What Is Cody Rhodes’ Entrance Music? Why Does Every Live Crowd Love Singing It Out Loud?

An entrance theme is an important aspect of a wrestler’s character work. Most of the top wrestlers are often remembered by their entrance theme songs. The Glass shatter indicates Stone Cold or The Rock’s catchphrase electrifies the crowd before the guitar hits. In recent times, Cody Rhodes has led the list with his entrance theme song while making the crowd sing out loud.

We all know why The American Nightmare is so over with the crowd. But even his entrance theme is popular with wrestling fans all over the world. Let us explore why.

Kingdom is closely related to Cody Rhodes and inspired by his journey

Cody Rhodes returned to WWE after a gap of six years with a new gimmick, new attire, and a new theme song. His new theme song is called Kingdom which was created by Downstait, an Alternative Rock/Metal band from Fort Wayne, IN. The song has over 10 million views on YouTube, collectively from different channels, and over 32.5 million plays on Spotify.

The numbers prove that the song is wildly popular among the crowds, but what is so special about it? One of the reasons could be the context of the song which is extremely relatable to the journey of Cody Rhodes from WWE to AEW and how he bet on himself to become a bigger star It also takes many inputs from former WWE superstar Dusty Rhodes and his American Dream gimmick.

Lines such as “My father said hard times breed better men” are taken straight from his father’s promo, which resonates with the dream of every common American. Another line, “Now you bow to me… I am my Kingdom” indicates his struggle with the McMahon family. In fact, his theme song starts with the phrase “Wrestling has more than one Royal family” which is a direct banter on the McMahon family.

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Cody Rhodes wanted to give his theme song a lot of personal touch, as evident from the lyrics. However, the vocals and the guitar add more value to the song. Lead singer Zack Call revealed how Rhodes gave him instructions to make the song.

Downstait reached out to Cody Rhodes for his new entrance theme song

While talking to popular Wrestling Journalist Chris Van Vliet, Downstait member Zack Call revealed how they came across the offer through X. Rhodes was looking for a new song with the word ‘Throne’ in it. Downstait contacted him as the band was free at the time. 

They sent him a sample and wrote the lyrics for Rhodes describing his journey and struggle as the members were also wrestling fans. Interestingly, they have previously recorded songs for The Miz, Zack Ryder, and Buddy Matthews (Buddy Murphy in WWE).

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