Championship Bull Riding
Championship Bull Riding, Inc. (CBR) was a professional bull riding organization that was based in Weatherford, Texas, United States. History Stock contractor Terry Williams and Texas businessman Joel Logan founded Championship Bull Riding (CBR) in 2002. ProRodeo Hall of Fame cowboy and four-time world champion bull rider Tuff Hedeman was an integral part of the live event production and an ambassador for the organization from 2011 to 2018 after serving as president from 2005 to 2011. In early 2018, Hedeman left CBR to start his own organization: the Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Tour. From 2002 through 2007, CBR was televised on the Outdoor Channel; in 2008 on RFD-TV; from 2009 through 2011 on Great American Country; and from 2012 through 2017 was broadcast on Fox Sports Networks. The CBR World Finals event was held in different locations of the United States throughout the years. From 2002 through 2005, it was held in Jackson, Mississippi; from 2006 through 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada; in 2009 and 2010 in Kansas City, Missouri; in 2011 in Loveland, Colorado; and from 2012 through 2018 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, at Cheyenne Frontier Days, held in conjunction with the annual Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) rodeo there. In 2009, Cinch Jeans became the title sponsor of the CBR tour, thus becoming the Cinch CBR Tour. From 2009 through 2018, CBR awarded its annual World Champion a $100,000 bonus, and from 2013 through 2017, the winning rider of the World Finals event average was awarded $50,000. In 2010, CBR introduced the Horizon Series, a division of lower-level events that allowed riders to work their up to the elite, televised Cinch CBR Tour. That same year, the CBR Bull Team Challenge was launched. In these events, teams of stock contractors competed against each other at CBR events with a certain number of bulls per team by showcasing them with riders for large payout purses and accumulated points towards the year-end Bull Team Challenge championship. The Bull Team Challenge was originally held by the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) in 2008. However, it was discontinued by said organization after that one year, before being picked up by CBR in 2010. In 2013, the Cinch CBR Tour was renamed the Road to Cheyenne Tour. For its 2016–17 season, CBR's Road to Cheyenne Tour and its subsidiary Horizon Series visited over 70 venues across the United States. From 2013 to 2018, CBR's televised Road to Cheyenne Tour was conducted in the proprietary "8 Second Challenge" format. 24 riders would compete in the first round, and those who made a successful eight-second ride got paid $500. The top 12 riders based on scores returned to the second round, and those who made a successful eight-second ride got paid $750. The top 4 riders in the second round would move on to the third and final round and each rider, regardless if they made a successful eight-second ride or not, got paid $1,000. If the event leader rode his bull in the championship round and