Little Yellow Jacket's three-time World Champion Bull record has since been matched by #13/6 Bushwacker, who received his third title in 2014, his year of retirement and Bruiser from 2016 to 2018.

Little Yellow Jacket was sometimes referred to as the "Michael Jordan of professional bull riding" and had his own line of merchandise.

[3] Later, Bushwacker was deemed to surpass Little Yellow Jacket as the best PBR bucking bull of all time.

[9] Later, Englishman Bernie Taupin, a songwriter for Elton John, who has been fascinated with Western culture since childhood,[10] managed to purchase an interest in the bull.

[13][14] From the beginning to the end of his career, Little Yellow Jacket was said to either "help a rider earn a score in the elite 90s or he'd serve up a dirt sandwich".

[15][8] "They'd put him in the chute and he'd go out, throw the guy off and would prance around, and it was like he was saying, 'I knew I could bust your rear,'" Tom Teague said.

There was nothing easy about his pattern in which Gaffney vividly remembers there being a hop, skip and even a hesitation (when needed) that would rock riders back on their pockets before bringing them down over his front end.

[23] However, Little Yellow Jacket died earlier in that year before the ceremony, which took place without him just prior to the 2011 World Finals opening.

[23] Michael Gaffney, Chris Shivers, and Bubba Dunn shared the record for highest marked ride in PBR history until Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when José Vitor Leme rode Woopaa for 97.75 points, creating a new record.

[26] Going to meet him in Nampa, Idaho, both rider and bull had earned fierce reputations and world titles.

[25] "Nothing was in short supply for him," said Gaffney, who described Little Yellow Jacket's first move out of the chute as being a "slump jump" that included a hop, skip and a hesitation.

"I had him the week before in Colorado Springs and he had that, like I said before, that signature move ― that step out, hop and skip and kind of rock you back on your (butt) and then just bring you down over the front end."

He then explained, "I really made an effort of over extenuating my posture when I left that day, in Nampa, and that was key because once he did get in the spin he still did wind up, have the kick and the speed and the power ― that old saying is 'you get tapped off' and I was there.

"A police escort accompanied the bull to the Colorado Springs Broadmoor Hotel, where he was penned in the parking lot on a bed of green, symbolizing money, and the lighting fixture above his head was a chandelier.

[6][23] "Though Shivers took being dumped hard at the time, the legendary cowboy views the bout as a great promotion for pro bull riding".

[15][8] This event at the Colorado Springs Invitational Rodeo was the fifth time that Little Yellow Jacket had bucked Chris Shivers off.

"[29] This event reflected the ability of Little Yellow Jacket, as PBR wrote an article about the high skill level of Chris Shivers in 2013.

[13] His sire, Yellow Jacket, was the 1999 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Bucking Bull of the Year.

[7] Wrangler Rivets was also a two-time North American Rodeo Commission (NARC) Bull of the Year.

[7][20][35] Little Yellow Jacket's owners, a partnership of Joe and Nevada Berger, Bernie Taupin, and Tom Teague, retired him at the end of 2005.

[16] Little Yellow Jacket would wake up mornings in his pen and command the other bulls to come "join him for a drink of water".

[16] After the Bergers had kept Little Yellow Jacket at their ranch in North Dakota and had bred him for awhile, Tom Teague, who owns Teague Bucking Bulls and who held a half interest, asked to buy the full interest in the bull.

[9] Teague held great regard for Little Yellow Jacket and took special care of him,[37] providing the bull superb feeds, climate control, companionship, and at the time of his death, there remained several pregnant cows.

[11][23][39] "Little Yellow Jacket was a tremendous athlete, and the mere mention of his name brings great memories to fans of our sport," said PBR CEO Jim Haworth.

"[39] After Little Yellow Jacket's death, the home page of Teague's website became a memorial to the bull.