Matthew Joseph Korklan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1983-03-19 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Known For
Acting
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
as Matt Sydal
Bloodstained Honor
as Matt Sydal
YouShoot: Matt Sydal
as Himself
(2024)
AEW Dynasty
as Matt Sydal
(2024)
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
as Matt Sydal
(2022)
ROH: Supercard of Honor XV
as Matt Sydal
(2021)
AEW Double or Nothing
as Matt Sydal
(2021)
AEW Road Rager
as Matt Sydal
(2021)
Free The Narrative
as The Vision
(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)
AEW Winter is Coming
as Matt Sydal
(2018)
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
as Matt Sydal
(2018)
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
as Matt Sydal
(2018)
IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
as Matt Sydal
(2018)
Warrior Wrestling
as Matt Sydal
(2018)
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
as Matt Sydal
(2018)
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
as Matt Sydal
(2018)
DEFYX Year One
as Matt Sydal
(2017)
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
as Matt Sydal
(2017)
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
as Matt Sydal
(2017)
WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top
as Matt Sydal
(2017)
PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain
as Matt Sydal
(2017)
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
as Matt Sydal
(2017)
PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
(2017)
PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)
as Matt Sydal
(2017)
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 6)
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
ROH: Best In The World
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 7)
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
ROH: 14th Anniversary
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
ROH: War of The Worlds - Night Three
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1)
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (FINAL)
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
ROH: War of The Worlds - Night One
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
RPW: Epic Encounter 2016
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
as Matt Sydal
(2016)
(2015)
(2015)
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
PWG: DDT4
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Field of Honor
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Year 5
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: 13th Anniversary
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Best In The World
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Final Battle 2015
as Matt Sydal
(2015)
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dearborn
as Matt Sydal
(2014)
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
(2014)
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
as Matt Sydal
(2014)
ROH: Creating Excellence
as Matt Sydal
(2014)
ROH: Year Four
as Matt Sydal
(2014)
PWG: Black Cole Sun
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)
ROH: Final Battle 2014
as Matt Sydal
(2013)
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
as Evan Bourne
(2013)
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
as Matt Sydal
(2013)
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
as Matt Sydal
(2012)
Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
as Matt Sydal
(2012)
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
as Matt Sydal
(2012)
ROH: Japan's Finest
as Matt Sydal
(2012)
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
as Matt Sydal
(2012)
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
as Matt Sydal
(2011)
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
as Evan Bourne
(2011)
WWE Vengeance 2011
as Evan Bourne
(2011)
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
as Evan Bourne
(2011)
WWE Night of Champions 2011
as Evan Borne
(2011)
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
as Evan Bourne
(2011)
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
as Evan Bourne
(2011)
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
as Evan Bourne
(2010)
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as Evan Bourne
(2010)
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
as Evan Bourne
(2010)
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
(2009)
WWE WrestleMania XXV
as Evan Bourne (Lumberjack)
(2009)
WWE Survivor Series 2009
as Evan Bourne
(2009)
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
as Matt Sydal
(2008)
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
as Evan Bourne
(2008)
ROH: Best In The World
as Matt Sydal
(2007)
ROH: Driven
as Matt Sydal
(2007)
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
as Matt Sydal
(2007)
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Arena Warfare
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Irresistible Forces
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Gut Check
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Dissension
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Suffocation
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Motor City Madness
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
PWG: Horror Business
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: International Challenge
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Time To Man Up
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Better Than Our Best
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
PWG: Passive Hostility
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Fight of The Century
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: The Chicago Spectacular - Night One
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Frontiers of Honor II
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Supercard of Honor
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Epic Encounter II
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: War of The Wire II
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Unified
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Ring of Homicide
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Dethroned
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: The 100th Show
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
ROH: Generation Now
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
as Matt Sydal
(2006)
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
as Matt Sydal
(2005)
ROH: Vendetta
as Matt Sydal
(2005)
The Best of the X Division Vol. 1
as Matt Sydal
(2005)
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
as Matt Sydal
(2005)
ROH: Showdown In Motown
as Matt Sydal
(2005)
ROH: The Final Showdown
as Matt Sydal
(2005)
ROH: Redemption
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 2
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
TNA Victory Road 2004
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
ROH: World Title Classic
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
ROH: Do or Die II & III
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
ROH: Gold
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
as Matt Sydal
(2004)
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
as Matt Sydal