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Chris Shivers (born December 30, 1978 in Natchez, Mississippi) is a top-rated bull rider on the Professional Bull Riders' Built Ford Tough Series with career PBR earnings of $3,842,739.33 (as of September 2011). Shivers earned the title of PBR World Champion Bull Rider in 2000 and 2003. He turned pro in 1997.

Shivers has twenty-two career BFTS wins. He has recorded the following history-making firsts: the first PBR bull rider to win more than $300,000 in prize money in one year (1998); the first PBR bull rider to reach the $1 million mark (2001), the $2 million mark (2003) and the $3 million mark (2006); the first PBR bull rider to register 13 90-point rides in one season (1998); the highest marked ride in PBR history (96.5 points - twice); and the first bull rider to win three consecutive Bud Light Cup events (2000). He is the second man to win multiple PBR world titles, after Adriano Moraes (1994, 2001).

I am the 2007 PBR World Champion Bucking Bull
I was the only five time “High Marked Bull” in 2007
I was the only five time “High Marked Bull” in 2008
I had the highest bull score of the 2008 PBR Season @ 47.75 pts
I provided the high marked ride of the 2008 Season @ 95.75 pts
I was the first bull to win both Bull of the Year and Bull of the Finals.

Chris Shivers v. Chicken on a Chain

Even the many, many others sent sprawling to the dirt by Chicken will be sad to see the giant go, but no one will take it harder than Jeff Robinson. When the North Carolina contractor introduced the bull to the PBR in 2006, both were pretty under the radar. The very next year Chicken was up for the PBR’s highest honor—World Champion Bull.

Justin McBride, the top-qualifier for the 2007 World Finals, took on Chicken in the last round. No one had ridden him for 8 seconds that year. As fellow rider Ben Jones recalled in a recent tribute on pbr.com: “In my eyes it was the greatest bucking bull and the greatest bull rider that’s ever been, and it was a clash of the titans.” McBride came away with an astronomical 93 points and the championship. Chicken became World Champion Bull. No doubt he was treated to some premium alfalfa, and Robinson has since built an empire on his back.

Looking ahead to tonight, all eyes will be on that first-ever ride for Chris on Chicken on a Chain described as the matchup of the year. It’s the ultimate challenge for the cowboy about to start his retirement after 16 years of competition, but what a way to retire if he conquers this baddest of brutal beasts.

"I've spent a lot of time this last week thinking about what I really want to do," Shivers said after the round, "and that's to win the World Finals." Incredibly, it is the only title that Shivers has never claimed. "That's what I came to do."

When asked if he might reconsider retiring, Shivers declined. "I know what I want to do and that's to spend time with my family."

Shivers relied upon his family for his pick for Round 4. He told the crowd on Friday night that his son wanted him to pick Chicken on a Chain. The two former World Champs have never met and Round 4 will be Chicken's last out before he retires as well.

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