Matthew Joseph Korklan

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Birth

March 19, 1983 43 YEARS OLD

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Origin

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.

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Filmography

196 productions in total

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Filmography

YouShoot: Matt Sydal

AEW Dynasty 2024

CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024

ROH: Supercard of Honor XV

Hey! (EW)

All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts

AEW Winter Is Coming

All Elite Wrestling: Rampage

All Elite Wrestling: Rampage

AEW Road Rager

Free The Narrative

AEW Double or Nothing 2021

AEW Dark: Elevation

AEW Revolution 2021

AEW Winter is Coming

AEW All Out 2020

AEW Unrestricted

AEW Dark

AEW Dark

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI

IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear

Warrior Wrestling

IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat

IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018

IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018

DEFYNOW

DEFYX Year One

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017

PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two

PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two

PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One

WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance

PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain

ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3

WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top

PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)

PWG: Mystery Vortex IV

PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two

PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One

Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal

ROH: Best In The World

NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6

ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1

ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3

ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1

ROH & NJPW: Global Wars

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016

RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016

RPW: Epic Encounter 2016

NJPW Invasion Attack 2016

ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two

WrestleCon SuperShow 2016

ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One

PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two

PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One

ROH: 14th Anniversary

NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2

NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1

NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016

NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016

ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10

ROH Final Battle 2015

PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two

PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One

ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015

ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2

NJPW Power Struggle 2015

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015

ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII