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Arkansas- Pine Bluff band performs Cody Rhodes' theme song #.\n\nKalan Hooks, ESPNAug 31, 2024, 05:45 PM ETThough the Arkansas Razorbacks won on the field against the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions, the Golden Lions' band succeeded the enthusiasts in the stands.On Thursday, the Arkansas-Pine Bluff band-- named the \"Marching Music Equipment of the Mid-South\"-- did a performance of WWE superstar Cody Rhodes' signature tune, \"Kingdom,\" in the course of the game.Rhodes dealt with Kevin Owens in the recognized WWE title match at the Celebration in Berlin on Sunday. Rhodes defeated Owens to continue to be the indisputable WWE champion.Prior to his suit, Rhodes listened to the band's rendition of his theme song and shared his enthusiasm about the performance. He mentioned he will play the band's model one or two times in the closet room.Berlin had me already fired up for

WWEBashBut THIS might be actually taken on once or twice in the locker space prior to my match today.Awesome things @UAPBM4 u2764 https://t.co/cYA5lcG8Lwu2014 Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) August 31, 2024 The band's full performance went viral on X and also acquired over 866,000 views as of Sunday evening.Arkansas-Pine Pretense director of bands John Graham pointed out the band participants were actually unsure in the beginning once they acquired the piece virtual. Yet as they rehearsed the tune, they began to like it." When our arranger put the song on paper for us, I considered it [and also] some of the students were trembling their scalps assuming, 'Absolutely no, why are our experts playing this' and afterwards our experts began practicing it, the piece happened active," Graham said to ESPN." I stated, 'This is mosting likely to go.'"" Empire" wasn't arranged for the Golden Lions-Razorbacks game, however instead as an item that might be made use of later in the period. Nonetheless, Graham saw the Arkansas game as the best opportunity to debut the tune in the stands.When Graham provided the downbeat for the band to play the track, excitement filled the coliseum." As quickly as I lost the hammer as well as we started participating in, I examined and also found followers responding like, 'They are actually playing "Empire,"'" Graham mentioned. "I saw them rising with enjoyment as well as positive responses, and I told myself, 'Our experts reside in here presently.' It was a wonderful moment.".