Bishop Dyer says ‘it’s not a coincidence’ WWE pulls talent off TV before contract talks
Bishop Dyer provided some insights on how WWE handles contract talks with talent during a recent interview.
The former Baron Corbin appeared on Off the Ropes with Jonathan Coachman on SiriusXM and said WWE often takes wrestlers off television in the months leading up to their contracts expiring to gain leverage in negotiations. Dyer also said WWE has ‘no answer’ for why talent are paid what they are.
He said:
“They have no answer to why you are paid what you are paid. For a brief period, they brought measurables to the table. ‘Well, these are your social media numbers, these are your merch numbers, these are your interaction numbers.'”
“I know someone on the roster who said, ‘Well, these don’t look right to me.’ And they had someone do some serious digging and they countered everything that was being presented to them with facts. And then they got a way better contract. But that was the last time they brought those things to the table.”
Dyer continued:
“When you get closer to your contract ending, ‘Hey, I’m six months from my contract being up and now I’m not on TV.’ It’s not a coincidence. It’s written that way. ‘Well, we don’t have much for you.’ So now when they present you the contract, they go, ‘Well, you haven’t been on TV in two months.’ Yeah, but I was for two and half years prior to this. So they low ball you.”
“It’s a business strategy, I get it. It is what it is. It’s the nature of the beast.”
Karrion Kross mentioned earlier this month in an interview with Ariel Helwani that he asked WWE for more information on how they arrived at the number they offered him during contract negotiations. He said the company didn’t provide the information and pulled the offer after he didn’t accept it within the 24-hour window they gave him.
Dyer is currently active in multiple promotions, including MLW, where he and Donovan Dijak won the tag titles at Summer of the Beasts 2025. He also lost to Josh Barnett at a Bloodsport event in January and has appeared on multiple shows for Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Pro.
A clip of Dyer’s interview with Jonathan Coachman is available below: