Who’s Walking Out to What at Crown Jewel 2025? Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley and AJ Styles Theme Predictions
The sound hits, the crowd erupts. From Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior to today’s headliners, we break down the entrance themes that turn arenas feral—and the stars whose music still guarantees mayhem the moment it hits.
Entrance music is half the magic of a WWE entrance. It has been since the Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior days. With Crown Jewel only hours away, a few big names on the card are walking out to some very specific bangers. Here is where AJ Styles, Rhea Ripley, and Cody Rhodes stand on their themes right now, plus whether anything is changing for their Crown Jewel entrances.
AJ Styles
Styles has had a long, winding history with entrance tracks. Back in his TNA run (which wrapped in 2014), he cycled through a few memorable songs, including Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. and Blues Saraceno's Evil Ways.
When he hit WWE in 2016, he settled into what became his signature: Phenomenal, produced by CFO$, the company’s former go-to music team. He used it for a bunch of major spots, including WrestleMania matches.
Then came 2024 and a heel turn, and with it, a switch to You Don't Want None from Def Rebel featuring Stevie Stone. That lasted several months. Early 2025, Styles turned babyface again and flipped back to Phenomenal, which he was still using as of his last appearance on the October 6 episode of Raw. Yes, the timeline sounds a little funky when you line up the dates, but the gist is simple: he is currently back on Phenomenal.
There are no credible reports of a change for Crown Jewel, so expect The Phenomenal One to hit the stage to Phenomenal for his match with John Cena.
Rhea Ripley
Ripley has played both babyface and heel, but unlike Styles, she does not shift her music to match her alignment. She has used four different themes in WWE overall, and the switches were more about her evolving taste and presentation than her character turn.
In NXT, she started with Black Knight by All Good Things. In 2018, she moved to Final Straw from APM Music. Later that same year, she upgraded to Brutality from CFO$, featuring Ash Costello on vocals. The opening line became instant branding for her goth-heavy vibe:
This is my Brutality
In 2022, WWE’s current in-house team Def Rebel delivered a new version tailor-made for her: Demon in Your Dreams, a rearranged spin on Brutality performed by Motionless in White. That theme set the tone for several big moments, including her WrestleMania XL entrance with the band playing it live.
She is still using Demon in Your Dreams, and with no signs of a switch, plan on hearing it again at Crown Jewel.
Cody Rhodes
Rhodes has a long playlist of entrance themes. After joining WWE in 2007, he walked out to Jim Johnston's Smoke and Mirrors for a good stretch, up until 2010 when the Dashing Cody Rhodes era kicked in. After another gimmick pivot in the 2010s, he used Johnston's Written In the Stars for the Stardust run.
Nothing hits like his current theme, though. Kingdom by Downstait is hard rock swagger about owning the spotlight, which fits the current WWE Champion perfectly. The live crowd singalong on the wo-oh parts regularly drowns out the pyro.
Like Styles and Ripley, there is no trustworthy chatter about a change for Crown Jewel. Expect The American Nightmare to keep Kingdom blasting.
Alright, your turn: which track goes hardest right now — Styles' Phenomenal, Ripley's Demon in Your Dreams, or Rhodes' Kingdom?