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
| Birth Location | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983-03-19 |
Movies
AEW Dynasty
as Matt Sydal
2024
ROH: Supercard of Honor
as Matt Sydal
2022
AEW Winter Is Coming
as Matt Sydal
2021
AEW Road Rager
as Matt Sydal
2021
Free The Narrative
as The Vision
2021
AEW Double or Nothing
as Matt Sydal
2021
AEW Winter is Coming
as Matt Sydal
2020
AEW All Out
as Matt Sydal
2020
NJPW Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall
as Matt Sydal
2020
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory
as Matt Sydal
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
as Matt Sydal
2018
Warrior Wrestling
as Matt Sydal
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption
as Matt Sydal
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
as Matt Sydal
2018
Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
as Matt Sydal
2018
DEFYX Year One
as Matt Sydal
2018
PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
2017
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory
as Matt Sydal
2017
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
as Matt Sydal
2017
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
as Matt Sydal
2017
PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain
as Matt Sydal
2017
WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top
as Matt Sydal
2017
PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)
as Matt Sydal
2017
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
as Matt Sydal
2016
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
as Matt Sydal
2016
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
as Matt Sydal
2016
2016
ROH: Best In The World
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (FINAL)
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 7)
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 6)
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1)
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH: War of The Worlds - Night Three
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH: War of The Worlds - Night One
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
as Matt Sydal
2016
RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016
as Matt Sydal
2016
RPW: Epic Encounter 2016
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
2016
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One
as Matt Sydal
2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH: 14th Anniversary
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW New Year Dash 2016
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH: Final Battle
as Matt Sydal
2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH: Road To Final Battle
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
as Matt Sydal
2015
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
as Matt Sydal
2015
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
as Matt Sydal
2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
as Matt Sydal
2015
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII
as Matt Sydal
2015
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
as Matt Sydal
2015
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH: Field of Honor
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH: Best In The World
as Matt Sydal
2015
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
as Matt Sydal
2015
PWG: DDT4
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
as Matt Sydal
2015
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
as Matt Sydal
2015
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
as Matt Sydal
2015
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
as Evan Bourne
2015
ROH: 13th Anniversary
as Matt Sydal
2015
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton
as Matt Sydal
2015
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dearborn
as Matt Sydal
2015
PWG: Black Cole Sun
as Matt Sydal
2014
ROH: Final Battle
as Matt Sydal
2014
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
as Matt Sydal
2014
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 1
as Matt Sydal
2014
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
as Matt Sydal
2014
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
2014
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
as Evan Bourne
2013
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
as Matt Sydal
2013
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
as Matt Sydal
2012
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
as Matt Sydal
2012
ROH: Japan's Finest
as Matt Sydal
2012
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
as Matt Sydal
2012
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
as Evan Bourne
2011
WWE Vengeance 2011
as Evan Bourne
2011
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
as Evan Bourne
2011
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
as Evan Bourne
2011
WWE Night of Champions 2011
as Evan Borne
2011
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
as Evan Bourne
2011
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
as Evan Bourne
2011
WWE Night of Champions 2010
as Evan Bourne
2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
as Evan Bourne
2010
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
as Evan Bourne
2010
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as Evan Bourne
2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
as Evan Bourne
2010
WWE Survivor Series 2009
as Evan Bourne
2009
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
as Evan Bourne
2008
ROH: Best In The World
as Matt Sydal
2008
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
as Matt Sydal
2007
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
as Matt Sydal
2007
ROH: Driven
as Matt Sydal
2007
ROH: International Challenge
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: The Chicago Spectacular - Night One
as Matt Sydal
2006
PWG: Passive Hostility
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Dethroned
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Irresistible Forces
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Suffocation
as Matt Sydal
2006
PWG: Horror Business
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Motor City Madness
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
as Matt Sydal
2006
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Gut Check
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Epic Encounter II
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Frontiers of Honor II
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Unified
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Fight of The Century
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Time To Man Up
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Generation Now
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: War of The Wire II
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Ring of Homicide
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: The 100th Show
as Matt Sydal
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Better Than Our Best
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Supercard of Honor
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Arena Warfare
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Dissension
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
as Matt Sydal
2006
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
as Matt Sydal
2005
ROH: Vendetta
as Matt Sydal
2005
ROH: Showdown In Motown
as Matt Sydal
2005
ROH: Redemption
as Matt Sydal
2005
ROH: The Final Showdown
as Matt Sydal
2005
TNA Victory Road 2004
as Matt Sydal
2004
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
as Matt Sydal
2004
ROH: Gold
as Matt Sydal
2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 2
as Matt Sydal
2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1
as Matt Sydal
2004
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
as Matt Sydal
2004
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
as Matt Sydal
2004
ROH: Do or Die II & III
as Matt Sydal
2004
ROH: World Title Classic
as Matt Sydal
2004
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
as Matt Sydal
2004
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
as Matt Sydal
2004
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
as Matt Sydal
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Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
as Matt Sydal
-
The Best of the X Division, Vol 1
as Matt Sydal
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ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
as Matt Sydal
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ROH: Year 5
as Matt Sydal
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ROH: Year Four
as Matt Sydal
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ROH: Ring of Hardcore
as Matt Sydal
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ROH: Creating Excellence
as Matt Sydal
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Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
as Matt Sydal
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Bloodstained Honor
as Matt Sydal
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Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
as Matt Sydal
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The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
as Matt Sydal
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YouShoot: Matt Sydal
as Himself
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Matt Korklan hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows