Hudson Bolton was No. 39 in the PBR Unleash the Beast Standings on March 21, by the time the World Finals began he was 19th. The 2025 Rookie of the Year entered Fort Worth hot, he left absolutely scorching. With 618.85 Aggregate Points, he was the PBR World Finals Event Champion

He rode his first bull for 89.65 and then just kept riding and riding and riding, eventually reaching a streak of seven in a row at the World Finals and 14 overall, the third-longest in PBR history.

With each qualified ride, Bolton’s confidence and swagger grew as he embraced the attention that came with dominating bull riding’s biggest stage.

By the end of Round 7, Bolton led the entire field except Luciano de Castro by three bulls. That set up a simple scenario for him entering Championship Sunday, a qualified ride or a De Castro buckoff sealed him the 500 Aggregate Points and $500,000 payday.

In about two minutes time on Sunday afternoon, things got a little too close for comfort for Bolton. He bucked off Ridin Salty at 4.41 seconds and right behind him, De Castro covered Stryker for 89.05 points to cut the his Aggregate lead down to 87 points.

De Castro bucked off of his Championship Round bull to officially clinch it for Bolton, who also bucked off as the last cowboy out of the entire event.

In the end, he had to settle for 7-of-9. For his World Finals career, he is a staggering 13-for-17.