Rumor: MLW Reportedly Planning Roster Refresh
Summary: Unconfirmed: Fightful Select reportedly said on Nov. 9 that MLW plans a roster refresh, with some contracts not renewed after a review of Tubi viewership data, to fund one or two bigger free agents. MLW has not commented.
Single source, not confirmed. Heat 2/5 · Chatter
This is a rumor and it is not confirmed. Fightful Select reported on Monday, Nov. 9, that Major League Wrestling is planning a roster refresh, with some contracts not renewed. MLW has not commented, and no names were given.
The quick version
- Not confirmed by MLW. We did not find any MLW statement on its roster.
- Reliability: Single source, not confirmed. Fightful Select is the only source. Fightful's free post on its site and on X quotes the report. The details are behind its paywall, which we did not read.
- Heat 2 of 5. It is about contract planning at one promotion and names nobody.
What is being reported
Fightful's free post quotes the Fightful Select report as saying: "MLW is planning a roster refresh, with some contracts not being renewed as the company evaluates viewership data provided by Tubi." The report adds that "the goal is to free up payroll to pursue one or two bigger free agents rather than retain several mid-level names." More detail is for Fightful Select subscribers.
Fightful does not say which contracts, how many, or when the changes would take effect. We do not know who is affected, and we are not guessing.
What we know for certain
- MLW's weekly Fusion airs on Tubi, as our Fusion results story notes.
- Donovan Dijak said on Monday, Nov. 9, that he has left MLW and is a free agent. Fightful Select said MLW told it he had no contract. Fightful's roster-refresh post does not mention him, and we cannot say the two are linked. See our Dijak story.
- Paul Walter Hauser said on Nov. 1 that he left MLW over creative differences. See our story.
What would confirm or kill it
An MLW statement, a new signing announced as the "bigger" name, or named wrestlers saying their deals were not renewed would back it up. MLW announcing a run of new contracts would cut against it.
Reported by: Fightful Select, as quoted in Fightful's free post by Andrew Thompson on Nov. 9, 2026, which embeds Fightful's post on X. Reliability: Single source, not confirmed. We did not read Fightful Select's paid pages. We did not contact MLW.
Sources
- Fightful (Andrew Thompson), "MLW Planning A Roster Refresh", Nov. 9, 2026 (the quoted report). https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/mlw-planning-a-roster-refresh/
- Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) on X, Nov. 9, 2026, the post embedded in the story above. No link: we did not open it separately.
- WrestlingNews.com, "Dijak Leaves MLW and Enters Free Agency", Nov. 9, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/dijak-leaves-mlw-and-enters-free-agency/
- 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/
- Reliability: Single source, not confirmed.
- WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read Fightful's free post and compared it with our MLW stories. We did not contact MLW.
How we credit sources: Editorial standards.