Professional Bull Riders: Heroes and Legends

Professional Bull Riders Heroes and Legends Celebration honors four special divisions of the professional bull riding community. Each award recognizes a substantial contribution to the sport.

Professional Bull Riders (PBR), Inc., is an international professional bull riding organization based in Pueblo, Colorado. It began in 1992, when 21 bull riders pooled $1,000 each to found the organization, which was dedicated to bull riding separate from its traditional inclusion as one of several rodeo events. Today, the PBR is one of the top ten fastest growing sports organizations in the world. It sponsors the Built Ford Tough Series, where the top 35 best bull riders in the world compete, along with the best bucking bulls.

The PBR Ring of Honor is the equivalent of a Hall of Fame for bull riders. The PBR created this award in 1996 to recognize those who have had a substantial and enduring influence on the sport of professional bull riding. Honorees may be PBR bull riders, but some PRCA bull riders have also been honored, for example, icon Lane Frost. "It is both a physical ring and a fellowship of men." This honor is bestowed upon select bull riders whose contributions to the sport of bull riding have outlasted their achievements inside the sports arena. The award is symbolized by a custom-made, gold-and-diamond ring engraved with the honoree's name and the PBR logo. Recipients are honored with this award during a ceremony at the Built Ford Tough Series World Finals near the end of the year.

It was created in 1996 with the inaugural induction of ProRodeo Hall of Fame members Jim Shoulders and Ted Nuce.

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), which sanctions traditional rodeo, has a Hall of Fame, the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Although there a Bull Riding Hall of Fame located in Texas, it is not associated with the PBR.

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