PBR’s Elite Unleash The Beast Returns to Fort Worth for First Time in 16 Years on August 29-30
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For the first time in 16 years, PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) elite Unleash The Beast will return to Fort Worth, Texas, welcoming fans into Dickies Arena Aug. 29-30 for the PBR WinStar World Casino and Resort Invitational. Historically, the PBR Unleash The Beast has stopped in Fort Worth eight times, most recently travelling to the city in 2004 when Mike Collins emerged victorious. In the bull pen, the 2004 event also featured a dominant performance by Little Yellow Jacket who went on to win his third consecutive World Championship at year’s end. Besting Reuben Geleynse, Little Yellow Jacket was marked a monstrous 47 points, tying for the thirdbest score logged by one of the league’s
dominant bovine athletes throughout the event. Joining Collins as past Fort Worth premier series event winners are two PBR World Champions. The only Aus-
tralian PBR World Champion in league history Troy Dunn (1998) won the Lone Star State event in 2000, while 1999 World Champion Cody Hart was victorious in 2003. In addition to World Champions, three founding members of the PBR
All photos on pages 4 & 5 are courtesy of Andy Watson/Bull Stock Media
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KEY MAGAZINE
August 2020
