MLW stripped Baron Corbin of the tag team titles on Fusion on July 4, 2026, after contract talks stalled, and Donovan Dijak had to finish the night with a new partner. The move ended the run of Bishop Dyer in MLW and instantly changed the shape of the Skyscrapers.
The timing mattered because MLW had already given Dijak an ultimatum: find someone new by the end of Fusion or lose the MLW World Tag Team Championship. By the end of the show, he had his answer. Josh Bishop stepped in as the third member of the Skyscrapers and, after Dijak lost to Karl Anderson in the main event when Anderson rolled him up after a finisher attempt, Bishop arrived to help beat Anderson down before joining Dijak for a double chokeslam.
That result made the title strip feel less like a formality and more like the hard edge of a dispute that had been building behind the scenes. Rich Bocchini said Dyer had been using the belt as leverage to push for a salary bump and additional demands that would make a billionaire blush, and MLW responded by locking him out until he came back with a reasonable mindset. The company then chose to move the titles rather than wait any longer.
Dijak did not hide where he stood. On social media, he said Dyer deserved to be paid and was worth ten times what he was demanding, even as MLW took the belts away from the team because negotiations had come to a standstill. That support cut against the company’s decision, but it also explained why the break did not feel clean: Dijak was defending his partner’s value while being forced to rebuild the championship team around him.
For now, the practical answer is clear. Josh Bishop is in, Dijak has a new title partner, and Baron Corbin’s next move remains unresolved, with rumors still pointing toward WWE and a return there being heavily discussed. The July 4 reset solved MLW’s immediate championship problem, but it left the bigger question hanging over Dyer’s future: whether the standoff was the last scene in his MLW run or just the pause before he appears somewhere else.
