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Arkansas- Pine Ruse band performs Cody Rhodes' theme song #.\n\nKalan Hooks, ESPNAug 31, 2024, 05:45 PM ETThough the Arkansas Razorbacks succeeded on the field against the Arkansas-Pine Ruse Golden Lions, the Golden Lions' band succeeded the fans in the stands.On Thursday, the Arkansas-Pine Ruse band-- named the \"Walking Musical Machine of the Mid-South\"-- executed a rendition of WWE superstar Cody Rhodes' theme song, \"Empire,\" during the course of the game.Rhodes battled Kevin Owens in the recognized WWE championship at the Celebration in Berlin on Saturday. Rhodes beat Owens to stay the unquestioned WWE champion.Prior to his match, Rhodes heard the band's rendition of his theme song and expressed his enjoyment regarding the performance. He mentioned he would certainly take the band's version one or two times in the locker room.Berlin possessed me currently fired up for

WWEBashBut THIS might be actually performed one or two times in the storage locker area just before my match today.Awesome stuff @UAPBM4 u2764 https://t.co/cYA5lcG8Lwu2014 Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) August 31, 2024 The band's total efficiency went viral on X as well as got over 866,000 views as of Sunday evening.Arkansas-Pine Pretense director of bands John Graham said the band participants were actually unsure initially once they acquired the item virtual. But as they practiced the song, they started to love it." When our arranger placed the song abstractly for us, I considered it [as well as] some of the trainees were shaking their scalps assuming, 'No, why are our experts playing this' and after that our team started rehearsing it, the item happened to life," Graham informed ESPN." I claimed, 'This is heading to go.'"" Empire" had not been scheduled the Golden Lions-Razorbacks video game, however instead as an item that might be utilized later on in the time. Nevertheless, Graham observed the Arkansas game as the excellent opportunity to debut the tune in the stands.When Graham offered the downbeat for the band to play the tune, excitement filled the stadium." As quickly as I went down the hammer and also our company began participating in, I looked into and also viewed fans reacting like, 'They are actually playing "Kingdom,"'" Graham pointed out. "I viewed all of them rising with exhilaration and also favorable responses, and I informed myself, 'Our team remain in below right now.' It was actually a stunning moment.".