Matthew Joseph Korklan
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.
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Movies (42)
AEW Dynasty 2024
as Matt Sydal
2024
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
as Matt Sydal
2024
ROH: Supercard of Honor XV
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 2021
as Matt Sydal
2021
AEW Revolution 2021
as Matt Sydal
2021
AEW Winter is Coming
as Matt Sydal
2020
AEW All Out 2020
as Matt Sydal
2020
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
as Matt Sydal
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
as Matt Sydal
2018
IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear
2018
Warrior Wrestling
as Matt Sydal
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
as Matt Sydal
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
as Matt Sydal
2018
IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
as Matt Sydal
2018
DEFYX Year One
as Matt Sydal
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
as Matt Sydal
2017
PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
2017
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
as Matt Sydal
2017
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
as Matt Sydal
2017
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
as Matt Sydal
2017
PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain
as Matt Sydal
2017
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3
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
Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal
as Matt Sydal
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 & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1
as Matt Sydal
2016
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
as Matt Sydal
2016
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
as Matt Sydal
2016
