The Story Behind Cody Rhodes’ “Kingdom” Entrance Theme

Downstait lead singer, Zack Call joins Chris to tell the story behind the band writing Cody Rhodes legendary entrance theme "Kingdom", and how it saved them as a band.

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[amartyaroy]

"My father said when I was younger, hard times breed better men"

It was a great tribute to Dusty 👏

[DeathBringer]

Since Miz debuted I Came to Play I have always known Downstait just gets wrestling themes. Ziggler, Ryder, Riley...they really can almost do no wrong

[noahnomad]

The “hard times breed better men” hits me so hard especially going through hard times myself these past 2 years

[JacksonLane]

Cody and Kindgom is an absolute perfect match

[tphillipsiii]

I'm not gonna hold y'all. This might be my favorite entrance music ever, and I have a whole playlist full of them. The crowd response is some literal stadium shit

[thruthemotions]

Always loved downstait's work. I love their theme for the miz and Dolph ziggler as well. They know how to make the lyrics fit the person just like Jim Johnston.

[markthompson]

I loved the song Kingdom from the start but man after hearing this and the background of this song I have a whole new appreciation. Kudos.

[alanjagroop]

IF WWE COULDNT GET CODY RHODES KINDOM.
I dont mind hearing SMOKE AND MIRRORS THEME AGAIN.
BROKEN DREAM.

[mschoksondiks]

Not for nothing but cody saying at the beginning of the song “wrestling has more than 1 royal family” makes his entrance & the song so much better!! Long story short this is LEGENDARY!

[joshstrope]

I thought you were interviewing Eddie Kingston lol

[snakeshadows]

You don't have to be a hugely famous band to make an impact. But Downstait made some truly epic tunes for many top stars in professional wrestling. They can now say that two of their top songs, "Kingdom" and "I Came To Play", were used by two Main Eventers at WrestleMania. I definitely appreciate their work.

[FloridaManRacer]

I've never heard a wrestler's theme music encapsulate both the fictional character they play, but their legitimate life history so well. There's no embellishment in the lyrics whatsoever. For example. HBK's music is pretty iconic and universally known but every lyric is about his gimmick, there's nothing about Shawn Hickenbottom in that song. In Kingdom, that's literally Cody's experience on the road and words his father said. You can't get more legit than that.

[bernardoespinoza]

I remember when people weren’t rockin with this theme when it first debut and now everyone likes it out of nowhere

[mikeagboso]

Damn all that away from AEW Eddie Kingston got jacked

[tjs]

Zack here looks like Rick Boogs’ twin brother

[nukiepie]

Didnt know Eddie Kingston sang Kingdom

[boomfaoce]

How how I understand it is that it was not custom written it was coincidence he had the song laying around?