McBride recalls his debut in the PBR's rookie league, the Touring Pro Division, as 'rough'. With the monkey off his back, McBride decided he would have fun in 2006. He maintained a consistent riding average and had several top finishes. He even won $25,000 in the Mossy Oak Shootout at the BFTS event in
Tampa, Florida. In the middle of the year, he took time off to spend time with his wife, Jill, who gave birth to their new daughter, Addisen Claire McBride. McBride took six events off, but when he came back, he was still in the mix for a world title. He won three BFTS events upon his return (and in two events rode two previously-unridden bulls in the short-go rounds), but the Finals did not go as well as he had hoped. He still earned $232,757 that year and finished sixth overall. In 2007, McBride chased a second world title. He won a record eight events on the BFTS that year, and battled it out with second-year pro
J.B. Mauney for the world title. At the BFTS event in
Chihuahua, Mexico, McBride hung up to the bull named Gnash and suffered a serious left shoulder injury that was first meant to put him out for the year, but he then came back two events later in Greensboro, North Carolina, to win his eighth event of the year, which is the current PBR record for most Premier Series events won in a single season (a feat which would later be tied by
José Vitor Leme in 2021). He was also named the Alphatrade National Champion of 2007 and successfully rode the bull, Scene of the Crash, for $200,000 at the BFTS event in
Columbus, Ohio, making it the richest ride in PBR history. He finished this season by winning his second PBR world title in three years. As in 2005, he did it riding the bull named Camo in the final round; unlike in 2005, McBride stayed on top of the bull without hanging on the side. His total season earnings in 2007 was $1,836,002. Due to the shoulder injury, though, McBride elected to have surgery after the Finals, and was out of competition for about six months after the surgery. McBride came back to the BFTS at the 2008 Dickies American Worker of the Year Invitational in
Dallas, Texas, and finishing seventh overall at the event. He seemed to pick up where he left off. He showed the world he was back for sure when he won the very next event, which was the Express Classic in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, pocketing over $30,000 in that one weekend. He later went on to win the Jack Daniels Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee, and in doing so, secured himself yet another qualification for the PBR World Finals. A few events later, McBride achieved another milestone, breaking the $5 million mark in PBR career earnings; the first rider to ever do so. However, shortly before the Finals, having qualified 15th in the standings, McBride announced that he would retire at the end of the season to concentrate on his second career in country music, saying, "I don't wanna do it anymore." He put on a show at the 2008 PBR World Finals, riding five out of eight bulls (including two go-round wins) to finish sixth overall at the event. His final ride saw him bucked off Voodoo Child, the bull that he rode in Tulsa for the event win earlier in the year, ending his final season ranked 21st in the world with $221,090 in earnings. McBride acknowledged the crowd and walked away happy that he would not have to ride again. However, McBride did come out of retirement for two more special bull rides. In 2014, at a special event known as
RFD-TV's The American, which was held at
AT&T Stadium in
Arlington, Texas, he faced off against
NFL defensive end
Jared Allen's bull, Air Time, in a bonus ride, but was bucked off in less than two seconds. Then, on May 30, 2015, he competed in a special event called "Unfinished Business" (which took place during the J.W. Hart Challenge at the Wise County Sheriff's Posse Arena in
Decatur, Texas), which featured McBride and other PBR legends coming back to attempt one more bull; there, he was bucked off a bull called Oyster Creek in just over three seconds.
Event wins 1999 • Top Guns Bull Riding Champion (Odessa, Texas)
2001 •
Ty Murray Invitational Champion (Albuquerque, New Mexico) • Colorado Open Co-Champion (
Colorado Springs, Colorado) • Grand Rapids Open Champion (Grand Rapids, Michigan) •
Justin Bull Riding Champion (Houston, Texas) • Baltimore Open Champion (
Baltimore, Maryland)
2002 • Bullnanza Nashville Champion (Nashville, Tennessee)
2003 • Anaheim Open Champion (Anaheim, California) • St. Louis Open Champion (St. Louis, Missouri)
2004 • Phoenix Invitational Champion (
Phoenix, Arizona) •
Jerome Davis Challenge Co-Champion (Greensboro, North Carolina) • Indianapolis Invitational Champion (
Indianapolis, Indiana) • Tacoma Classic Champion (
Tacoma, Washington)
2005 • Worcester Open Co-Champion (
Worcester, Massachusetts) • Jacksonville Open Co-Champion (
Jacksonville, Florida) • St. Louis Open Champion (St. Louis, Missouri) • Heart of the West
Ford Stores Invitational Champion (
Reno, Nevada) • Ty Murray Invitational Co-Champion (Albuquerque, New Mexico) • NILE Invitational Champion (
Billings, Montana)
2006 •
Fritos Invitational Champion (Dallas, Texas) •
U.S. Army Invitational Champion (
Reading, Pennsylvania) •
Rocky Boots Invitational Champion (Columbus, Ohio)
2007 • Sacramento Classic Champion (
Sacramento, California) • Southern Ford Dealers Invitational Champion (Tampa, Florida) • New Orleans Classic Champion (
New Orleans, Louisiana) •
Cabela's Classic Champion (
Kansas City, Missouri) • Cabela's Shootout Champion (
Omaha, Nebraska) • Built Ford Tough Invitational Champion (
Auburn Hills, Michigan) •
Dickies Invitational Champion (Dallas, Texas) •
U.S. Army Invitational Champion (Greensboro, North Carolina)
2008 • Express Classic Champion (
Tulsa, Oklahoma) •
Jack Daniel's Invitational Champion (Nashville, Tennessee) ==Music career==