Matthew Joseph Korklan
- Acting
- March 19, 1983 · 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
Filmography
- AEW Dynasty 2024 · Matt Sydal
- CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024 · Matt Sydal
- All Elite Wrestling: Collision · Matt Sydal
- ROH: Supercard of Honor XV · Matt Sydal
- Hey! (EW) · Matt Sydal
- All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts · Matt Sydal
- AEW Winter Is Coming 2021 · Matt Sydal
- All Elite Wrestling: Rampage · Matt Sydal
- AEW Road Rager · Matt Sydal
- Free The Narrative · The Vision
- AEW Double or Nothing 2021 · Matt Sydal
- AEW The House Always Wins · Matt Sydal
- AEW Dark: Elevation · Matt Sydal
- AEW Revolution 2021 · Matt Sydal
- ROH Winter Warriors Tour - Atlanta · Matt Sydal
- AEW Winter is Coming 2020 · Matt Sydal
- AEW All Out 2020 · Matt Sydal
- AEW Unrestricted · Matt Sydal
- AEW Dark · Matt Sydal
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite · Matt Sydal
- IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018 · Matt Sydal
- IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI · Matt Sydal
- IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear
- Warrior Wrestling · Matt Sydal
- IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat · Matt Sydal
- IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018 · Matt Sydal
- IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018 · Matt Sydal
- DEFYNOW · Matt Sydal
- DEFYX Year One · Matt Sydal
- IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017 · Matt Sydal
- PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two · Matt Sydal
- PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two · Matt Sydal
- PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One · Matt Sydal
- WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance · Matt Sydal
- PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain · Matt Sydal
- ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3 · Matt Sydal
- WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top · Matt Sydal
- PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll) · Matt Sydal
- PWG: Mystery Vortex IV · Matt Sydal
- PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two · Matt Sydal
- PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One · Matt Sydal
- Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal · Matt Sydal
- ROH: Best In The World · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 2016 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final) · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1 · Matt Sydal
- ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3 · Matt Sydal
- ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1 · Matt Sydal
- ROH & NJPW: Global Wars · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016 · Matt Sydal
- RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016 · Matt Sydal
- RPW: Epic Encounter 2016 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Invasion Attack 2016 · Matt Sydal
- ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two · Matt Sydal
- WrestleCon SuperShow 2016 · Matt Sydal
- ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One · Matt Sydal
- ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia · Matt Sydal
- PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two · Matt Sydal
- PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One · Matt Sydal
- ROH: 14th Anniversary · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016 · Matt Sydal
- ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth · Matt Sydal
- NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 · Matt Sydal
- ROH Final Battle 2015 · Matt Sydal
- PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two · Matt Sydal
- PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One · Matt Sydal
- ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015 · Matt Sydal
- ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Power Struggle 2015 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015 · Matt Sydal
- NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015 · Matt Sydal
- ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII · Matt Sydal
- PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage · Matt Sydal
- PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One · Matt Sydal