$100,000 reward claimed as the richest event in bucking bull history concludes World Bullfighting Championships & Bucking Bull Classic Results Are In!

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Photo: Andy Watson Chris Shivers walks away the winner at the World Bucking Bull Classic. Click here to see more of Andy's Photos

Las Vegas, Nev. (October 24, 2004) - The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) in coordination with the American Bucking Bull, Inc. (ABBI) presented the second and final day of World Bullfighting Championships (WBC) and Bucking Bull Classic (BBC) action on Sunday, October 24th from the Orleans Arena. The BBC featured 45 contestants from the PBR's Enterprise Tour competing in two action-packed go rounds for $20,000 in added prize money, while the top 50 bulls that had qualified to compete during the 2004 season, were gunning for a piece of the lucrative $300,000 payout.

Owned in partnership by Page, Buck, and Shippy, it was the bull Big Deal who stole the show, earning $108,000 with the highest total after two rounds of 272.75 points. The best three and four-year-old bulls in the country qualified for the elite BBC competition based upon their performances at Classic Series qualifying events held in conjunction with U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Challenger Tour competitions during the course of the 2004 season. The PBR contributed $100,000 in prize money to the overall event purse of the BBC to help create the richest event held exclusively for stock contractors and breeders in bucking bull history.

Defending PBR World Champion Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) emerged in the top spot of the Enterprise Tour portion of the competition after capturing preliminary go round honors with an 89.5 point score aboard Paradise Farms Rodeo Genetics' BBC entry Dorris. Shivers displayed his characteristic championship form by placing in round two to cinch the event title and with it a $10,086 paycheck for his efforts. Shivers, who underwent surgery to repair a partial thick tear of his rotator cuff in addition to arthroscopic hip surgery this past March, failed to qualify for the Built Ford Tough World Finals for the first time in his celebrated career.

The BBC portion of the competition followed World Bullfighting Championships action which kicked off at 12:00 p.m. Mike Matt dominated the World Bullfighting Championships earning $15,000 as well as a Bob Berg trophy buckle and Tony Chytka Sculpture.

World Bullfighting Championships Results: 1) Mike Matt, 84 points, $15,000; 2) Sam Gress 83 points, $10,000; 3) Andy Burrelle, 78 points, $6,250; 4) Donny Sparks (Dekalb, Texas) 78 points, $6,250;

Bucking Bull Classic Average Results: 1) Page/Buck/Shippy's Big Deal, 272.75 points, $100,000; 2) Don & Janelle Kish's Smooth Move, 269.25 points, $40,000; 3) Doug Joseph/Don Brown's Evil Forces, 268.5 points, $30,000; 4) Lufkin Ranch & Rodeo's Zorro, 267.25 points, $25,000;

Bucking Bull Classic Second Go Round Results: 1) Page/Buck/Shippy's Big Deal, 136.25 points, $4,000; 2/3) D&H Cattle Company's Milk Man, 135 points, $2,500; 2/3) Mitch Terrell's Wildlife, 135 points, $2,500; 4) Doug Joseph/Don Brown's Evil Forces, 134.5 points, $1,000;

Bucking Bull Classic First Go Round Results: 1) Page/Buck/Shippy's Big Deal, 136.50 points, $4,000; 2) Don & Janelle Kish's Smooth Move, 135.25 points, $3,000; 3) Lufkin Ranch & Rodeo, Zorro, 135 points, $2,000; 4) Doug Joseph/Don Brown's Evil Forces, 134 points, $1,000;

Enterprise Tour Average Results: 1) Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) 176 points, $7,546; 2) Josh Koschel (Loveland, Colo.) 171.75 points, $5,390; 3) Lucas Dick (Manhatten, Kan.) 169 points, $3,234; 4) Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.) Teague Bucking Bulls' Nacho, $2,156;

Enterprise Tour Second Go Round Results: 1) Judd Mortensen (Dewey, AZ) 87.25 points on D&H Cattle Company's Sunshine, $1,848; 2) Josh Koschel (Loveland, Colo.) 86.75 points on CW Rodeo Genetics' Kamo Kat, $1,386; 3/4) Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) 86.5 points on Paradise Farms Rodeo Genetics' Misfire, $692; 3/4) John Salazar (Bent, N.M.) 86.5 points on Paradise Farms Rodeo Genetics' Dorris, $692;

Enterprise Tour First Go Round Results: 1) Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) 89.5 points on Paradise Farms Rodeo Genetics' Doris, $1,848; 2) Lucas Dick (Manhatten, Kan.) 88.25 points on Page & Teague Bucking Bulls' Best Shot, $1,386; 3) Bryan Richardson (Dallas, TX) 87.5 points on Juma Rodeo's Black Powder; 4) Marcelo Cruz (Keller, TX) 86.5 points on Page & Wright's Magic Carpet Ride, $462.

Over 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on NBC, OLN (Outdoor Life Network) and in Spanish on Telemundo. With over 450 hours of prime time programming annually PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting over one million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Tour, and the Humps N Horns Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. The PBR's founding members and governing board of directors is comprised of celebrated bull riders of the past and present who have developed bull riding into a stand alone sport which is experiencing unprecedented growth in global popularity. The PBR is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., and has over 600 athletes competing in more than 100 PBR sanctioned competitions.