Stetson Wright

2020 PRCA World Champion All Around Cowboy

2020 PRCA World Champion Bull Rider

Wright gives a “thumbs up” after winning round 2.

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Steve Gray.

Wright gives a “thumbs up” after winning round 2.

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Steve Gray.

Wright wins round 9 with 92 points on Record Rack’s Smoke Stack (Beutler & Son Rodeo).

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Roseanna Sales.

Wright wins round 7 with 89 points on Universal Pro Rodeos’ Slinger.

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Steve Gray.

Wright wins round 2 with 88.5 points on Axel (Powder River Rodeo).

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Roseanna Sales.

STETSON WRIGHT WINS TWO WORLD TITLES AT 2020 WRANGLER NFR

ARLINGTON, Texas – A night after winning the coveted allaround world championship, Stetson Wright returned to make his 2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo one for the ages.

It ended in fitting fashion as Wright split fourth with an 89-point ride on Bar T Rodeo’s Angel’s Landing to win the bull riding world championship at Globe Life Field, Dec. 12.

“I was in the race for the all-around and to come out on top I was at a loss for words, I was star struck to beat guys I look up to,” said Wright, who locked up the all-around crown Dec. 11. “But winning the all-around world title meant so much to me, but to win it again feels better for the simple fact that people might say I was lucky my first time. But I feel like after the second one, maybe they’ll still think I’m lucky, but everyone has their own opinion, and it doesn’t change the fact that I got what I wanted, so I’m just happy to be here.”

Wright has won back-to-back all-around world championships – the first to do so since Trevor Brazile in 2014 and 2015.

At 21, Wright is the youngest cowboy to be crowned All-Around World Champion in his first two seasons. He became the first cowboy to win the all-around gold buckle and a roughstock world championship in the same year since Ty Murray in 1998. Murray won the all-around and bull riding titles that year.

“That’s what I always wanted growing up, to be one of the best cowboys to ever live,” Wright said. “That means a lot to hear people talk that highly about me makes me feel lucky and happy to be where I’m at.”

In the bull riding, Wright edged Ty Wallace for the world crown. Wright finished with $267,941, edging Ty Wallace, who came in with $256,599. Wallace split fourth with Wright in Round 10.

Stetson clinched his inaugural bull riding world title by placing second in the average with 539 points on six head. Wallace was third in the average with 533.5 points on six. Colten Fritzlan won the average with 605 points on seven.

“It was crazy. Ty Wallace, Colten Fritzlan and Ky Hamilton all rode phenomenally,” Wright said. “Every guy did this week, but it came down to us four in the last round and it was crazy to come out on top. This is what I live for, the stories when it comes down to the last ride.”

Courtesy of PRCA Media.

Photos from pages 16-17, clockwise from top, left: 1. Stetson Wright wins round 1 with 90.5 points on Silver Lining (Stockyards Pro Rodeo). PRCA ProRodeo photo by Roseanna Sales. 2. Wright gives a “thumbs up” after winning round 2. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Steve Gray. 3. Wright wins round 7 with 89 points on Universal Pro Rodeos’ Slinger. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Steve Gray. 4. Wright wins round 2 with 88.5 points on Axel (Powder RIver Rodeo). PRCA ProRodeo photo by Roseanna Sales. 5. Wright wins round 9 with 92 points on Record Rack’s Smoke Stack (Beutler & Son Rodeo). PRCA ProRodeo photo by Roseanna Sales.

Stetson Wright wins round 1 with 90.5 points on Silver Lining (Stockyards Pro Rodeo).

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Roseanna Sales.