As noted before, Donovan Dijak announced his departure from Major League Wrestling earlier today and is currently a free agent. Dijak was later revealed to not have been under an actual contract with MLW during his time in the company.
Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that MLW officials are currently planning to do a roster refresh with some upcoming expiring contracts not being renewed. It was reported that MLW is currently evaluating viewership data provided by Tubi for their shows on the service as part of this plan.
It was reported that MLW’s goal is to free up payroll to pursue one or two bigger free agent names rather than retain several mid-level names talents.
Following the release of Fightful’s report, Game Changer Wrestling promoter Brett Lauderdale responded on Twitter that he feels there there is no reason for a wrestler to sign a contract with MLW since it does more to hurt than help them their wrestling careers. Lauderdale also revealed that MLW also has a restriction not allowing their talents to work GCW shows as part of the terms in their contracts.
“There is literally zero reason to sign a contract with MLW. They only do a handful of tapings per year and you dont make any money. Your career momentum stalls and you cant sign w/ aew or wwe unless they let you out. Oh they also have a clause that says you cant wrestle for gcw.
If they want you on their show bad enough, they will book you with or without a contract. But for young wrestlers, signing away years of your career without a substantial money GUARANTEE is detrimental”
There is literally zero reason to sign a contract with MLW. They only do a handful of tapings per year and you dont make any money. Your career momentum stalls and you cant sign w/ aew or wwe unless they let you out. Oh they also have a clause that says you cant wrestle for gcw
— brett lauderdale (@Lauderdale11) November 9, 2026
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