Matthew Joseph Korklan
Acting
Born: 1983-03-19 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
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
Evan Bourne
Raw
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Matt Sydal
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Evan Bourne
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Matt Sydal
AEW Dark
AEW Dark
Matt Sydal
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Matt Sydal
TNA iMPACT!
Matt Sydal
WWE ECW
Matt Sydal
WWE ECW
Evan Bourne
AEW Dark: Elevation
Matt Sydal
AEW Unrestricted
Matt Sydal
Ring of Honor Wrestling
Matt Sydal
Hey! (EW)
Matt Sydal
TNA Xplosion
Matt Sydal
DEFYNOW
Matt Sydal
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
Matt Sydal
AEW Winter is Coming 2020
Matt Sydal
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 2016
Matt Sydal
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Matt Sydal
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
Matt Sydal
ROH: Best In The World
Matt Sydal
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Evan Bourne (Lumberjack)
ROH: Creating Excellence
Matt Sydal
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3
Matt Sydal
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Evan Bourne
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Evan Bourne
ROH: Field of Honor
Matt Sydal
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
Matt Sydal
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
Evan Bourne
ROH: Year Four
Matt Sydal
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
Matt Sydal
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
Matt Sydal
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
Matt Sydal
AEW All Out 2020
Matt Sydal