Jul 24, 5:15 PM
Cody Rhodes pitches Jimmy Fallon on getting physical with CM Punk
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Cody Rhodes speaks to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show on July 23, 2026. | (Photo by Todd Owyoung/NBC) Cody Rhodes appeared on The Tonight Show on Thursday (July 23), and during his talk with Jimmy Fallon, he suggested the talk show host get involved in his match at SummerSlam. In fact, Rhodes said he would hold his opponent, CM Punk, so that Fallon could chop the Undisputed WWE Champion. The two got on the subject after Fallon brought up the prospect of Tom Brady making an appearance in WWE, which led to Rhodes noting that stars outside of the wrestling world often end up in his storylines. “A lot of the celebrities and people who want to cross into wrestling, or do some sort of merging of worlds, I feel like they always get involved in my stuff,” Rhodes said before naming Travis Scott and Pat McAfee as examples. Cody then said celebrities don’t always have to “fully wrestle” before pointing to Fallon. “You come to the show — prime example,” he said. “I hook old Cookie Monster Pun