Dijak Leaves MLW and Enters Free Agency
Summary: Donovan Dijak announced on Monday, Nov. 9, that his final MLW appearances came this past weekend and that he is now a free agent. MLW told Fightful Select he had worked without a contract throughout his two years there.
The quick version
- Dijak said on X on Monday, Nov. 9, that "this past weekend was my final appearances for MLW" and that he is entering free agency.
- Fightful Select says MLW confirmed the exit and said Dijak had no contract for his whole run. We read only Fightful's free post.
- He teased "a brand new and extraordinarily unique character presentation" for 2027 and named five indie promotions he will keep working with.
Donovan Dijak has left MLW. He said on X on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, that the SuperFight weekend was his last run of appearances for the company and that he is now a free agent. Fightful, POST Wrestling and eWrestlingNews all carried his statement.
What he said
Dijak thanked MLW CEO Court Bauer for "an exceptional platform" and looked back on two years with the company, including his tag title reign with Baron Corbin as The Skyscrapers. He said he was ready to "bet on myself."
He named five independent promotions he plans to keep working with: Progress, Limitless, Juggalo Championship, PW Rebellion and Blood Sweat Tears. He also said he will debut "a brand new and extraordinarily unique character presentation very soon." No date or opponent was given.
What MLW said
Fightful Select reports that MLW confirmed the news to it. It adds that MLW said Dijak had worked without a contract for his entire run, so he had been a free agent well before Monday. We saw only Fightful's free post for this, not its paid pages. We found no statement from MLW itself.
One line in that post does not match our results. It says Dijak dropped the MLW title at SuperFight. Josh Bishop beat Killer Kross for the World Heavyweight Championship in our SuperFight results, so we did not use that line.
How it got here
Dijak signed with MLW in 2024, per POST Wrestling. He and Corbin held the MLW World Tag Team Championships for 317 days, a reign that ended when Corbin left and rejoined WWE, per POST.
Dijak then kept The Skyscrapers going with Bishop. POST says that pairing broke up on the latest Fusion. On the Nov. 5 show, Kross submitted Dijak and Bishop powerbombed him through a table, as we reported in our Fusion results. At SuperFight, PWInsider says Bishop attacked Dijak and locked him out of the building.
He is one of several recent MLW exits. Paul Walter Hauser said on Nov. 1 that he had left over creative differences, per our story. Fightful Select reported in October that Shotzi Blackheart and Lady Frost had each finished short MLW deals, per POST.
What is next
Dijak has named no new promotion. MLW has said nothing about how it will use the open spot beside Bishop.
Source: Dijak's own statement on X, as published in full by Fightful and eWrestlingNews and in part by POST Wrestling and 411Mania. The contract detail comes from Fightful Select's free post, which says MLW confirmed it. We did not open Dijak's post on X, did not read 411Mania's page directly (a security check blocked it, so we saw only a search excerpt), and did not contact MLW or Dijak. Nothing in this story is a rumor.
Sources
- Fightful (Jeremy Lambert), "Donovan Dijak Announces He's Finished Up With MLW", Nov. 9, 2026 (full statement). https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/donovan-dijak-announces-hes-finished-up-with-mlw/
- Fightful Select, "FREE POST: Dijak Status Update After MLW Exit", Nov. 9, 2026 (MLW confirmation, no contract). https://www.patreon.com/fightful/posts/free-post-dijak-174851620
- POST Wrestling (Jack Wannan), "Donovan Dijak announces exit from MLW roster", Nov. 9, 2026 (2024 signing, 317-day reign, Bishop split, other exits). https://www.postwrestling.com/2026/11/09/donovan-dijak-announces-exit-from-mlw-roster/
- eWrestlingNews, "Ex-WWE Star Is Now A Free Agent", Nov. 9, 2026 (second copy of the statement). https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/wwe/ex-wwe-star-is-now-a-free-agent
- 411Mania, "Donovan Dijak Announces Exit From Major League Wrestling", Nov. 9, 2026, seen as a search excerpt (indie promotions, 2027 plans). https://411mania.com/wrestling/donovan-dijak-announces-exit-major-league-wrestling
- POST Wrestling (Jack Wannan), "Shotzi's parts ways with MLW, signs TNA deal", Oct. 14, 2026, and "Lady Frost parting ways with MLW", Oct. 5, 2026 (earlier exits, both citing Fightful Select). https://www.postwrestling.com/2026/10/14/report-shotzis-contract-with-mlw-has-come-to-an-end/
- Donovan Dijak (@DijakFYE) on X, Nov. 9, 2026, as linked by POST Wrestling. We did not open it. https://x.com/DijakFYE/status/2119814558709854386
- WrestlingNews.com, "MLW SuperFight Results: Bishop Beats Kross for the Title", Nov. 8, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/mlw-superfight-results-bishop-beats-kross-for-the-title/
- WrestlingNews.com, "MLW Fusion Results: Kross Beats Dijak, Bishop Attacks", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/mlw-fusion-results-nov-5-kross-beats-dijak-bishop-attacks/
- WrestlingNews.com, "Paul Walter Hauser Leaves MLW, Citing Creative Differences", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/paul-walter-hauser-leaves-mlw-creative-differences/
- WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read four outlets' copies of the statement and compared them with our earlier MLW stories. We did not contact MLW or Dijak.
How we credit sources: Editorial standards.