Backstage News On Dijak Finishing Up With MLW

Dijak will no longer perform for Major League Wrestling, with the former MLW World Tag Team Champion announcing on November 9 that he had decided to finish up with the promotion.

Dijak wrote:

"After much thought and consideration, I have decided that this past weekend was my final appearances for MLW and I will be entering Free Agency moving forward. I am incredibly grateful for my time in MLW, over the past two years I was given an exceptional platform to showcase my abilities as both a singles and tag team wrestler. I was able to capture gold as The Skyscrapers alongside my good friend and tag partner Baron Corbin. I was also able to have incredible matches against Killer Kross, Josh Bishop, Matt Riddle, Krule, Kevin Knight, The Good Brothers, Kenta, and many, many more. Thank you so much to Court Bauer for providing me with such an amazing place to call home.

"I am so very excited for the next chapter of my career moving forward. I have been wrestling all over the world at an incredibly high level, and I just knew it was time to truly bet on myself. I'm so excited to keep working with incredible independent companies like Progress, Limitless, Juggalo Championship, PW Rebellion, Blood Sweat Tears, and so many other amazing indy companies.

"2027 is going to be an unbelievably exciting year for me. I am going to be debuting a brand new and extraordinarily unique character presentation very soon, and I'm so excited to share my vision with all of you. I know deep down in my heart that I am currently the best I have ever been in the ring and I can't wait to continue to showcase my passion and dedication for as many people as possible.

"Thank you all so much for your continued support. It truly means the world to me.

"Now it's time to Feast Your Eyes on the Dijak Hijack of Free Agency."

Dijak worked his final MLW match at the promotion's Fusion tapings on November 8, losing to Trevor Lee. The 39-year-old had been wrestling for MLW since August of 2024 and he held the MLW World Tag Team Championships with Baron Corbin (Bishop Dyer) and then Josh Bishop for 317 days dropping the belts to The Good Brothers in May of 2026.

While Dijak has announced he is now a free agent, MLW noted to Fightful Select that Dijak had actually been working for the promotion without a contract, so Dijak has already been a free agent for some time.

Dijak has wrestled for MLW and on the indies since WWE allowed his contract to expire in June of 2024. He has previously expressed interest in working for AEW and TNA but has yet to appear for either promotion.

Fightful also reported that MLW are set to undergo a roster refresh, with the promotion opting not to renew some contracts and drop other performers based on ratings data they have received from Tubi. MLW are also planning to free up some of their budget in the hopes of landing "one or two larger free agents they're pursuing," with the internal belief being that one or two bigger names will be more impactful to Tubi than several mid-level talents.

GCW owner Brett Lauderdale, however, has hit out at the idea of MLW signing wrestlers to contracts, tweeting:

"There is literally zero reason to sign a contract with MLW. They only do a handful of tapings per year and you dont make any money. Your career momentum stalls and you cant sign w/ aew or wwe unless they let you out. Oh they also have a clause that says you cant wrestle for gcw.

"If they want you on their show bad enough, they will book you with or without a contract. But for young wrestlers, signing away years of your career without a substantial money GUARANTEE is detrimental."

MLW agreed a media rights deal with the Tubi streaming service in September of 2026 and MLW Fusion airs every Thursday on the platform.