Baron Corbin lost the MLW World Tag Team Championship after MLW stripped Bishop Dyer when contract negotiations stalled. Donovan Dijak had to keep the Skyscrapers intact, and he did it fast by bringing in Josh Bishop on Fusion on July 4, 2026.
July 4 on Fusion
MLW told Dijak he had until the end of Fusion on July 4, 2026, to find a new partner or he would also lose the MLW World Tag Team Championship. That kind of deadline turns a contract dispute into an on-screen roster move, and it leaves no room for a slow reset.
Josh Bishop arrived as the third member of the Skyscrapers, then helped Dijak beat down Karl Anderson after Anderson had beaten Dijak in the main event. Dijak and Josh Bishop finished with a double chokeslam, which immediately gave MLW a new pairing to carry the title picture forward.
Rich Bocchini on the leverage
Rich Bocchini said Dyer used the tag belt as leverage while asking for a salary bump and other demands. That is the part that makes this more than a routine title shuffle: the championship became part of the negotiation, so the decision to strip him was tied directly to leverage, not just to storyline convenience.
Donovan Dijak backed that demand publicly even as the title change went through. He posted, “The Skyscrapers are fine and Bishop Dyer is fine. He deserves to be PAID. PAY HIM @MLW. HE IS WORTH TEN TIMES WHAT HE IS DEMANDING. HE IS A LEGEND. HE RETIRED KURT ANGLE DAMN IT.”
Baron Corbin in MLW
Before July 4, the move had already signaled where this was headed: Dyer was a free agent in MLW, and the contract standstill was pushing the company to choose between keeping the title on him or moving the championship forward without him. Once MLW locked him out until he returned with a reasonable mindset, the title loss became the cleaner business option.
For readers tracking Baron Corbin in MLW, the practical takeaway is simple: the title scene has already shifted to Dijak and Josh Bishop, while Dyer’s next stop is the unresolved piece. MLW used the championship to force a decision; Dijak used social media to argue the opposite case; and the promotion now has a tag team division built around whichever side gets the last word.
