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Matt Korklan

Matt Korklan

Birthday: 1983-03-19 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
AEW Battle of the Belts

as    Matt Sydal

2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption

as    Matt Sydal

2018
2015
ROH: Road To Final Battle

as    Matt Sydal

2015
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia

as    Matt Sydal

2015
2015
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton

as    Matt Sydal

2011
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011

as    Evan Bourne

2006
ROH: Dissension

as    Matt Sydal

2006
ROH: Tag Wars 2006

as    Matt Sydal

2006
ROH: Arena Warfare

as    Matt Sydal

2006
ROH: Hell Freezes Over

as    Matt Sydal

2005
ROH: Vendetta

as    Matt Sydal

2005
ROH: Showdown In Motown

as    Matt Sydal