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>> THIS IS THE BULL
THAT YOU WATCH, I WATCH --
EVERYBODY WATCHES -- BODACIOUS!
>>> Narrator: HE WAS
THE BADDEST RIDE IN RODEO.
>> THAT BIG YELLOW BULL HAS GOT
A 95-PERCENT BUCK OFF RATIO!
>> THEY'D ALWAYS SAVE HIM
FOR THE TOP GUY THAT NIGHT.
THE HIGH SCORE, THAT IS WHO
WOULD GET MATCHED AGAINST BO.
>> COME ALIVE!
OH, HE THREW HIM OFF
LIKE A DIRTY SHIRT
IN THE CORNER!
THE UNRIDEABLE YELLOW BULL --
THE BODACIOUS!
>> THAT BULL HAS BUCKED OFF
THE BEST COWBOYS
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
>> EVEN THE TOP GUYS
WERE INTIMIDATED BY HIM.
>> THIS BULL IS BAD!
>> HE WAS GOING
TO KILL SOMEBODY.
>> LOOK OUT!
YOU'LL SNORT IN YOUR SHORTS
AND LEAVE A STAIN FOR A MONTH!
YOU CAN'T GET HIM RODE!
>> YOU GOT 15,000 PEOPLE
GOING NUTS.
EVERYBODY IS GOING CRAZY,
AND I THOUGHT WE KILLED HIM.
>> THE ALL-TIME GREAT --
BODACIOUS!
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> BODACIOUS IS THE BULL THAT
REARRANGED MY HUSBAND'S FACE.
>> HE JUST LITERALLY CRUSHED
EVERYTHING FROM HERE TO HERE,
YOU KNOW?
JUST, I DIDN'T HAVE A NOSE.
>> HE'S THE RANKEST BULL
IN AMERICA TODAY
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
>> WELCOME TO BODACIOUS.
HE WAS ONE BAD DUDE!
>> OH, LORD!
HE'S GONNA KILL HIM, IF THEY
DON'T GET HIM OUT OF THERE!
OH, LORD!
♪
>>> THERE ONCE WAS A BULL,
NAMED BODACIOUS.
>> ONE TIME I WENT
ON A RIVER TRIP, AND
THIS GUY FROM AUSTRALIA
DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT RODEO.
BUT HE SAID,
"I DO KNOW ONE BUCKING BULL."
HE SAID,
"I KNOW THE BULL BODACIOUS."
BODACIOUS!
AND I JUST KIND OF GRINNED
AND LAUGHED.
I SAID, "YES, I DO KNOW
THAT BULL; I KNOW HIM, TOO."
>> I RUN INTO PEOPLE
ALL THE TIME -- THEY DON'T KNOW
A THING ABOUT RODEO, AND
THEY KNOW ABOUT BODACIOUS.
>> HE WAS, FAR AND AWAY,
HEAD AND SHOULDERS,
THE RANKEST BULL OUT THERE.
I MEAN, HE WAS FEARED BY MOST
GUYS BECAUSE HE JUST BUCKED
SO HARD AND HE WAS SO DANGEROUS.
>> HE WAS ONE OF
THE RANKEST BULLS
I'VE EVER BEEN ON.
>> ON THAT PARTICULAR BULL, YOU
COULD BE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT,
AND STILL GET CRUSHED.
HE'S A CAREER-ENDING BULL.
>> IT WAS SCARY
TO GET ON HIS BACK.
>> WHEN YOU SAT ON BO,
HE WOULD SHAKE.
HE WASN'T SCARED,
BUT HIS BODY WOULD JUST TREMBLE.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW BETTER,
YOUR BODY WOULD BE TREMBLING.
IT WAS BO.
HE WAS SO ENERGETIC, WITH FIRE.
HE WOULD --
YOUR BODY WOULD BE LIKE THIS,
BUT IT WAS HIM SHAKING.
(applause)
(cheering)
>> TUFF HEDEMAN, IT'S BODACIOUS!
YAHOO!
>> THE NIGHT THAT HE AND
TUFF HEDEMAN MET HEADS
AT THE PBR FINALS -- OVERNIGHT,
HE WAS A LEGEND
FROM THAT DAY ON, YOU KNOW?
KNOWN AS THE MOST DANGEROUS,
MEANEST, SCARIEST MAN-KILLER
OF ALL TIME.
>>> IN RODEO BULL RIDING,
THE RIDER STRAPS ONE HAND
TO THE ANIMAL AND THEN TRIES
TO STAY ON HIS BACK
FOR EIGHT SECONDS.
>> PEOPLE USED TO FILL
THE ROMAN COLISEUM TO SEE
BASICALLY THE SAME THING.
PEOPLE WATCH IT
AND THEY JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT,
YOU KNOW?
THEY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A MAN
IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO PUT HIMSELF
IN THAT POSITION, AND DO IT,
AND DO IT RIGHT IN FRONT
OF YOUR EYES.
>>> THERE ARE TWO JUDGES; EACH
OF THEM AWARDS UP TO 50 POINTS:
25 FOR THE RIDER
AND 25 FOR THE BULL.
>> THE BUCKING BULL
IS MY PARTNER, AND
WE GET OUT THERE AND
PUT ON A GOOD PERFORMANCE.
WE'RE IN IT FOR THE MONEY.
>> IT'S LIKE BEING
WITH A DANCING PARTNER
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
THEY GOT TO JUST BE THERE.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO DRAW
AN EASY BULL,
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO SCORE HIM VERY HIGH.
AND HALF OF THE SCORE IS,
YOU KNOW, THE PERFORMANCE
OF THE BULL.
SO, YOU KNOW,
YOU JUST SIMPLY CAN'T BE
COMPETITIVE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW,
WITH A SO-CALLED EASY ONE.
>>> TERRY DON WEST, IS A FORMER
WORLD CHAMPION BULL RIDER AND
ONE OF ONLY SIX MEN
TO SUCCESSFULLY RIDE BODACIOUS.
WHEN TY MURRAY RETIRED IN 2002
AT THE AGE OF 32,
HE WAS THE ONLY
SEVEN-TIME ALL-AROUND CHAMPION
IN RODEO HISTORY, BUT HE WAS
O-FOR-THREE ON BODACIOUS.
>> YOU CAN GET HURT ON ANY BULL,
ONE THAT DOESN'T HARDLY BUCK
AT ALL, HE STILL WEIGHS
2,000 POUNDS.
IF HE RUNS OVER YOU OR STEPS
ON YOU, IT DOESN'T MATTER
IF HE'S A GREAT ATHLETE OR NOT.
>> IT'S PRETTY EASY TO PLAY
SUPERMAN WHEN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
HURT, EVERYTHING ROLLS YOUR WAY.
BUT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE FEAR OF GOD IS PUT IN YOU,
AND YOU REALIZE THAT IT
CAN BE TAKEN AWAY THAT FAST.
THEN YOU FIND OUT
WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THAT WOULD NORMALLY KILL A GUY,
RIGHT THERE.
AND IT MADE HIM GET UP
AND GO ON.
>> I WANT A BULL THAT,
A LOT BIGGER THEY ARE,
THE BETTER I LIKE IT.
THE BIGGER THE HORNS,
THE BETTER I LIKE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO DANCE AND
MAKE SOME MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BULL RIDER.
WHEN YOU GET INTO
A BULL RIDING CHUTE,
IT'S YOU AND THE BULL AND YOU,
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO PULL
YOUR ROPE.
YOU HAVE TWO GATEMEN OUTSIDE.
AND THEY'RE SITTING THERE,
WAITING ON YOU THE WHOLE TIME --
WAITING FOR YOU TO NOD.
MAKE SURE THE BULL IS STANDING
PERFECT, KIND OF LOOKING UP,
OUT TOWARDS THE ARENA,
SLIDE UP AND NOD.
>>> ROB SMETZ IS A FIVE-TIME
CHAMPION BULL FIGHTER.
THE COWBOYS CALL HIM
"KAMIKAZE KID," BECAUSE
HE'S SUSTAINED MORE INJURIES
THAN NEARLY ANYBODY
IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT.
>> OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WHEN THAT COWBOY HITS
THE GROUND,
IS THAT WE DISTRACT THE ANIMAL.
IT'S NOT EASY.
AND ON A NIGHT WHEN YOU'VE GOT
SOMETHING LIKE BODACIOUS,
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT A FUN NIGHT,
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF JOKING
IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE ON YOUR BEST
GAME, AND IF YOU STUB YOUR TOE
YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY,
PAYING FOR IT WITH HIM
USUALLY MEANT
A PART OF YOUR FACE, DENTAL,
YOU KNOW?
HE CRACKS YAH.
>> BODACIOUS!
>> THERE WERE GUYS WHO WOULD
GET ON THE BULL, AND KNOW
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD CHANCE
AT RIDING HIM.
AND AS THE BULL WOULD GO
TO TURN BACK AND REALLY BUCK,
THEY'D ALMOST PICK THEIR SPOT
AT WHERE IT WAS SAFE
TO GO AHEAD AND GET OFF.
>> MOST ALL OF THE GUYS,
EVEN THE TOP GUYS
WERE INTIMIDATED BY HIM.
HE WAS THAT BIG,
HE WAS THAT STRONG AND
HE WAS JUST THAT DANGEROUS.
SOME OF THE RODEOS,
WHERE GUYS WOULD KNOW BEFOREHAND
THAT THEY HAD DRAWN HIM, THEY
JUST SIMPLY WOULDN'T SHOW UP.
IT WAS JUST TO THE POINT THAT,
I MEAN, HE WAS GOING
TO KILL SOMEBODY.
,
>> BODACIOUS -- WHEN I HAD HIM,
HE WAS JUST ANOTHER BULL.
>>> IN THE WINTER OF 1991,
A RODEO STOCK CONTRACTOR NAMED
PHIL SUMNER DROVE UP TO KENTON,
OKLAHOMA TO TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME BULL CALVES
A FRIEND HAD FOR SALE.
ONE OF THEM WAS A SMALL, YELLOW
TWO-YEAR-OLD MUTT NAMED J31.
>> HE WAS A CHARBRAY, WHICH IS
BRAHMAN/CHAROLAIS CROSS, AND
HE HAD THAT LOOK ABOUT HIM
THAT HE WAS DIFFERENT.
>> BO WAS A PRETTY SMALL ANIMAL
AT THAT TIME.
HE WEIGHED PROBABLY 900 POUNDS,
AND WAS JUST A YOUNG BULL.
BUT HE LOOKED ATHLETIC.
I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU CAN WALK UP TO A BULL
AND SAY THAT'S GOING
TO MAKE A BUCKING BULL,
JUST BY LOOKING AT HIM.
I'VE ALWAYS OPERATED
OFF THE THEORY
THAT YOU OUGHT TO TRY THEM ALL.
AND THAT WAY YOU FIND OUT
WHERE YOUR BUCKERS ARE.
>> OUT HERE,
THEY ARE REAL DOCILE.
THEY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO
OR EVERYTHING.
BUT THEY'RE ATHLETES.
THEY KNOW WHEN --
WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN THE CHUTE,
THEY KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE THERE FOR.
>> I BRANDED HIM J31, AND
THE FIRST TWO OR THREE TIMES
THAT I BUCKED HIM,
HE DIDN'T SHOW ME NOTHING.
AND I SAID, "MISTER, YOU BETTER
GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER OR YOU'RE
GOING TO BE DOWN AT McDONALD'S."
>> SAMMY ANDREWS WAS DRIVING
BY A BODACIOUS BARBECUE,
ABOUT 15 MILES FROM HERE,
IN CRANBERRY, TEXAS.
AND UP CAME THE NAME
FOR THAT YELLOW BULL.
HIS WIFE NAMED HIM BODACIOUS.
>> WE WAS PUTTING ON
SOME JACKPOTS AT TUMBLEWEEDS
IN STILLWATER.
AND PROBABLY ABOUT THE FOURTH
OR FIFTH TRIP OUT THAT I BUCKED
THAT BULL, A BOY HUNG UP TO HIM.
AND BO GOT TO LEAPING
REAL HIGH IN THERE,
TRYING TO GET THIS BOY OFF.
>> THEY PUT THIS BOY ON HIM,
AND THE BOY GOT HUNG UP,
THE BULL JUMPED OVER THE FENCE,
SCARED HIM TO DEATH.
>> AND THE NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT,
WE COME BACK AND BUCKED HIM.
AND I MEAN, HE WAS JUST WOW!
SO, SOMETHING CLICKED
IN HIS MIND THAT HE DECIDE
HE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY ON HIM
OR NEAR HIM.
AND HE DECIDED
THAT HE WANTED HIM TO BE
A BUCKING BULL.
>> SOMEBODY VERY UNINFORMED
HAS TOLD SOMEBODY THAT WE TIE
A ROPE AROUND THEIR GENITALS.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION:
IF I WAS TO PUT A ROPE
OR ANYTHING ELSE
AROUND YOUR GENITALS,
DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD WANT
TO PERFORM?
IT'S A NATURAL INSTINCT --
GENETIC MAKEUP
THAT MAKES THEM BUCK.
AND THE ONES THAT DON'T --
BURGER KING.
>> I WENT, "MISTER, YOU'VE JUST
BEEN SAVED FROM McDONALD'S."
(laughing)
>>> AFTER A YEAR OF BUCKING HIM
IN SMALL RODEOS, PHIL TOOK BO
UP TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 1991, FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL FINALS RODEO.
BUT BO'S REPUTATION
HAD PRECEDED HIM, AND NOW,
NOBODY WANTED TO GET ON HIM.
>> J31, BODACIOUS!
>>> PHIL SOLD THREE-YEAR-OLD
BODACIOUS TO SAMMY ANDREWS,
A STOCK CONTRACTOR
UP NEAR PARIS, TEXAS.
>> PHIL SUMNER SENT HIM
TO SAMMY ANDREWS BECAUSE
THEY NEEDED TO EXPOSE HIM
IN BIG-BOY RODEO
IN THE BULL RIDING BUSINESS.
>> WHEN I GOT BO
FROM PHIL SUMNER,
HE WAS A YOUNG,
KIND OF A THIN-MADE BULL.
I WAS AFRAID THAT BEING
A CHARBRAY LIKE HE WAS,
THAT HE WOULD GET TOO BIG AND
COULDN'T HANDLE HIS SELF.
A LOT OF TIMES CHAROLAIS BULLS
GET JUST BIG AND BLUBBERY
AND WON'T BE ABLE TO BUCK.
BUT BO HE WAS EVERYTHING
BUT THAT.
HE TURNED OUT TO BE
JUST A TRUE ATHLETE.
>> BODACIOUS, SAMMY ANDREWS.
MY GOD, THREW HIM OFF
LIKE A DIRTY SHIRT
IN THE CORNER!
>> SAMMY ANDREWS
GOT TO HAULING HIM AND PUTTING
HIM ON BULL RIDERS ONLY EVENTS,
AND HE GOT TO BE SEEN ON TV.
AND HE WENT TO THROWING SOME
OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OFF.
AND THAT WAS WHEN
EVERYBODY SAID,
"HEY, BODACIOUS IS ONE BAD CAT.
LOOK WHO HE'S THROWN OFF."
>> THE STOUTER HE GOT,
THE BETTER HE GOT.
AND WHAT KIND OF
MADE HIM SPECIAL
WAS THE QUALITY OF GUYS
THAT WERE GETTING ON BODACIOUS
AT THE TIME.
AND HE KEPT, YOU KNOW,
BUCKING THEM OFF.
>> THAT YELLOW BULL
HAS BUCKED A LOT OF GUYS OFF --
>> I THINK THE LIST GOES ON
AND ON AND ON!
>>> IN DECEMBER OF '92,
100 BULLS WERE TRUCKED
TO LAS VEGAS
FOR THE NATIONAL RODEO FINALS.
>> I WAS SO NERVOUS,
I COULDN'T HARDLY SEE STRAIGHT,
YOU KNOW?
BECAUSE I WENT,
"BOY, I HOPE HE BUCKS TONIGHT.
MAN, I HOPE HE BUCKS TONIGHT."
AND JIM SHARP HAD HIM DRAWN
THAT NIGHT.
>>> JIM SHARP WAS
A TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION
WHEN HE HAD HIS FIRST RUN-IN
WITH BODACIOUS IN 1992.
>> I BET THAT,
AS GOOD AS THIS LITTLE BULL IS,
WAY BETTER THAN AVERAGE
FROM SAMMY ANDREWS,
THAT JIM SHARP IS QUITE LIKELY
TO KICK HIM WITH BODACIOUS.
>> THE FIRST TIME I EVER WENT ON
BODACIOUS, I WANTED TO DRAW HIM.
I HAD SEEN HIM A LITTLE BIT,
AND I KNEW HE WAS A RANK BULL,
BUT I THOUGHT I COULD RIDE HIM.
>> BO TURNED BACK AND
THREW JIM OFF AND TURNED JIM
TWO FLIPS IN THE AIR,
BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND.
AND I HAD NEVER SEEN
THAT BEFORE.
>> JIM DID TWO-AND-A-HALF FLIPS
IN THE AIR, A PRETTY BAD CRASH.
AND TO ME, THAT WAS THE START
OF WHEN THAT BULL
STARTED TO GET FAMOUS.
>>> THAT YEAR, 1992,
IN HIS VERY FIRST APPEARANCE,
FOUR-YEAR-OLD BODACIOUS
BEAT OUT 99 OTHER BULLS
FOR THE TITLE OF
"BEST BUCKING BULL"
AT THE RODEO FINALS --
AND A STAR WAS BORN.
>> BODACIOUS, HE JUST KIND OF
KICKED EVERYBODY'S DOORS OFF,
INSTEAD OF DOWN.
HE WAS A NOTORIOUS BULL,
AND EVERYBODY WANTED TO SEE
THE BEST ON HIM, AND
THAT WAS THE THING THAT MADE BO.
THEY WOULD ALWAYS SAVE HIM
FOR THE TOP GUY THAT NIGHT --
THE HIGH SCORE, THAT'S WHO HE
WOULD GET MATCHED AGAINST, BO.
'CAUSE THEY'D WANT TO SEE
THE BEST AGAINST THE BEST.
>> PRETTY SOON THERE BECOMES
THIS BIGGER THAN LIFE ANIMAL,
BODACIOUS --
THAT IF YOU RIDE HIM,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE A SUPER HERO.
>> I AIN'T BACKING DOWN
FROM NO BULL.
I'M A BULL RIDER.
IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO DIE,
DON'T BE A BULL RIDER.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
WHEN THIS YELLOW BULL,
DUMPS A MAN'S BODY DOWN
I GUARANTEE YOU WHAT --
THIS HAS TO HURT!
>> BODACIOUS!
>> THAT BULL HAS BUCKED OFF
THE BEST COWBOYS
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
>> BODACIOUS,
THE YELLOW WILDCAT.
>> I'M THE FIRST MAN
TO RIDE HIM.
SO ME AND BO, WE ARE WELL KNOWN
WITH EACH OTHER.
>>> THE FIRST TIME
TERRY DON WEST MET UP
WITH BODACIOUS, IT WAS 1990,
AND THE BULL WAS STILL GOING
BY HIS BRAND NAME, J31.
>> THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER BULL,
TO ME.
BUT A FRIEND OF MINE SAID,
"TERRY, YOU GOT THIS
LITTLE WHITE BULL."
AND HE SAID,
"HE IS THE REAL DEAL."
HE SAID "HE IS A BAD CAT."
AND I WENT AND LOOKED AT HIM,
AND, AND A HE PROBABLY WEIGHED
1150 POUNDS, FULL OF ENERGY.
THEY'D RUN HIM IN THE CHUTES
AND WE HAD TO PRETTY WELL
TIE HIM DOWN
TO GET SOME BULL ROPE ON HIM.
HE WAS WILD.
AND BO TRIED TO JERK ME DOWN AND
HIT ME IN THE FACE AT THAT TIME,
AS A YOUNG BABY LIKE THAT.
AND I ENDED UP
GETTING HIM ROPED, WHICH WAS
THE FIRST TIME HE GOT ROPED.
LOOKING BACK ON IT, THAT,
THAT WAS HISTORY, A MOMENT,
RIGHT THERE ON THAT NIGHT.
>> THE FIRST TIME I HAD
BODACIOUS, WAS PROBABLY IN '93,
I HAD HIM IN GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA
AT THE BULL DANCING.
HE WAS JUST A CALF,
STARTING TO COME AROUND,
YOU KNOW, ON THE SCENE.
I RODE BODACIOUS
PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE SECONDS.
I WAS GETTING OUT OVER HIM
PRETTY GOOD, AND HE HIT ME
IN THE FACE AND BUSTED MY NOSE.
>> HE GOT BIGGER AND STRONGER.
AND I GOT ON HIM
AT DODGE CITY, KANSAS.
AND I RODE HIM ABOUT
HALF A JUMP, I THINK.
HE *** THE ROPE
RIGHT OUT OF MY HAND
WHEN I FIRST COME OUT.
THE WAY HE BUCKED, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU WERE
WHERE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
TO BE ABLE TO RIDE HIM
FOR EIGHT SECONDS,
HE WAS GOING TO HIT YOU
IN THE FACE.
>> YEAH, THE BULL
DID BLOW HIM OUT OF THERE!
YEP, JUST PULLED THE ROPE
RIGHT OUT OF HIS HAND!
>> WHEN THIS BULL
WOULD LEAVE THE CHUTE,
HE HAD SO MUCH POWER
A LOT OF BULLS WILL TURN
AND JUMP INTO IT.
THIS BULL WOULD BLOW IN THE AIR,
AND ALL HE HAD TO DO
WAS HEAR THAT LATCH, AND HE
WOULD JUST EXPLODE IN THE AIR.
>> THAT'S A LOT OF POWER --
THAT OLD DODGE BODACIOUS.
>> HE WOULD JUST BODY SLAM YOU.
THERE WAS AN INDIAN BOY,
I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME --
HE WAS OUT OF ARIZONA,
AND BOB TALLMAN WAS ANNOUNCING.
>> BODACIOUS AND CL JOHNSON!
>> WE'RE AT RAPID CITY,
SOUTH DAKOTA, AND CL DRAWS HIM.
NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER,
HE IS A NATIVE AMERICAN,
HE'S A STUNT MAN --
GOOD-LOOKING DUDE, AND
COULD TAKE A WHIPPING
LIKE NOBODY COULD TAKE.
AND HE DRAWS THIS BULL
AND HE BLOWS ONE WAY
AND HE BLOWS THE OTHER.
AND HE JUMPS AND KICKS
AND HE ROCKS HIM THIS WAY
AND HE ROCKED HIM THAT WAY;
AND THAT QUICK, HIS FEET
ARE HIGHER THAN HIS HEAD.
>> HE HAD LIFTED HIS --
BOTH HIS LEGS UP THERE
AND HE WAS RIDING BO SIDEWAYS.
AND BOB TALLMAN GOES,
"WHAT THE HAY!"
AND THIS BULL, BODACIOUS,
SLAMS HIM TO THE GROUND.
>> MAN, WATCH OUT!
I MEAN,
JUST CREAMED HIM RIGHT THERE!
>> WELL, HE DON'T
HAVE TO FEEL BAD.
HE'S JUST JOINED
WITH A LOT OF OTHER
GREAT BULL RIDERS
WHO GET THE SAME THING.
>> YOU GOT 15,000 PEOPLE
GOING NUTS.
I'M SCREAMING AND HOLLERING.
EVERYBODY IS GOING CRAZY,
AND I THOUGHT WE KILLED HIM --
SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS.
>> OH!
I MEAN, CROSSED HIS LEGS
OVER HIS RIGHT HAND.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN
IN 30 YEARS!
>> WELCOME TO BODACIOUS.
THAT WAS ONE BAD DUDE.
>> HERE IS JEROME DAVIS.
>> NEXT TIME I HAD HIM
WAS AT THE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO
AT THE END OF '93.
I HAD JUST FRACTURED MY FOOT AND
I HAD TO RIDE THE NEXT ROUND.
AND NEEDLESS TO SAY,
I HAD TO HAVE BODACIOUS, AGAIN.
THE BULL WAS GETTING BIGGER.
HE SHOT ME UP OVER HIS HEAD AND
MADE SHORT WORK OF ME AGAIN.
>> BODACIOUS,
THAT BIG YELLOW BULL HAS GOT
A 95-PERCENT BUCK OFF RATIO.
(applause)
(cheering)
>> AND HE WOULD TAKE
SUCH A BIG JUMP AND BREAK OVER
AND KICK SO HARD
THAT HE WOULD PULL GUYS FORWARD
OR JERK THEM FORWARD.
AND BY THE TIME
THEY WERE COMING DOWN,
HE WAS ALREADY GOING UP
FOR HIS NEXT JUMP.
AND THAT'S WHERE
YOU WOULD SEE HIM
MEET HEADS WITH GUYS,
AND THAT'S WHAT MADE HIM
SO DANGEROUS.
>> YOU'RE BUCKING AROUND
1900 POUNDS OF PURE MUSCLE.
YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THAT HE WAS WORKING OUT
WITH WEIGHTS EVERY DAY.
HE WAS JUST MADE OF MUSCLE.
HE COULD JUST GET SO HIGH --
HE JUST HAD ALL KINDS OF MOVES.
YOU NEVER KNEW
WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
HE NEVER WOULD DO
THE SAME THING TWICE.
BACK IN THE OLD DAYS,
TUFF AND CODY AND JIM SHARP
AND THOSE GUYS,
THEY WOULDN'T TURN A BULL OUT
UNLESS THEY COULDN'T GET THERE.
BUT IT GOT SO THAT SOME OF
THE PANSIES IN THE DAYS,
THEY'D TURN ONE OUT
IF THEY DIDN'T THINK
THEY COULD RIDE HIM.
>> I AIN'T BACKING DOWN
FROM NO BULL.
I'M A BULL RIDER.
IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO DIE,
DON'T BE A BULL RIDER.
>> SUPERMAN CAN'T RIDE
THAT BULL!
THE UNRIDEABLE YELLOW BULL,
THE ALL-TIME GREAT BODACIOUS!
>> DODGE TRUCKS
CREATED A BOUNTY PROGRAM
FOR BULLS THAT WERE UNRIDEABLES.
BODACIOUS FIT IT
LIKE A NEW GLOVE.
>> EVERY TIME HE BUCKED A GUY
OFF, THE BOUNTY WENT UP BY $500.
WELL, BO'S GOT UP TO
AROUND 11 OR 12-THOUSAND.
SO WHEN DODGE PUT THE BOUNTY
ON HIM, THERE WAS THAT
MUCH MORE INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE
TO COME AND GET ON HIM.
>> THAT BULL GAVE HIM
THREE MOVES!
OH, LOOK OUT --
HE WANTED OUT OF HERE!
LET'S WATCH, TY MURRAY.
BODACIOUS -- SAMMY ANDREWS.
RIDE ON TY!
TY MURRAY, GOES OFF
AND OUT OF THIS ONE!
>> I GOT ON HIM THREE TIMES.
THE FIRST TIME I GOT ON HIM,
I RODE HIM ABOUT FIVE SECONDS.
SECOND TIME I GOT ON HIM,
I RODE HIM LIKE SIX
OR SEVEN SECONDS, AND
THE THIRD TIME I GOT ON HIM,
I RODE HIM MAYBE TWO SECONDS.
>> TERRY DON WEST HAS HAD THIS
BULL IN DENVER, COLORADO AND
HAD BEEN THROWN FROM HIM.
>> THE THIRD TIME I GOT ON HIM,
HE PUT ME IN THE HOSPITAL
FOR A WEEK IN HOUSTON.
I HAD IN THE SHORT ROUND,
AND HE PUNCHED MY LIGHTS OUT.
>> AND HE'S HURT --
I GUARANTEE YOU WHAT,
THIS HAS TO HURT!
>> I REMEMBER SAYING TO SAMMY,
I SAID, "SAMMY, I'LL NEVER
GET ON THAT BULL, AGAIN."
AND SAMMY SAYS,
"I DON'T BLAME YOU."
WELL, A YEAR LATER,
I'M AT SAN ANTONIO.
AND I'M WINNING SAN ANTONIO.
ALL I GOT TO DO IS RIDE MY BULL.
I DON'T NEED THE RANKEST BULL,
I JUST NEED A BULL
I CAN JUST GET A GOOD RIDE ON
AND I'M GONNA WIN SAN ANTONIO.
AND I CALL TO SEE WHAT I GOT,
AND I GOT BODACIOUS.
AND I HAD TOLD SAMMY
I WOULD NEVER GET ON HIM AGAIN.
BUT I WENT AHEAD AND
DROVE TO THE ARENA,
AND DEEP INSIDE OF ME,
I KNEW I HAD TO GET ON HIM.
>>> TERRY DON WEST WAS ONE
OF ONLY SIX MEN
TO SUCCESSFULLY RIDE BODACIOUS.
BUT THE BULL'S REPUTATION
AS A KILLER
WAS JUST GETTING STARTED.
>> I DON'T LIKE TO SEE HIM
DOWN ON THE GROUND LIKE THIS.
>> THAT'S WHEN WE
STARTED WATCHING HIM --
WHO IS HE GOING TO GET NEXT?
>> TUFF WAS RIDING GREAT
AND, YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY WAS EXPECTING THIS
TO BE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.
WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW SPECIAL
IT WAS GOING TO BE.
>> THE FIRST JUMP
I COULD FEEL PERFECT, AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SECOND JUMP,
I JUST FEEL THIS BIG,
THIS BIG CRASH.
>> OH, MY GOD!
♪
>> BODACIOUS IS A NAME
I REMEMBER, AS THE BULL
THAT REARRANGED
MY HUSBAND'S FACE.
>>> BY 1995, TUFF HEDEMAN
WAS A THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION
AND CONSIDERED BY MANY
OF HIS PEERS
TO BE THE TOP BULL RIDER
IN THE WORLD.
>> THE FIRST TIME
I DREW BODACIOUS,
WAS AT A BULL RIDING
IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
HE HAD ALREADY DEVELOPED
A PRETTY GOOD REPUTATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE GUYS
REALLY DIDN'T WANT
TO GET ON HIM.
AND I WANTED TO GET ON HIM.
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS A CHALLENGE.
WHEN YOU RIDE BULLS
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, YOU
LIKE TO RIDE THE BADDEST BULLS,
YOU KNOW, THE TOUGHEST ONE.
>> I KNEW BODACIOUS
WAS A DANGEROUS BULL,
ONE THAT EVERYBODY
DIDN'T WANT TO GET ON.
BUT TUFF WAS RIDING
AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME AND
WE WERE PRETTY EXCITED AND
THOUGHT HE COULD RIDE HIM.
>> NOBODY WAS RIDING HIM
VERY FAR AT ALL AND, YOU KNOW,
MOST GUYS WOULD GET ON HIM,
AND THEY JUST,
THEY WERE SO INTIMIDATED AND
SO AFRAID OF HIM THAT,
THEY WERE JUST LOOKING FOR
A GOOD PLACE TO GET OFF.
THE FURTHEST THING
FROM THEIR MIND
WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO RIDE HIM.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STOMACH
OR THE HEART
THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE
TO TRY TO RIDE A BULL
THAT BUCKED THAT HARD.
>>> BO WON THEIR FIRST BATTLE,
AND THEN AGAIN
A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER
IN TAMPA.
>> LET'S SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO --
TUFF HEDEMAN AND BODACIOUS!
YAHOO!
>> I JUST KNEW THAT
IF I COULD HOLD ON TO MY ROPE,
THAT I COULD RIDE HIM.
>> I DON'T LIKE TO SEE HIM
DOWN ON THE GROUND LIKE THIS.
YOU WON'T GET HIM TO HOLLER
CALF-ROPE VERY OFTEN,
I PROMISE YOU!
>> THE THIRD FINAL I GOT ON HIM
WAS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
THE FIRST JUMP,
HE JUST EXPLODES
OUT OF THE CHUTE.
I MEAN, JUST STRAIGHT UP,
STRAIGHT DOWN, AND MOST GUYS
COULDN'T RIDE HIM, YOU KNOW,
PAST THE FIRST OR SECOND JUMP --
FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN SECONDS.
I COULD FEEL HIM UNDERNEATH ME
JUST GETTING,
JUST A LITTLE BIT STRONGER,
EVERY JUMP.
>> YES, GIVE HIM 100 --
THE PERFECT RIDE!
(applause)
(cheering)
AND THAT IS TUFF HEDEMAN AND
THAT'S WHY HE IS THE SUPERSTAR!
>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER
BULL RIDES I HAD SEEN IN MY LIFE
AND TUFF MATCHED BO,
MOVE FOR MOVE.
>> I'VE SEEN A LOT OF BULL RIDES
AND THAT ONE STICKS IN MY MIND
-- AND PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL,
THAT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
RIDES I'VE EVER SEEN --
TUFF ON BODACIOUS.
>> THERE WAS NO QUESTION
IN MY MIND, THE BEST RIDE
I'VE EVER MADE.
IT WAS AS CLOSE TO PERFECT
AS I COULD GET.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU,
IF YOU MAKE, YOU KNOW,
JUST THE SLIGHTEST MISTAKE,
HE IS GOING TO JERK YOU DOWN
AND DRILL YOU.
>> AH, THIS IS PURE POWER
AGAINST POWER RIGHT HERE!
LOOK AT THE RARING KICK
AND DROP ON THIS BULL!
>> THE FOURTH TIME I GOT ON HIM
WAS IN LAS VEGAS, THE LAST DAY
OF THE WORLD FINALS.
I HAD LED
PRETTY MUCH ALL YEAR LONG
FOR THE WORLD TITLE.
THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT
I ALREADY HAD THE CHAMPIONSHIP
WON, BUT IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW,
IT WASN'T CERTAIN.
>> WHEN TUFF DREW BODACIOUS
AT THE PBR FINALS, HE KIND OF
GAVE ME THE THUMBS-UP.
AND, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE PRETTY EXCITED.
WE KNEW IF WE RODE HIM,
THAT HE WOULD WIN FIRST.
>> I SAT OUT ALL OF '94,
WITH A NECK INJURY.
AND FOR THE MOST PART THOUGHT,
THAT I WOULD NEVER RIDE AGAIN.
I CAME BACK IN '95, AND WAS,
WAS HAVING A -- JUST A,
JUST A GREAT YEAR.
AND I'VE NEVER BEEN
ANY MORE CONFIDENT OR EXCITED
TO GET ON A BULL IN MY LIFE.
>> TUFF WAS RIDING GREAT AND
EVERYBODY WAS EXPECTING THIS
TO BE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.
WE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW SPECIAL IT WAS GOING TO BE.
>> THE FIRST JUMP,
I COULD FEEL PERFECT.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE SECOND
JUMP I'D JUST FEEL THIS BIG,
YOU KNOW, THIS BIG CRASH
INTO MY FACE HERE.
AND SO IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
JUST HIT ME PRETTY SOLID.
>> WHEN THEY MET, IT SOUNDED
LIKE SOMEBODY HITTING TUFF
IN THE HEAD WITH A BASEBALL BAT.
I MEAN, IT JUST,
IT WAS A GOD-AWFUL SOUND.
>> I WAS KIND OF
ON MY HANDS AND KNEES, AND
I KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG,
THAT I MUST HAVE BROKE MY JAW;
BECAUSE WHENEVER
I WOULD BITE DOWN, MY TEETH
WOULDN'T TOUCH TOGETHER.
>> IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY KILLED
ABOUT ANYBODY IN THE WORLD, AND
IT DIDN'T EVEN KNOCK TUFF OUT.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW
I REMAINED CONSCIOUS.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT
ON TAPE, I MEAN THERE'S
NO WAY I'M SUPPOSED TO
NOT BE KNOCKED OUT.
>> STILL TO THIS DAY,
IT AMAZES ME THAT HE WALKED OUT
OF THE ARENA.
BUT THUS, THE NAME TUFF HEDEMAN.
>> IT WOULD HAVE KILLED
ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING.
IT JUST WOULD HAVE KILLED THEM.
TUFF HEDEMAN HAS A HEART
TWICE THE SIZE OF NORMAL MEN.
>> I REALLY DIDN'T THINK
HE WAS HURT THAT BAD.
AND HE WALKED OUT OF THE ARENA.
AND SO I JUST KIND OF
WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW,
HE'S OKAY.
HE JUST, YOU KNOW,
BROKE HIS NOSE OR, YOU KNOW,
NOTHING MAJOR.
>> HE BROKE EVERY BONE
IN HIS FACE.
IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS
YOU EVER SAW.
>> I COULD JUST FEEL MY FACE
JUST EXPANDING, JUST SWELLING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF BLOOD.
AND JUST THE EXPRESSIONS
YOU'D SEE ON PEOPLE'S FACES,
LIKE THEY JUST SAW FRANKENSTEIN.
>> IT WAS PRETTY SCARY, IT WAS
PRETTY SCARY TO SEE HIS FACE,
THREE TIMES THE SIZE
OF ORIGINAL.
>> I WENT TO SEE HIM THAT NIGHT
IN THE HOSPITAL, AND HE
WAS LITERALLY UNRECOGNIZABLE.
IT LOOKED LIKE THE WORLD'S WORST
HALLOWEEN MASK -- LOOK AT HIM
LIKE, OH, MY GOD, ARE YOU DEAD?
IT LITERALLY LOOKED LIKE
HE HAD A PUMPKIN FOR A HEAD.
>> IF THEY DIDN'T TELL ME
IT WAS TUFF,
I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN
WHO IT WAS.
>> JUST LITERALLY CRUSHED
EVERYTHING FROM,
FROM HERE TO HERE, YOU KNOW?
JUST, I DIDN'T HAVE A NOSE.
JUST, MY NOSE WAS GONE.
I'D GET HOME, AND I WALK IN
AND MY OLDEST BOY LANG,
HE'S THREE AT THE TIME, AND
I SCARED HIM TO DEATH
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T,
HE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME AND
DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ME.
AND THEN HE CRAWLED UP MY LAP
AND HE SAID, "IF YOU EVER GET
BODACIOUS AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING
HAVE TO CHICKEN OUT."
I SAID "OKAY."
(laughing)
>> WHAT MADE TUFF'S RIDE SO BAD,
TUFF WASN'T DOING NOTHING WRONG.
I MEAN, HE WAS DOING
EVERYTHING RIGHT.
I MEAN, HE WAS UP OVER THE FRONT
END OF IT -- I MEAN, THAT'S
THE WAY YOU RIDE RANK BULLS.
>> I KNEW AFTER I SAW THE TAPE,
THERE'S NO WAY
I WOULD GET ON HIM AGAIN.
IT WAS NEVER A CONSIDERATION.
'CAUSE I WAS IN THE RIGHT
POSITION TO RIDE A BULL
OF THAT CALIBER.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID,
YOU KNOW, "SCREW HIM."
I SAID, "I'LL NEVER,
I'LL NEVER GET ON HIM AGAIN."
BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE --
THAT I HAD A CHANCE
OF TRYING TO RIDE HIM.
>>> LESS THAN SIX WEEKS LATER,
TUFF WAS STILL ON THE MEND,
WHEN HE SHOWED UP FOR
THE PBR FINALS IN LAS VEGAS.
>> THE ALL-TIME GREAT,
TUFF HEDEMAN!
>> TUFF IS BACK RIDING
AT THE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO
IN DECEMBER.
HIS FACE
ISN'T EVEN COMPLETELY HEALED,
AND HE WEIGHS ABOUT 135 POUNDS,
WHICH IS ABOUT 50 POUNDS LIGHTER
THAN WHAT HIS NORMAL WEIGHT IS.
>> THEY HAD THE TECHNOLOGY
TO REBUILD ME, YOU KNOW,
THEY PUT SOME TITANIUM PLATES
AND SOME SCREWS AND
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND
THEY PUT IT TOGETHER.
I GO TO NATIONAL FINALS.
>> GOING BACK
AND RIDING AT THE NFR,
SIX WEEKS AFTER THE INJURY,
HE WAS NOT VERY STRONG.
HE GOT THROUGH IT,
BUT IT WAS A TOUGH WEEK.
>> AND I WAS DEFINITELY
A LITTLE WEAK.
AND IN HINDSIGHT,
I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
BUT AT THE TIME
I FELT CONFIDENT THAT I HAD
A LEGITIMATE CHANCE TO WIN
A WORLD TITLE.
I FELT LIKE --
THAT I COULD JUST SUCK IT UP
AND PROBABLY GET THROUGH IT.
>> TUFF COME BACK TOO FAST.
AND I KNEW, JUST AS WELL
AS MY NAME WAS SAMMY ANDREWS,
IF HE COME BACK
TO THE NATIONAL FINALS,
HE WOULD DRAW BODACIOUS.
SURE ENOUGH,
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
>> SOUNDS LIKE A RECORD
A MAKIN'!
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
HE'S ON HIS WAY IN THE PRCA
TO A MILLION DOLLAR CAREER,
THE ALL-TIME GREAT,
TUFF HEDEMAN.
>>> AT THE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO
IN 1995, JUST SIX WEEKS
AFTER THEIR FATEFUL MEETING,
TUFF HEDEMAN WAS STUNNED TO FIND
HE HAD DRAWN BODACIOUS,
YET AGAIN.
>> I WALKED IN THERE, AND
I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T THINK
THERE WAS ANY WAY I'D DRAWN HIM,
I KNEW I HAD A ONE-IN-15 CHANCE.
BUT, I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS
NO WAY I WAS GOING TO DRAW HIM.
>> HE WAS RIDING IN THE TOUGHEST
BULL RIDING COMPETITION
IN THE WORLD.
HIS FACE ISN'T EVEN
COMPLETELY HEALED, AFTER MEETING
THE BACK OF BODACIOUS'S HEAD.
THEN HE DRAWS BODACIOUS.
>> TUFF HEDEMAN HAS DRAWN
THE BULL WE CALL BODACIOUS.
>> WELL, SHOOT!
HE DID DRAW HIM!
AND I WAS LIKE, "WOW,
WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE?"
THERE WAS PEOPLE
BETTING HE WOULD,
PEOPLE BETTING HE WOULDN'T.
>>> IT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT
DECISION OF HIS CAREER,
BUT TUFF HAD NO CHOICE.
>> I KNEW IMMEDIATELY
THAT I WAS GOING TO GET ON HIM.
>>> TOURNAMENT RULES
REQUIRED TUFF
TO AT LEAST GET ON THE BULL,
OR ELSE BE DISQUALIFIED.
>> SO HE GOT ON THE BULL,
NODDED FOR THE BULL, AND
WHEN THE GATE OPENED AND
BODACIOUS LEFT THE CHUTE
HE STEPPED OFF ON THE BACK
OF THE CHUTE AND
HE TIPPED HIS HAT TO THE BULL.
WELL, THERE WAS
THE GREATEST BULL RIDER
OF MAYBE THE CENTURY
THAT JUST SAID, "NO MAS,"
IN ESSENCE, YOU KNOW,
TO BODACIOUS.
>> IN CHUTE NUMBER FOUR,
TUFF HEDEMAN, AND THE BULL
CALLED DODGE BODACIOUS.
>> SEE HIM TIP HIS HAT
TO THAT BULL?
>> THAT IS THE BULL
THAT HURT THIS YOUNG MAN
SO BAD JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
HE HAD TO MAKE THE ATTEMPT
OF GETTING OVER HIM AND ON HIM.
I WANT YOU TO TELL TUFF HEDEMAN
YOU APPROVE!
YOU APPROVE OF THAT!
(cheering)
>> IT WAS PRETTY EMOTIONAL,
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE
HIM EVER HAVING
TO TURN A BULL OUT, YOU KNOW,
RIDING, IN HIS RIDING CAREER.
THERE'S JUST NO WAY, YOU KNOW,
HE WOULD EVER DO THAT.
BUT, IN THAT SITUATION
THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY
AROUND IT.
>> I TURNED HIM OUT.
I WAS -- THAT, THAT KILLED ME.
I MEAN, JUST -- I MEAN,
YOU WOULD NEVER, YOU WOULD NEVER
DREAM OF TURNING OUT A BULL
AT THE NATIONAL FINALS.
>> THAT WAS WHAT TUFF
WAS MADE OF.
HE GUTTED EVERYTHING OUT,
BUT STILL, HE DIDN'T NEED TO BE
GETTING ON A BULL
THE CALIBER OF BODACIOUS,
IN THE CONDITION HE WAS IN.
>> I TIPPED MY HAT TO HIM.
I STILL HAD A LITTLE,
A LITTLE RESENTMENT, BECAUSE
I REALLY FELT LIKE HE KIND OF
CHEAP SHOT ME -- AND HIT ME.
BUT, I MEAN, HE WAS,
HE WAS THE MAN.
>> WHAT YOU HAVE
JUST SEEN HAPPEN
IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST THINGS
I HAVE EVER SEEN
A HUMAN BEING DO.
>>> LATER IN THE '95 FINALS,
ANOTHER RIDER, SCOTT BREDING,
DREW BODACIOUS.
>> SCOTT BREDING KNEW WHAT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES COULD BE --
PUTS ON THE CATCHER'S MASK.
>> THIS BULL IS A DISABLER.
HE HAS ***
A LOT OF GUYS DOWN, AND TONIGHT,
SCOTT PUTS THE MASK ON.
>> HIT THE WINDSHIELD,
HIT THE WINDSHIELD AGAIN --
ANOTHER CONCUSSION.
>> HE'S DOWN -- HEADS UP BOYS,
LOOK OUT!
>> THE LAST GUY THAT GETS ON
HIM, SCOTT BREDING,
HE DOES THE EXACT SAME THING
TO HIM AS HE DID ME.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD PEOPLE SAY,
"WELL, IT, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE
YOU DID THE RIGHT THING."
I DIDN'T HAVE TO SEE THAT
TO KNOW I DID THE RIGHT THING.
HE WAS GOING KILL SOMEBODY.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
HE IS VOTED THE RANKEST --
THE GREATEST BUCKING BULL
IN THE COUNTRY!
BUT HIS REPUTATION
HAS AGAIN COME TO FACT.
EVERYBODY,
QUIT GRINDING YOUR TEETH.
EVERYBODY, THINK POSITIVE.
SCOTTY, SCOTTY, SCOTTY --
HANG IN THERE PARTNER!
>> AND I SAID THEN,
"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
CALL IT QUITS."
>>> TWO NIGHTS LATER,
ON DECEMBER 11TH, 1995,
SAMMY ANDREWS RETIRED BODACIOUS
FROM COMPETITION.
THE BULL WAS
JUST SEVEN YEARS OLD.
(laughing)