Tyler Wade and Wesley Thorp are the 2023 PRCA World Champion Header and Heeler, winning Wade's first title and Thorp's second with $308,057.17 and $325,284.44, respectively.
For Wade, a 31-year-old six-time NFR header from Terrell, Texas, the gold buckle is something he long thought was out of reach—having spent 11 years between winning the Resistol Rookie of the Year title and the world title, toiling in the trenches of the rodeo and jackpot trail and making do on the best horses he could afford on his own.
For Thorp, a 28-year-old eight-time NFR heeler from Throckmorton,
