Matthew Joseph Korklan
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1983-03-19
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.
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WWE Money in the Bank 2011
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WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
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WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
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WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
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AEW Winter Is Coming
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WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
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WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
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WWE Vengeance 2011
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WWE Royal Rumble 2010
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WWE Money in the Bank 2010
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WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
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WWE Survivor Series 2009
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IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1
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WrestleCon Supershow 2015
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ROH: Final Battle 2014
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ROH: 13th Anniversary
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ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 1
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ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
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ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
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PWG: DDT4
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PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
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ROH: Best In The World
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PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
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PWG: Black Cole Sun
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PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
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PWG: From Out of Nowhere
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ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII
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PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
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PWG: Horror Business
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PWG: Passive Hostility
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PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
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PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
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PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
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PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
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NJPW Power Struggle 2015
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AEW Dynasty
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ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dearborn
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ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton
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ROH: Final Battle 2015
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ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
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ROH: Showdown In Motown
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ROH: Arena Warfare
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ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
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NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
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RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
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PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
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ROH: 14th Anniversary
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
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NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
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ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015
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NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
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ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two
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RPW: Epic Encounter 2016
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
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WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
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WWE WrestleMania XXV
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NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 6)
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PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
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RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016
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ROH: War of The Worlds - Night Three
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ROH: Best In The World
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ROH: War of The Worlds - Night One
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NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (FINAL)
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ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
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ROH: World Title Classic
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ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth
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PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
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PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
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PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
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IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
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IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
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ROH: Better Than Our Best
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ROH: Supercard of Honor
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ROH: Joe vs Punk II
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ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
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ROH: Ring of Hardcore
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ROH: Year Four
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ROH: Best In The World
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Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
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Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
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ROH: Japan's Finest
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ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
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ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
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