Baron Corbin Reveals His Post-WWE In-Ring Name

Tom Pestock has confirmed his post-WWE in-ring name and it is heavily inspired by his time as Baron Corbin.

Pestock filed to trademark 'Bishop Dyer' on January 21 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the 40-year-old has confirmed on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that he will be "The Nomad" Bishop Dyer.

Dyer is inspired by his time as the lone wolf, with Pestock noting the surname has been taken from 'dire wolf.' He chose Bishop as the forename as Pestock considers a bishop to be above a baron.

"I'm letting it out right now. Because I got to do me at the end of the day still. I've talked to you about I want to go here, I want to go here, I want to go here. I want to go to New Japan. TNA has called, so maybe there's something there. Maybe NWA, I'm open to it all because I love wrestling, and if I can go somewhere and be in front of fans, I'm going to go like, it's just I know that I don't want to sign a contract right now, because I like this ability," Pestock began.

"So I'm going with 'The Nomad' Bishop Dyer, I'm gonna be The Nomad. I'm gonna roam and I'm gonna go to all these. Change a little bit, because it kind of pays tribute to The Lone Wolf, Dire Wolf, and then a bishop is higher than a baron, so we're going up. The rankings are going up. So it's getting trademarked. So don't even try it suckers, getting trademarked right now. But I think it's just a powerful name, it's a cool name, and I want to be The Nomad. I'm gonna float and see where the wrestling world takes me in that sense," he added.

Pestock addressed a possible run in All Elite Wrestling and noted that he wants to avoid being seen as another ex-WWE guy in the promotion. He would rather spend time in New Japan first.

"I would love to go to New Japan for multiple reasons, and the door never closes with WWE either. And as far as AEW, their fans, they like that AEW in a sense is its own entity and built from the ground up. If I went there out of respect for that world, I wouldn't want to be just another WWE guy that came there because they left WWE. I would rather go and do New Japan for a year or more, who knows? Maybe that's where I just love it and I stay there for the rest of my wrestling career. So if I ever did go that route, I would want to kind of clear that, 'Oh, he's just a WWE guy coming over.' Baron Corbin is dead as far as we know, we're dropping new name, new moniker, new character. I love wrestling. I love the creativeness of it. I love the freedom. I love performing in front of an audience and getting that live feedback in the moment. There's nothing better," Pestock stated.

NJPW have already reportedly expressed an interest in Pestock and the two sides have held talks. Corbin was a part of WWE from 2012 until his contract expired in December 2024.

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