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{{Infobox television
| image        =
| runtime      = 60 minutes
| creator      = [[Tim Crescenti]], [[Yoshiro Yasuoka]], [[Isao Zaitsu]], [[Jonas Larsen]], [[Anthony Ross (TV producer)|Anthony Ross]]
| presenter    = [[Chris Leary]]<br>[[Lisa Dergan]]
| judges       = [[Steve Garvey]]<br>[[Oksana Baiul]]<br>[[Jonny Moseley]]
| country      = United States
| network      = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| first_aired  = {{Start date|2006|06|22}}
| last_aired   = {{End date|2006|07|20}}
| num_episodes = 6 (one unaired) 
}}
'''''Master of Champions''''' is a show which began airing June 22, 2006 on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The show format was based on a [[Nippon Television]] (NTV) original series entitled ''World Records''. The show was reformatted and produced in the United States by Y27 Entertainment for ABC. The show was hosted by [[Chris Leary]] and the co-host was ex-[[Playboy Playmate]] [[Lisa Dergan]]. The panel of Champions was made of up of baseball legend [[Steve Garvey]], Olympic Gold Medalist for ice skating [[Oksana Baiul]], and Olympic Gold Medalist for skiing [[Jonny Moseley]].

Each week the six contestants compete in unusual skills two at a time.  If they compete in the same skill, the one that performed the best is the winner; if they have different skills, the studio audience decides the winner.  At the end of the show, the three celebrity judges decide which of the three winners is given the title of Master of Champions and a trophy that is added to the "Wall of Masters".

The show was cancelled on July 20, 2006.

==Masters of Champions==
Episode 1: 14-year-old [[contortionist]] Princess Elayne from [[Argentina]], who hit a target while blindfolded by shooting a [[bow (weapon)|bow]] and [[arrow (weapon)|arrow]] with her feet while performing a backbend [[handstand]].

Episode 2: [[Motorcycle|Motorcyclist]] Chris Florin of [[Grant, Florida]].

Episode 3: [[Playing card]] manipulator [[Rick Smith Jr.]], who threw cards at over {{convert|90|mph}} cutting vegetables and candlesticks in half, into the Master of Champions cup {{convert|60|ft}} away, and through seven sheets of newspaper.

Episode 4: The "Stupid Fun Club", a [[Berkeley, California]] based [[think tank]] specializing in [[robot]]-people technology, won a [[Rube Goldberg#Rube Goldberg machines|Rube Goldberg machine]] building contest against the current national champions, the "Uber Rubes" from [[Purdue University]].

Episode 5: Billy Matsumoto [[juggling|juggled]] three lit [[torch]]es while attempting to break a personal record on the arcade game [[Dance Dance Revolution]].

In an episode that was unaired by ABC, two members of the [[Harlem Wizards]] [[basketball]] team appeared to do basketball tricks, and [[Trevor Snowden]], a paraplegic [[mountain bike]] rider, did tricks on a four-wheeled bike.

==External links==
* {{official website|http://abc.go.com/primetime/masterofchampions/index.html}}{{dead link|date=June 2019}}
* {{IMDb title|0806893}}

[[Category:2000s American reality television series]]
[[Category:2006 American television series debuts]]
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[[Category:American Broadcasting Company game shows]]
[[Category:American Broadcasting Company reality television shows]]
[[Category:2000s American game shows]]
[[Category:American television series based on Japanese television series]]


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