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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Downstait - The Band Behind Entrance Themes For Cody Rhodes, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler & More!

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Downstait (@downstaitband) is a band from Fort Wayne, Indiana. They are known among pro wrestling fans for creating entrance themes for Cody Rhodes ("Kingdom"), The Miz ("I Came To Play"), Dolph Ziggler ("Here To Show The World" & "Perfection"), Alex Riley ("Say It To My Face"), Chelsea Green ("Hot Mess"), Britt Baker ("The Epic"), Buddy Matthews ("Secret No More"), Dustin Rhodes ("Goldstew"), Matt Cardona ("When The Lights Go Down") and many others. The lead singer, Zack Call joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about how Downstait formed as a band, how working on the MTV show "Bully Beatdown" lead to the first wrestling entrance theme they did, being discovered by legendary WWE Music Producer Jim Johnston, how Cody Rhodes was able to keep his "Kingdom" entrance theme when he returned to WWE, the Easter egg of the WOAH in Cody's theme, his Mount Rushmore of entrance themes and much more! Quote I'm thinking about: "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests.  Follow CVV on social media:  Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All systems are going.

0:01.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bleley.

0:08.0

Oh, yeah, welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.

0:12.4

I'm CBV, Chris Van Fleet.

0:14.3

So good to have you with us.

0:16.2

And I'm wondering, are you like me?

0:19.0

Are you the type of person who listens to wrestling themes in the car or while you're working out?

0:25.8

Because if you are, we have such a good one for you today.

0:30.5

You clicked on it.

0:31.2

You know what this episode's all about.

0:32.9

This is the band behind some of the biggest themes in all of pro wrestling, like of course, Cody Rhodes Kingdom,

0:39.6

which is really caught on over the last year or so with the wow in the entrance.

0:45.3

But Downstate also does the themes for the Miz, Dolf Ziegler times two, both of his themes.

0:50.6

I Am Perfection and Here to Show the World. Alex Riley, Buddy Murphy, Britt Baker,

0:55.9

Chelsea Green, and the list goes on and on. So many others. Such a great one today. Please snap a

1:02.6

screenshot, share this online. Tag us so we can share it out as well so we can retweet it and

1:08.2

put it on our Instagram stories. Downstate is at Downstate Band.

1:12.8

I'm at Chris Van Fleet.

1:14.6

And speaking of social media, I announced on there that my very first action figure from

1:20.6

Rush Collectibles dropped this week.

1:23.8

I can't believe this is real.

1:25.7

It is so awesome.

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