Women’s Rodeo World Championship moving to Fort Worth

The WCRA (World Champions Rodeo Alliance) and PBR (Professional Bull Riders) have announced that the largest payout event in the history of Women’s Rodeo, the Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WRWC), will move to Fort Worth starting in May 2022.

The relocation and dates will go into effect immediately after the 2021 WRWC, which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, at South Point Arena Oct. 26-29.

The championship event will be split between The Historic Cowtown Coliseum and Dickies Arena. The first three rounds of competition will be at Cowtown Coliseum May 16-17, with the final two rounds held at Dickies Arena in conjunction with PBR World Finals.

2022 Women’s Rodeo World Champions will now be crowned in the same arena as the PBR World Champion.

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“We are ecstatic about this forever home for the WRWC in the heart of cowboy country as we continue to change the landscape of women’s rodeo offering the world’s largest payout in the history of women’s rodeo and showcasing these athletes to the world on national television broadcast,” said WCRA President Bobby Mote. “Ushering in this new era of women’s rodeo at an event with this level of payout and visibility is something we take great pride in.”

At the inaugural event in 2020, four women became the first in history to claim the coveted title of Women’s Rodeo World Champion and took home a minimum of $60,000 each while the All-Around Champion collected a $20,000 cash bonus.

The championship event dished out equal money in all disciplines and cut checks to more than 250 female athletes, a news release said.

WRWC is the largest annual purse for a women’s rodeo event and will again payout $750,000 in 2021 while crowning World Champions in the Women’s Rodeo disciplines – Team Roping, Breakaway Roping and Barrel Racing. An all-around champion will also be crowned.