bruh, u drop some nice content that you obviously spent time curating. This is some good info and lots on it. I remember this throwback from the early UPN days. Its nice to see the real ppl behind these things, never knew they did so many other projects that were related to other huge properties of our youth. Keep it up this one of those channels thats gonna be undeniable as ppl catch on. You went the extra mile to give each person they due and let us know what they on now.
Right?? It'd be amazing! Also, who from that cast couldn't use a payday right about now? There could be a shoot-y/work-y backstory about the WMAC actually folding due to Tracy Sweedom getting away with the dragon star ⭐ & going underground, causing an uprising in the martial arts world...
Richard Brandon's Yin Yang always stuck with me. His Wu Shu was legit and amazing. His in story with his eye was always heartwarming and how refused to look at it like a crutch but gave him an edge to go harder. I love him and may he rest in peace. I also like Bam, Willie Johnson and Kid Carmichael. It's something about the underdog characters that just stuck.
I so would love to see WMAC Masters brought back again as a reboot! There’s so many martial arts to explore! Even new faces to join like Lateef Crowder!
you can watch it here, honestly I remember it being cooler as a kid so they would have to do something more. Also the little filler clips 100% need better acting
Loved this show so much when I was little. Learn a lot from this video too (didn't know Jason David Frank was trained by Chris Casamassa and both Erik Betts and Walter Jones were part of an R&B music group).
Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad was my jam! I had all the toys. Thing is it was forgotten to time, when I explain it no one believes it's real. "Wait, so a Lawrence brother plays guitar, gets sucked into his computer, and fights monsters created by Tim Curry? What are you smoking???"
@@ianmiller1000 a nostalgic classic for me. Have half the series on DVD. Luckily the whole series is up on UA-cam. There was even a newer anime released with a similar story called SSSS Gridman. Enjoy it.
Thank you for this video! This was one of my favorite shows growing up, and I managed to attend a taping as well. Unfortunately, the taping was less than memorable - we were just silhouetted audience members in the arena, and it involved so much sitting around that I don’t even remember what was filmed haha. That said, the detail you go through on each cast member is amazing. Great work!
That's cool that you got to go to a live taping. Appreciate you watching this video. If you want a deeper look into the series check out the book Quest for the Dragon Star an Oral History of WMAC Masters by Kris Landis it's on Amazon.com
I'm rewatching this after forgetting about it for 20 something years. Got a buddy watching it with me too. WMAC Masters got interested in martial arts, karate, taekwondo and later kickboxing. Panther Claw & The Machine we're my favorites, especially Panther. His physical charisma was absolutely Aces. Watching his fights was exciting, even now as an adult. Man, thanks for making this video. I never saw how this ended and seems that it never ended properly anyway. This was a trip down memory lane. 💪🏿😎✌🏿
Thanks for watching. A friend of the channel Kris Landis is writing a book about the series you should follow Quest for the Dragon Star on Facebook page Twitter. He drops a lot of good news about the series and the UA-cam channel Mel and Smooth have tons of interviews from the cast. You should check them out.
Man this show was made for me 😊 I had every action figure , and would play and pretend we were our favorite fighters from the show with my friends... man i miss my childhood
WMAC Masters and Street Fighter were responsible for me taking an interest in the martial arts, so much so that I gave it a try myself. And I am now a 3rd Dan in Tae Kwon Do to show for it. I even got to meet Olympus once when I was first starting out. I'm even starting to show it now to my daughter. Actually, there was a brief moment where Shannon was inserted into the story in Season 1. It was a one-episode angle where Tsunami was infatuated with her. It was both the cheesiest episode of the series (thanks to the story Red Dragon told in response to the angle) and the coolest because of the Kung Fu Fighting cover by Shannon and Panther that I so wish there was a full track of. The thing I most want to uncover now is the full original pilot of the show, which is co-hosted by William Zabka and I believe features the Turbo/Yin Yang Man Dragonstar match. There's a brief clip of the intro to that pilot floating around here, I've seen it. So much to love about this series. I miss it greatly. Thank you for this retrospective.
Thank you for your positive comments. I grew up loving this show and felt like it deserved a true retrospective. I was also inspired by the show to be involved in martial arts, some of the cast of WMAC has shown love to this video which is crazy. Thanks for watching.
@@SapinskiMath Willie Johnson, Herb Perez, Great Wolf's son Grayson Webster shared and a couple others. The one I really want to see this is Hakim Alston.
WMAC Masters was one of the coolest Martial Arts tv shows to watch during the 90's right next to Martial Law, Walker: Texas Ranger, and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Man, I wish that show had went on for more seasons.
There's a book on the series called Quest for the Dragon Star an Oral History of WMAC Masters by Kris Landis. All your questions will be answered there. The book is on Amazon
@@amalfi5000 Though with a reboot they should still keep the whole fusion of martial-arts action via real-life martial artists/action movie stunt-performers/MMA fighters as the competitors and Pro-Wrestling Kayfabe storytelling as that unique fusion of legit martial artists in a pro-wrestling kayfabe world was what gave the show it's feel.
@@derrickhaggard oh agree. If there any martial artists you would want to bring back and newcomers to join in, who’d you choose? And what key symbols would you fit the newbies as?
@@amalfi5000 There have been discussions about bringing back WMAC MASTERS nothing has been set in stone but Carlin West has spoken with cast members about how to approach a reboot. There's also a book in production about the show called Quest for the Dragon star by Kris Landis. You can follow him on Facebook
This show was before its time..I remember as a kid watching this..I didnt understand it but I watched it cause it was a cool show..They should remake this again I would watch it again.
great review. Pat Johnson (AKA the Karate Kid ref) was also a gangster in Jackie Chan's "The Big Brawl", and he was also the golf course hood that confronted Roper in "Enter the Dragon"
@@omn8612 pat wasnt a student of chuck. They both attended the same school in Korea during their tine in the military. Pat and Chuck were partners but he wasn't his student
Gonna have to watch later. Recently discovered UA-cam has like Season 1 & 2. Red Dragon was alwaysy favorite, even more or less inspired my "default" characters in Wrestling games. His nickname was even "Red Dragon". This show was so good, it's a shame more people don't know about it
@@GothamKnight84661 Same. A friend and I did a fanfiction with 2 new characters that continued where season 2 left off. We had Tsunami undercover to recover the Dragon Star.
Love this show and spent months completing the imdb and Wikipedia page on WMAC. Still trying to figure out who the actor is that played 'The Rat' in a short flashback.
I Watched This Show as a Kid. It Came On at Like 6AM, So Not Many Kids Woke-Up Early Enough to Watch it. I Couldn't Remember TheName of TheShow, But I Always Remembered The "Tsunami" Character.
Damn this takes me back to my childhood😏 I would watch this with my best Childhood friends at thier house , and then go outside and Play WMAC Masters either with my Action figures of them or just pretending we were them and play fight eachother 😄 MAN those were the best times of my life
I wonder why it got canceled.... it was on Saturday afternoon, so ratings shouldn't have been a big problem.... But I heard that Bruce Lee's daughter bounced because of behind the scenes problems on the show !
The ending proof of concept package is so interesting. I'm glad they had a judo guy on there even though I realized they're understanding of introducing him into the story would have been way too hard it's still cool to see.
Loved this as a kid. This was during the Mortal Kombat craze. I was a huge MK fan. My favorite master was Ho Sung Pak. Mostly because I knew he was Liu Kang in the video game.
@@makoshark69x96 in this generation, yes… but with the popularity of cobra Kai, it may have a chance, only a new generation of real martial artists could make it happen
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE MARTIAL SKILLS.... AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE LOOK & THE PERSONALITY TO PULL IT OFF ! IF THESE GUYS WERE YOUNG NOW, THEY WOULD BE MAKING MOVIES & MONEY GALORE !
I just saw a few wmac episodes last night for the first time with my viewers on my stream and wow. Idk how I missed this growing up born in 88. But it's the most amazing mix of power rangers and mortal Kombat with a dash of American gladiators. It's amazing. I look forward to this video
Great show. I remember watching the 1st season of the show as a kid. Tsunami was my favorite. I had no idea Shannon Lee left after the 1st season. I thought she was always there the whole time. I guess I don't remember the show as I thought I did
I always wanted to be a WMAC Master! Because of this show now I teach JiuJitsu. I LOVE that you started with the shows intro! Always loved that theme! 👊🏾🐲🥋
WRONG ! THE ACROBATIC STYLE CAME FROM KUNG FU FLICKS OF THE LATE 70s ! THEIR WHOLE FIGHTING STYLE WAS JUST AMERICANS DOING HONG KONG KUNG FU MOVIE STUFF ! FOX HAD SHOWN LOTS OF REAL KUNG FU FLICKS BACK IN THE 80s ! THE CHOREOGRAPHY WAS STRAIGHT UP HONG KONG STUFF !
I love this show the machine and warlock are my two favorite I live in Baltimore MD I can't believe Bam has a school in laurel MD I also think Tsunami was undercover and was on a secret mission by the wmac masters
Good review I learned things about this show I didn’t even know there is a movie Similar to this called super fights it’s on UA-cam you should review it
Great video! I used to love this show! If you are interested I am interviwing Master Willie the Bam Johnson and he talks about his time on WMAC Masters. The interview will be out next Saturday!!!! Thanks for the great info!
What a wild idea this was. I have a hunch this could be more successful today under the right circumstances (streaming deal, producers who know what they're doing, toy deal)
Great content! Thorough retrospective on a great, forgotten show. The music did make it hard to hear you at some point though, but apart from that, this is excellent work!
And don’t forget Matt Mullins also had a power rangers-like job in the 2000s in the US adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight as Len the Kamen Rider Wing Knight.
I loved the show. I hated how it ended on a cliff hanger. If the complete series was on DVD, I would buy it. The same for Super-Human Samurai, and Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills.
Wow!!! Well Clarence 13th X was a martial artist, but I don't think anyone in the series was a member of the Nation of God's and Earths. But peace to the GODZ(7)
Hey so I just heard via Instagram, for those who are going to Power Morphicon in a few days, I just found out that one of them (Erik Betts) who was Panther on WMAC is also a stand in for the Rangers when they morphed and he's attending. Definitely planning on talking with him on National Power Rangers Day. Hopefully I can share some of my insights sometime with other fans of this underrated show.
@@omn8612 Yup. Going to take notes and possibly record. I will be sure to give you a shout out on Sunday (National Power Rangers Day is also my birthday)
@@geekarchivistpearce828 TY that means a lot. There's also a book that just dropped about WMAC MASTERS called Quest for the Dragon Star an Oral History of WMAC Masters by Kristopher Landis. You should check it out.
18:41 Recently looked up the people from this show to see what everyone was up to in recent years, and was blown away by Johnny Lee Smith's (Tiger Claw's) resume. 3rd Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan 4th Degree Black Belt in Kobayashi Shorin Ryu 5th Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Carlos Machado Law Enforcement and Security related work in several U.S. states and 20 years of experience as a certified instructor for Law Enforcement and Security. Hell, his “Strategic Self-defense and Grappling Tactics” (SSGT) program is a mandatory part of the Alabama peace officers training curriculum. Bro....Tiger Claw ain't nothin to fuck with
@@omn8612 Oh WMAC Masters is definitely one of those niche shows that have a strong cult following, in fact a fan recently published a book about the show! It's just a shame that it's so difficult to find info on some of the other actors/martial artists from the show. For some of them, this is their only acting credit.
Yeah I know about the book. Lol. I'm mentioned in the book as a contributor. Aspects of this video assisted with the writing of the book. The author Kris Landis is a friend of mine lol.
This show was the shit. I loved it as a kid. The storylines and lesson every show was kind of corny but it was still dope. If you watched this then you were around during superhuman samurai syber squad
Hey man, this is a really great video! There is on thing I want to point out, which is a totally understandable mistake to make - the name Nguyen is actually pronounced "Win." I know, it doesn't make sense! 😅 Anyway great video, thanks for making this!
Thank you for the positive feedback. Yeah, I pronounced it the way it was pronounced on the show. The Nguyen is Vietnamese which is a language that I don't speak. Also author Kris Landis is writing a book about the series called Quest for the Dragon Star, it's available on Amazon.com.
The biggest problem I had with this show was the name, I thought it was called race for the dragonstar. It was pre saturday cartoons so I wake up an 6am watch that show than the other cartoons till noonish and go out to train the ninja moves in my head. I have an idea do a show like this for Star Wars use some light saber toys to duel with pant them up like the aliens then you have content for disney plus and its for kids tv which they own with fox so they are using it.
U a good follow bruh, u drop some nice content that you obviously spent time curating. This is some good info and lots on it. I remember this throwback from the early UPN days. Its nice to see the real ppl behind these things, never knew they did so many other projects that were related to other huge properties of our youth. Keep it up this one of those channels thats gonna be undeniable as ppl catch on. You went the extra mile to give each person they due and let us know what they on now.
Wow thank u for that bruva. Its appreciated, I promise I will continue to give y'all great content. Much respect.
What's interesting is that I left some things because of time constraints.
I remember watching this as a kid every Saturday morning. What a time to be alive. Wanted the belt so badly lol
If only they could reunite the cast for just one more episode. Nearly 25 years and still no closure. Jukido must answer for their betrayal.
Right?? It'd be amazing! Also, who from that cast couldn't use a payday right about now? There could be a shoot-y/work-y backstory about the WMAC actually folding due to Tracy Sweedom getting away with the dragon star ⭐ & going underground, causing an uprising in the martial arts world...
Does anyone know if there's ever been an actual attempt? Who would have the rights to the IP?
Richard Brandon's Yin Yang always stuck with me. His Wu Shu was legit and amazing. His in story with his eye was always heartwarming and how refused to look at it like a crutch but gave him an edge to go harder. I love him and may he rest in peace. I also like Bam, Willie Johnson and Kid Carmichael. It's something about the underdog characters that just stuck.
I so would love to see WMAC Masters brought back again as a reboot! There’s so many martial arts to explore! Even new faces to join like Lateef Crowder!
Agreed. There was a similar series to WMAC called Final Fu back in 06 with Ernie Reyes Jr hosting. I'll be digging into that show at some point
you can watch it here, honestly I remember it being cooler as a kid so they would have to do something more. Also the little filler clips 100% need better acting
i too would also love to see a reboot in the future hopefully on Netflix, Hulu, Peacock or Paramount Plus.
@@Col_mag wonder how it’ll work? What’ll be the best fighters to compete?
@@amalfi5000 The very best fighters from around the world with different types of Martial Arts being included.
Ah, WMAC was one of the best things about my teenage years. What an amazing retrospective. Getting to see that proof of concept is extremely cool.
This was favorite show. Somebody need to bring this show back on the air.
Loved this show so much when I was little. Learn a lot from this video too (didn't know Jason David Frank was trained by Chris Casamassa and both Erik Betts and Walter Jones were part of an R&B music group).
Man, WMAC, Ronin Warrioirs, Super Human Samurai Syber Squad and Mutant League all bring that certain special time
We have a video on Ronin Warriors too. You might like that one.
I might consider covering Super Human Samurai Syber Squad sometime soon
Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad was my jam! I had all the toys. Thing is it was forgotten to time, when I explain it no one believes it's real. "Wait, so a Lawrence brother plays guitar, gets sucked into his computer, and fights monsters created by Tim Curry? What are you smoking???"
@@ianmiller1000 a nostalgic classic for me. Have half the series on DVD. Luckily the whole series is up on UA-cam. There was even a newer anime released with a similar story called SSSS Gridman. Enjoy it.
@@Jonnynot1plateGridman is the original version of SH Samurai, like Power Rangers and Zyuranger
The Machine was my favorite growing up
Thank you for this video! This was one of my favorite shows growing up, and I managed to attend a taping as well. Unfortunately, the taping was less than memorable - we were just silhouetted audience members in the arena, and it involved so much sitting around that I don’t even remember what was filmed haha.
That said, the detail you go through on each cast member is amazing. Great work!
That's cool that you got to go to a live taping. Appreciate you watching this video. If you want a deeper look into the series check out the book Quest for the Dragon Star an Oral History of WMAC Masters by Kris Landis it's on Amazon.com
Red Dragon, Superstar and Lady Lightning were my three favorites.
Hakim Alston... THE MACHINE !
Sofia Crawford was a great fighter too...
I'm rewatching this after forgetting about it for 20 something years. Got a buddy watching it with me too. WMAC Masters got interested in martial arts, karate, taekwondo and later kickboxing. Panther Claw & The Machine we're my favorites, especially Panther. His physical charisma was absolutely Aces. Watching his fights was exciting, even now as an adult. Man, thanks for making this video. I never saw how this ended and seems that it never ended properly anyway. This was a trip down memory lane. 💪🏿😎✌🏿
Thanks for watching. A friend of the channel Kris Landis is writing a book about the series you should follow Quest for the Dragon Star on Facebook page Twitter. He drops a lot of good news about the series and the UA-cam channel Mel and Smooth have tons of interviews from the cast. You should check them out.
@@omn8612 I'll do that. Thanks a bunch. 😸
His name was just panther there's another character named tiger claw I think that's why your mixing up the name
FOX also had brought us Real Kung fu flicks years before this !
Shaw Brothers- Five Deadly Venoms type shit !
Man this show was made for me 😊 I had every action figure , and would play and pretend we were our favorite fighters from the show with my friends... man i miss my childhood
WMAC Masters and Street Fighter were responsible for me taking an interest in the martial arts, so much so that I gave it a try myself. And I am now a 3rd Dan in Tae Kwon Do to show for it. I even got to meet Olympus once when I was first starting out. I'm even starting to show it now to my daughter.
Actually, there was a brief moment where Shannon was inserted into the story in Season 1. It was a one-episode angle where Tsunami was infatuated with her. It was both the cheesiest episode of the series (thanks to the story Red Dragon told in response to the angle) and the coolest because of the Kung Fu Fighting cover by Shannon and Panther that I so wish there was a full track of.
The thing I most want to uncover now is the full original pilot of the show, which is co-hosted by William Zabka and I believe features the Turbo/Yin Yang Man Dragonstar match. There's a brief clip of the intro to that pilot floating around here, I've seen it.
So much to love about this series. I miss it greatly. Thank you for this retrospective.
Thank you for your positive comments. I grew up loving this show and felt like it deserved a true retrospective. I was also inspired by the show to be involved in martial arts, some of the cast of WMAC has shown love to this video which is crazy. Thanks for watching.
@@omn8612 Really? Who's checked in so far?
@@SapinskiMath Willie Johnson, Herb Perez, Great Wolf's son Grayson Webster shared and a couple others. The one I really want to see this is Hakim Alston.
Hakeem the Machine was the first sight I saw of the show as a kid. After that, I was hooked.. Criminally underrated show.
He was the guy Liu Kang faced first in the Mortal Kombat movie. Also, Ho-Sung Pak is the model for Liu Kang in the first Mortal Kombat game.
The Machine was my guy too.... But so many of them were great fighters !
Before this, FOX also showed tons of real Kung fu flicks !
This is what I was looking for. I've been watching this show again. Awesome retrospective.
Thank you. Appreciate you. Hope you explore the channel and find more great videos
WMAC Masters was one of the coolest Martial Arts tv shows to watch during the 90's right next to Martial Law, Walker: Texas Ranger, and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Man, I wish that show had went on for more seasons.
There's a book on the series called Quest for the Dragon Star an Oral History of WMAC Masters by Kris Landis. All your questions will be answered there. The book is on Amazon
@@omn8612 Thanks. Just found out about it on Twitter.
WMAC Masters was way better than those other shows !
I like wmac masters when I was a kid and I wish that a third season would happen. 😀👍
This was a awesome show. And I would love to see a reboot.
I agree! A reboot is better!
@@amalfi5000 Though with a reboot they should still keep the whole fusion of martial-arts action via real-life martial artists/action movie stunt-performers/MMA fighters as the competitors and Pro-Wrestling Kayfabe storytelling as that unique fusion of legit martial artists in a pro-wrestling kayfabe world was what gave the show it's feel.
@@derrickhaggard oh agree. If there any martial artists you would want to bring back and newcomers to join in, who’d you choose? And what key symbols would you fit the newbies as?
@@amalfi5000 There have been discussions about bringing back WMAC MASTERS nothing has been set in stone but Carlin West has spoken with cast members about how to approach a reboot. There's also a book in production about the show called Quest for the Dragon star by Kris Landis. You can follow him on Facebook
@@omn8612 Awesome.
Man if they would revamp this show today itll be the new hype!
Grew up with this show I actually have multiple episodes downloaded
I absolutely love this show and have great memories of watching this show with my brother
Just now realized Chris casamassa is In the first mortal Kombat movie.
Hakeem Alston is too
Dear lord, those concept drawings. That's all I can say about them.
This show was before its time..I remember as a kid watching this..I didnt understand it but I watched it cause it was a cool show..They should remake this again I would watch it again.
great review. Pat Johnson (AKA the Karate Kid ref) was also a gangster in Jackie Chan's "The Big Brawl", and he was also the golf course hood that confronted Roper in "Enter the Dragon"
Thank you. Pat Johnson is also a student of Chuck Norris and choregraphed the TMNT films from the 90s.
@@omn8612 pat wasnt a student of chuck. They both attended the same school in Korea during their tine in the military. Pat and Chuck were partners but he wasn't his student
@@sliderx1897 Ahhhh that makes more sense. Thank you cause they are about the same age.
Loved loved LOVED WMAC Masters growing up. Yin Yang Man was my favorite of the cast (May he Rest in Power).
The black guy in the center thumbnail played in the og live action Mortal Kombat movie from 1995.
Gonna have to watch later. Recently discovered UA-cam has like Season 1 & 2. Red Dragon was alwaysy favorite, even more or less inspired my "default" characters in Wrestling games. His nickname was even "Red Dragon". This show was so good, it's a shame more people don't know about it
I think Tsunami was just infiltrating Jukido to find out information on them. I believe that was the intended plot before it's cancelation.
Good point.
I never believed he turned neither.
@@GothamKnight84661 Same. A friend and I did a fanfiction with 2 new characters that continued where season 2 left off. We had Tsunami undercover to recover the Dragon Star.
@@AnimeBleachBabe Any reason why Bridgett Riley aka Baby Doll left the series after second season of WMAC Masters?
Love this show and spent months completing the imdb and Wikipedia page on WMAC. Still trying to figure out who the actor is that played 'The Rat' in a short flashback.
This was beyond enjoyable for me. Thank you for all your work on this. I loved this show growing up in the 90’s. Ill definitely stay tuned
Nostalgia, happiness, joy, excitement, peace. I felt all that shit watching this video. Thank you for this piece fam 🙏🙏🙏
Wow. They had Bruce Leroy on the show.
Yep.
Uh huh
I Watched This Show as a Kid.
It Came On at Like 6AM, So Not Many Kids Woke-Up Early Enough to Watch it.
I Couldn't Remember TheName of TheShow, But I Always Remembered The "Tsunami" Character.
Damn this takes me back to my childhood😏 I would watch this with my best Childhood friends at thier house , and then go outside and Play WMAC Masters either with my Action figures of them or just pretending we were them and play fight eachother 😄 MAN those were the best times of my life
I'm surprised there wasn't a entire generation of Kung fu masters and wrestlers for kids who grew up during this time.
Whos to say there isnt?
@@sliderx1897 There definitely was and is a large community of people who grew up on the show that became martial artist. I agree 👍
@@omn8612 i am one of them
I wonder why it got canceled.... it was on Saturday afternoon, so ratings shouldn't have been a big problem....
But I heard that Bruce Lee's daughter bounced because of behind the scenes problems on the show !
I rember seeing the begining of an episode of this as a kid, but had to go so it got turned off and i never saw it again. Memory unlocked.
The ending proof of concept package is so interesting. I'm glad they had a judo guy on there even though I realized they're understanding of introducing him into the story would have been way too hard it's still cool to see.
Surprised most of them aren't on social media
My favorite show as a child after all cartoons went off on saturdays, got me into a life long love for martial arts
Well done giving the respect these warriors deserve!!
Thanks. There's a book coming out on the series. You should check out the Facebook page Quest for the Dragon Star and the Patreon page.
I miss this show! The machine and great wolf was my favorite martial artists when I was a kid.
I thought this was a fever dream for the longest!!!
Loved this as a kid. This was during the Mortal Kombat craze. I was a huge MK fan. My favorite master was Ho Sung Pak. Mostly because I knew he was Liu Kang in the video game.
Let’s all come together as a community to bring back WMAC Masters
Check out the book Quest for the Dragon Star: An Oral History of WMAC Masters by Kris Landis. It's on Amazon.com
@@omn8612 I got the book. It was awesome
YOU CAN'T RE-CREATE THAT GREATNESS !
@@makoshark69x96 in this generation, yes… but with the popularity of cobra Kai, it may have a chance, only a new generation of real martial artists could make it happen
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE MARTIAL SKILLS.... AND
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE LOOK & THE PERSONALITY TO PULL IT OFF !
IF THESE GUYS WERE YOUNG NOW, THEY WOULD BE MAKING MOVIES & MONEY GALORE !
I just saw a few wmac episodes last night for the first time with my viewers on my stream and wow. Idk how I missed this growing up born in 88. But it's the most amazing mix of power rangers and mortal Kombat with a dash of American gladiators. It's amazing. I look forward to this video
Great show. I remember watching the 1st season of the show as a kid. Tsunami was my favorite. I had no idea Shannon Lee left after the 1st season. I thought she was always there the whole time. I guess I don't remember the show as I thought I did
I always wanted to be a WMAC Master!
Because of this show now I teach JiuJitsu.
I LOVE that you started with the shows intro!
Always loved that theme! 👊🏾🐲🥋
Great video man. Solid research, easy to follow, and it brought back a ton of fond memories.
I could see the influence of wrestling, especially with WCW being king of the more acrobatic style
WRONG ! THE ACROBATIC STYLE CAME FROM KUNG FU FLICKS OF THE LATE 70s !
THEIR WHOLE FIGHTING STYLE WAS JUST AMERICANS DOING HONG KONG KUNG FU MOVIE STUFF !
FOX HAD SHOWN LOTS OF REAL KUNG FU FLICKS BACK IN THE 80s !
THE CHOREOGRAPHY WAS STRAIGHT UP HONG KONG STUFF !
I love this show the machine and warlock are my two favorite I live in Baltimore MD I can't believe Bam has a school in laurel MD I also think Tsunami was undercover and was on a secret mission by the wmac masters
The wrestling show lucha underground 2014-18 was the spiritual successor to this or like a gritty adult reboot.
Good review I learned things about this show I didn’t even know there is a movie Similar to this called super fights it’s on UA-cam you should review it
I'm familiar with that movie I've seen it several times.
Tsunami and Star Warrior are my favorites.
the best times of my life watching this on a saturday eating cereal
Eu gostava bastante. Passou no Brasil em 1997. Estava revendo a série pelo UA-cam.
Great video! I used to love this show! If you are interested I am interviwing Master Willie the Bam Johnson and he talks about his time on WMAC Masters. The interview will be out next Saturday!!!! Thanks for the great info!
I will definitely be watching 👀
WILLIE JOHNSON.... THE BAM ! HAKIM ALSTON.... THE MACHINE !
I LOVED THOSE INTROS.... THAT GUY HAD A GREAT VOICE !
Man this show needs a revival
I thought I was the only one who remembered this show
Naw they just released a book on the series called Quest for the Dragon Star: An Oral History of WMAC Masters. It's on Amazon.com
I never got into power rangers but really enjoyed this. It's too bad that it ended on an unresolved cliff hanger.
What a wild idea this was. I have a hunch this could be more successful today under the right circumstances (streaming deal, producers who know what they're doing, toy deal)
Bro what’s the songs playing during the video?
You watch UFC
I watch WMAC master’s
We are not the same.
God Tier comment 🙌 🙏 👌
Mad Respect!!
Thank you
Great content! Thorough retrospective on a great, forgotten show.
The music did make it hard to hear you at some point though, but apart from that, this is excellent work!
Thanks. If you like martial arts stuff you might also like my video on Drunken Master II. -Cytonius
Did they come out with episode after the episode were tsunami revealed he was a bad guy
Nicely done
Tsunami was a child star in the 80s. Some of the cast were apart of the MK franchise. They played Lui Kang, Scorpio and SubZero in video games.
Hien Nguyen aka Tsunami was not a child star of the 80s. He started his entertainment career in the 90s doing stunts in martial arts movies
1 of the best reality tv shows i didnt realize was 1, when i was a kid.
And don’t forget Matt Mullins also had a power rangers-like job in the 2000s in the US adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight as Len the Kamen Rider Wing Knight.
I simply loved this show as a kid. I even had the Superstar and Olympus action figures!!!
Too bad it wasn't a 3rd season...
It was a great show. I think they are doing a virtual reunion this Friday. I think it's on Facebook on the Urban action expo page
@@omn8612 Wow really!!! I would love to see them again!!!
Shannon Lee was the commentator for it also
oh shoot!!!!! that's homie from insecure!!!!!! all these years i did not know hw was the kid in the olympus episode lmaoo!!!!!
Awesome video
I loved the show. I hated how it ended on a cliff hanger. If the complete series was on DVD, I would buy it. The same for Super-Human Samurai, and Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills.
Tks 4 the review. I didn't know about this TV show 👍
Thank you for making this video
Thanks I use to love this show!!!
Did you know Superstar was the the guy they got visuals from for Mortal Kombat 2 Liu Kang I guess u did know 😆
A who’s who of the best stunt people around
You mean to tell me the Masters were all 5 percenters? The dragon star belt sounds like Supreme Mathematics
Wow!!! Well Clarence 13th X was a martial artist, but I don't think anyone in the series was a member of the Nation of God's and Earths. But peace to the GODZ(7)
The kid jake is Chad from Insecure
True and he is currently on a show called Navy Seals.
Hey so I just heard via Instagram, for those who are going to Power Morphicon in a few days, I just found out that one of them (Erik Betts) who was Panther on WMAC is also a stand in for the Rangers when they morphed and he's attending. Definitely planning on talking with him on National Power Rangers Day. Hopefully I can share some of my insights sometime with other fans of this underrated show.
Several cast members from the show were doubles on Power Rangers.
@@omn8612 Yup. Going to take notes and possibly record. I will be sure to give you a shout out on Sunday (National Power Rangers Day is also my birthday)
@@geekarchivistpearce828 TY that means a lot. There's also a book that just dropped about WMAC MASTERS called Quest for the Dragon Star an Oral History of WMAC Masters by Kristopher Landis. You should check it out.
@@omn8612 I'll put it on the list
Love this ! Thank you!!!
Set in Las Vegas, where people would gamble on the victor? Okay, so we know where Jukido could be headquartered.
18:41 Recently looked up the people from this show to see what everyone was up to in recent years, and was blown away by Johnny Lee Smith's (Tiger Claw's) resume.
3rd Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan
4th Degree Black Belt in Kobayashi Shorin Ryu
5th Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Carlos Machado
Law Enforcement and Security related work in several U.S. states and
20 years of experience as a certified instructor for Law Enforcement and Security.
Hell, his “Strategic Self-defense and Grappling Tactics” (SSGT) program is a mandatory part of the Alabama peace officers training curriculum.
Bro....Tiger Claw ain't nothin to fuck with
Yep. I'm hip. I couldn't write all of that in the video lol 😆 😂 🤣
@@omn8612 Hey no worries, that's why the comment section is here! To provide additional info 👍
@MrSDRampage tbh I'm surprised that ppl like this video so much. I thought it was going to bomb when I made it lol
@@omn8612 Oh WMAC Masters is definitely one of those niche shows that have a strong cult following, in fact a fan recently published a book about the show! It's just a shame that it's so difficult to find info on some of the other actors/martial artists from the show. For some of them, this is their only acting credit.
Yeah I know about the book. Lol. I'm mentioned in the book as a contributor. Aspects of this video assisted with the writing of the book. The author Kris Landis is a friend of mine lol.
Nostalgia
LIU KANG
This show was the shit. I loved it as a kid. The storylines and lesson every show was kind of corny but it was still dope. If you watched this then you were around during superhuman samurai syber squad
Good vid, bro. Very informative.
Appreciate it!
I never missed an episode
…and what did the writers do? They burried Striking Eagle like what NWF did when that one Jacob kid after no-showing.
Superstar for me
Hey man, this is a really great video! There is on thing I want to point out, which is a totally understandable mistake to make - the name Nguyen is actually pronounced "Win." I know, it doesn't make sense! 😅
Anyway great video, thanks for making this!
Thank you for the positive feedback. Yeah, I pronounced it the way it was pronounced on the show. The Nguyen is Vietnamese which is a language that I don't speak. Also author Kris Landis is writing a book about the series called Quest for the Dragon Star, it's available on Amazon.com.
I wish the bring this and pick up were ot ended on session 2
They could've had a crossover with WWE and/or gone toe to toe with Battle Dome!
True. Also you might like our video essay on Ronin Warriors
@@omn8612no no no. Keep wmac Masters and its own universe
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The biggest problem I had with this show was the name, I thought it was called race for the dragonstar. It was pre saturday cartoons so I wake up an 6am watch that show than the other cartoons till noonish and go out to train the ninja moves in my head. I have an idea do a show like this for Star Wars use some light saber toys to duel with pant them up like the aliens then you have content for disney plus and its for kids tv which they own with fox so they are using it.
THAT LOOKS LIKE ENGLISH, BUT,
I DON'T UNDERSTAND ONE WORD OF WHAT YOU WROTE !