ProRodeo Sports News | 2020 Year-End Edition | Dec.18, 2020

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Stetson Wright won his second consecutive all-around world title with $392,302. He also won the 2020 bull riding world title and is the first cowboy to win the all-around and bull riding world titles in the same season since Ty Murray in 1998.

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a loss for words,” Stetson said. “I was star struck to beat guys I look up to. 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.” Stetson added the 2020 bull riding world title to his name with $267,941, including ground money. He furthered his all-around lead in the 10th round with a 91-point ride on Andrews Rodeo’s All or Nothin to split the go-round win in the saddle bronc riding with Ryder. Stetson finished seventh in the saddle bronc riding world standings with $151,101.

Stetson is the first cowboy to win back-to-back all-around world championships since Trevor Brazile in 2014-15, and he’s the first to win the all-around title and a roughstock world title since Ty Murray in 1998 – seven months before Stetson was born. At 21, Stetson is the youngest cowboy to be crowned All-AroundWorld Champion in his first two seasons. “I just want to be one of the greatest cowboys to ever live, regardless of how many gold buckles I get,” he said. “I want to be remembered as a true champion and someone who worked hard at it and treated people good along the way and helped people who were down when they needed it. “That’s how I want to be remembered. There’s no number of world titles I’m working toward, I’m going to do it until my body can’t take it anymore. I’m just going to keep trying to be the best me.”

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