Last year, Cody Rhodes made his long-anticipated return to WWE. Rhodes has largely been riding high since his WWE return, and so has the band that penned his theme music.
Fort Wayne, Indiana-based rock band Downstait saw serious chart success for their song, “Kingdom,” since Rhodes’ return.
The song, which has been Rhodes’ entrance music since 2016, reached No. 2 on the iTunes Top 40 US Rock Songs chart and No. 38 overall.
“Still can’t believe this is happening. Thank you everyone!” the band tweeted last year. “Are any radio stations playing this? We’re up against songs with radio support! Please let us know if “Kingdom” is being played in your area.”
Now, Downstait has announced another huge milestone for the song as it has reached more than 20 million streams on Spotify.
Rhodes began using the song after his initial departure from WWE during his independent run before signing with AEW. In January of 2021 and for a short time after, Rhodes used a remixed version of the song by Snoop Dogg for his entrance but reverted to the original when fans made their voices heard on Twitter. “Kingdom” is not owned by AEW, so Rhodes was free to take the song with him to WWE.
Downstait played Rhodes to the ring at AEW’s 2020 “Revolution” pay-per-view and also provided entrance music for The Miz with “I Came To Play”. They recorded a version of Dolph Ziggler’s theme, “I Am Perfection, and more recently the band created the entrance song for Matt Cardona, “When The Lights Go Down.” The band formed in the early 2000s and inked a deal with Universal Records before most of the band was 21. Their songs first came to national prominence in as bumper and backing music for ESPN’s high school football coverage.
