Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo takes stage this Friday, May 16, 2025, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and the 16-athlete roster for the WCRA’s Free Riders team has been determined.
Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo is team-formatted rodeo infused with contemporary music. The reimagined rodeo features a team format with six teams competing in bracket-style competition featuring Kid Rock live in concert.
The Free Riders, under the leadership of four-time PRCA World Champion Bareback Rider Bobby Mote and Women’s Rodeo World Championship Commissioner Linsay Rosser-Sumpter, was the lone team formed independent of the Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo Draft held this past November. The Free Riders were fielded based on the WCRA’s rodeo in Corpus Christi, Texas, Rodeo Corpus Christi, which concluded on May 10. The Top 2 athletes in each discipline not already drafted to one of the other five teams earned a chance to ride for the Free Riders.
At the first-ever Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo last May, the Free Riders rode lights out, winning three gold medals in Round 1 before cementing their title as champions by winning four of the disciplines in the championship round.
The talent-packed 16-athlete roster holds two National Finals Rodeo (NFR) aggregate wins, and 17 NFR qualifications, and has amassed more than $4.5 million in career earnings. These are the team ropers on the Free Riders team taking on AT&T.
- Andrew Ward (Edmond, Oklahoma) / Trey Johnson (Weatherford, Texas)
- Jeff Flenniken (Caldwell, Idaho) / Buddy Hawkins (Stephenville, Texas)
Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo begins at 7 p.m. CT on Friday, May 16. Following the revolutionary team-based rodeo, the PBR World Finals concludes with the Championship when the 2025 PBR World Champion will be crowned and presented the coveted gold buckle and $1 million bonus. The 2025 PBR World Finals – Championship begins on Saturday, May 17 at 7:45 p.m. CT and concludes on Sunday, May 18 at 1:45 p.m. CT.
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About WCRA
WCRA is a professional sport and entertainment entity created to develop and advance the sport of rodeo by aligning all levels of competition. In association with the PBR, WCRA produces major rodeo events, developing additional opportunities for rodeo-industry competitors, stakeholders, and fans. To learn more, visit wcrarodeo.com. For athletes interested in learning more about the WCRA Virtual Rodeo Qualifier (VRQ) system, visit app.wcrarodeo.com.
About PBR (Professional Bull Riders)
PBR is the world’s premier bull riding organization. More than 1,000 bull riders compete in more than 200 events annually across the televised PBR Unleash The Beast tour (UTB), which features the top bull riders in the world; the PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT); the PBR Touring Pro Division (TPD); and the PBR’s international circuits in Australia, Brazil, and Canada. In 2022, the organization launched PBR Teams—10 teams of the world’s best bull riders competing for a new championship—as well as the PBR Challenger Series with more than 60 annual events nationwide. PBR events are broadcast on CBS Television Network and Paramount+. PBR is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. For more information, visit PBR.com, or follow on Facebook at Facebook.com/PBR, X at X.com/PBR, Instagram at Instagram.com/PBR and YouTube at YouTube.com/PBR.
About Kid Rock
Kid Rock is a multi-platinum award-winning American rock ‘n roll icon. His music has been characterized as a melting pot of musical genres; from rap-rock in the ‘90s with singles “Bawitdaba” and “Cowboy,” to the multi-chart hit “Picture,” a collaboration with Sheryl Crow, to the global smash hit, “All Summer Long,” charted at No. 1 in eight countries across Europe and Australia. Rock has sold nearly 30 million records worldwide and has earned a reputation as one of the hardest-working acts in rock n’ roll, blowing the roofs off arenas and stadiums on countless cross-country tours and treks around the globe. Kid Rock holds the Michigan record for most tickets sold with 150,000 for a run of ten consecutive sold-out shows, and he set the Little Caesars Arena attendance record in his hometown of Detroit with 86,893 attendees in six sold-out shows. Kid Rock is also a passionate supporter of those who serve in the US Armed Forces, in addition to many other charitable causes through his Kid Rock Foundation. His newest album, Bad Reputation, was released through his own Top Dog Records label. The album features crowd favorites, “Don’t Tell Me How To Live,” “We The People,” and “My Kind of Country,” a song he co-wrote with Eric Church and Adam Hood.
