Report: MLW Tag Champ Josh Bishop Has No Contract With Promotion

Josh Bishop, one-half of the current MLW World Tag Team Champions alongside Donovan Dijak, is reportedly not signed to a contract with the promotion despite having worked a number of dates for the company. The revelation adds an interesting wrinkle to MLW’s tag division, where Bishop currently holds one of its top titles without the formal backing of a deal that would typically come with a champion’s territory.

Bishop and Dijak ascended to the tag titles after Bishop Dyer — better known to wider audiences as Baron Corbin — departed MLW, vacating his spot in the pairing. Dyer’s stint in MLW had generated buzz given his WWE pedigree, and his exit opened the door for Bishop to step into a featured role alongside Dijak, one of the promotion’s most established and physically dominant performers.

The lack of a contract doesn’t necessarily mean Bishop’s run atop the tag division is in jeopardy, but it does raise questions worth watching. Independent talents working without exclusive deals is common across the wrestling landscape, especially in promotions like MLW that often blend contracted roster members with free-agent talent moving between companies. Still, holding a championship typically signals a promotion’s intent to build around a performer for the long haul, and the absence of a formal agreement leaves open the possibility that Bishop could pursue opportunities elsewhere — or that MLW simply operates with more flexible arrangements for some of its champions than fans might assume.

Dijak, for his part, has been one of the more heavily featured stars in MLW over the past couple of years, and his pairing with Bishop has given the tag division a distinct look built on size and power. How MLW frames this contractual situation going forward — whether it results in a firmer deal for Bishop or simply continues as-is — could shape how the promotion books its tag team scene in the months ahead.

For now, Bishop remains champion, contract or not, and MLW has given no indication that a title change or roster shakeup is imminent. But in a wrestling business where contract status often foreshadows a talent’s next move, this is a situation worth keeping an eye on as MLW continues building out its 2026 schedule.