Matthew Joseph Korklan
Acting · Born 1983-03-19 · age 43 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Titles
Raw
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
WWE WrestleMania XXV
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
TNA iMPACT!
AEW Revolution 2021
WWE ECW
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
AEW Dark
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
WWE Night of Champions 2010
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
WWE Survivor Series 2009
AEW All Out 2020
AEW Dark: Elevation
WWE Vengeance 2011
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
WWE Night of Champions 2011
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
ROH: Supercard of Honor XV
AEW Dynasty 2024
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
Ring of Honor Wrestling
TNA Victory Road 2004
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
AEW Winter is Coming
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
ROH Final Battle 2015
ROH: Arena Warfare
AEW Road Rager
AEW Unrestricted
AEW Winter Is Coming
ROH: Field of Honor
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
ROH: 14th Anniversary
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
ROH: Year Four
ROH: Year 5
Bloodstained Honor
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
ROH: Creating Excellence
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
ROH: Japan's Finest