Acting
Matthew Joseph Korklan
1983-03-19 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Matthew Joseph Korklan, better known by the ring name Matt Sydal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Prior to signing with AEW, Sydal wrestled in WWE as Evan Bourne, and was a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion, with Kofi Kingston. Sydal is also known for his time in Impact Wrestling where he is a former Impact Grand Champion and Impact X Division Champion, and in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Tag Team Champion. He has also wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and a one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Korklan has also wrestled on the independent circuit, for promotions including NWA Midwest, IWA-Mid South,, winning both singles and tag team championships. He also wrestled for the short-lived Wrestling Society X . Beginning in 2005, he wrestled for Dragon Gate in Japan, and won the Open the Brave Gate Championship in early 2007. Korklan is known for his high flying but hybrid lucha libre and puroresu styles of wrestling and was named the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Best Flying Wrestler in 2008.
Known for
Raw
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
WWE WrestleMania XXV
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
TNA iMPACT!
AEW Revolution 2021
WWE ECW
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
AEW Dark
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
Movie credits · 181
AEW Dynasty 2024
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
ROH: Supercard of Honor XV
AEW Winter Is Coming 2021
AEW Road Rager
Free The Narrative
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
AEW The House Always Wins
AEW Revolution 2021
ROH Winter Warriors Tour - Atlanta
AEW Winter is Coming 2020
AEW All Out 2020
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear
Warrior Wrestling
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
DEFYX Year One
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3
WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top
PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal
ROH: Best In The World
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3
TV credits · 15
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Hey! (EW)
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
AEW Dark: Elevation
AEW Unrestricted
AEW Dark
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
DEFYNOW
Ring of Honor Wrestling
WWE ECW
TNA iMPACT!
TNA Xplosion
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Raw
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