Matthew Joseph Korklan
Known for: Acting
Born: March 19, 1983
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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Filmography
180 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
7.6
AEW Dynasty 2024
2024
NR
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
2024
7.7
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
6.5
ROH: Supercard of Honor XV
2022
NR
Hey! (EW)
2022
5.2
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
2022
8.0
AEW Winter Is Coming 2021
2021
7.0
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
2021
7.0
AEW Road Rager
2021
NR
Free The Narrative
2021
6.9
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
2021
6.6
AEW Dark: Elevation
2021
7.1
AEW Revolution 2021
2021NR
ROH Winter Warriors Tour - Atlanta
2021
8.8
AEW Winter is Coming 2020
2020
7.5
AEW All Out 2020
2020
6.5
AEW Unrestricted
2020
6.0
AEW Dark
2019
7.9
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
NR
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
2018
NR
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
2018
NR
IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear
2018NR
Warrior Wrestling
2018
NR
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
2018
NR
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
2018
NR
IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
2018
NR
DEFYNOW
2018
NR
DEFYX Year One
2018
NR
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
2017
NR
PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two
2017
NR
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2017
10.0
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2017NR
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
2017
NR
PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain
2017
NR
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3
2017
NR
WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top
2017
NR
PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)
2017
NR
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
2016
NR
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2016
NR
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2016
NR
Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal
2016
NR
ROH: Best In The World
2016
NR
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 2016
2016
NR
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
2016NR
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
2016NR
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
2016NR
ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia
2016NR
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
2016
NR
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3
2016
NR
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1
2016
NR
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
2016
NR
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
2016NR
RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016
2016NR
RPW: Epic Encounter 2016
2016
NR
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
2016
NR
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two
2016
NR
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
2016NR
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One
2016
NR
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
2016
NR
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
2016
7.0
ROH: 14th Anniversary
2016
7.0
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
20165.5
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
2016
NR
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
2016
7.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
2016NR
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth
2016
7.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
2016
7.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
2016
7.8
ROH Final Battle 2015
2015
NR
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
2015
NR
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
2015NR
ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015
2015
NR
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
2015
NR
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
2015
NR
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015
NR
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
2015
NR
ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII
2015
NR
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2015
NR
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2015
7.0
ROH: Field of Honor
2015NR
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
2015
NR
ROH: Best In The World
2015NR
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
2015
NR
PWG: DDT4
2015
NR
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
2015NR
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
2015
NR
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
2015NR
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
2015
NR
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
2015NR
ROH Conquest Tour 2015 - Tag 2
2015
4.8
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
2015
NR
ROH: 13th Anniversary
2015
NR
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
2015NR
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton
2015NR
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dearborn
2015
10.0
ROH: Year 5
2015
NR
PWG: Black Cole Sun
2014
NR
ROH Final Battle 2014
2014
NR
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
2014
NR
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 1
2014
NR
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2014
NR
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2014
10.0
ROH: Year Four
2014
10.0
ROH: Creating Excellence
2014
7.4
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2013
10.0
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
2013
10.0
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
201310.0
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
2013
NR
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
2012
NR
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
2012
10.0
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012
10.0
Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
2012
10.0
ROH: Japan's Finest
2012
10.0
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
2012
7.1
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
2011
6.8
WWE Vengeance 2011
2011
8.0
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011
6.6
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
2011
7.8
WWE Night of Champions 2011
2011
7.8
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
2011
6.7
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
2011
10.0
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
2011
7.2
WWE Night of Champions 2010
2010
7.2
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
2010
7.6
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
2010
7.7
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
7.7
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
8.0
WWE Survivor Series 2009
2009
7.8
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
6.4
Ring of Honor Wrestling
2009
10.0
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
2009
7.3
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008
NR
ROH: Best In The World
2008
10.0
Bloodstained Honor
2008
NR
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2007
NR
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2007
NR
ROH: Driven
2007
NR
ROH: International Challenge
2006
NR
ROH: The Chicago Spectacular - Night One
2006
NR
PWG: Passive Hostility
2006
NR
ROH: Dethroned
2006
NR
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
2006
NR
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
2006
NR
ROH: Irresistible Forces
2006
NR
ROH: Suffocation
2006
NR
PWG: Horror Business
2006
NR
ROH: Motor City Madness
2006
NR
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
2006
1.0
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2006
NR
ROH: Gut Check
2006
NR
ROH: Epic Encounter II
2006
NR
ROH: Frontiers of Honor II
2006
NR
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
2006
NR
ROH: Unified
2006
NR
ROH: Fight of The Century
2006
NR
ROH: Time To Man Up
2006
NR
ROH: Generation Now
2006
NR
ROH: War of The Wire II
2006
6.5
WWE ECW
2006
NR
ROH: Ring of Homicide
2006
NR
ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two
2006
NR
ROH: The 100th Show
2006
NR
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
2006
NR
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
2006
NR
ROH: Better Than Our Best
2006
NR
ROH: Supercard of Honor
2006
NR
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge
2006
10.0
ROH: Arena Warfare
2006
NR
ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
2006
NR
ROH: Dissension
2006
NR
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
2006
NR
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
2006
NR
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
2005
NR
ROH: Vendetta
2005
NR
ROH: Showdown In Motown
2005
10.0
The Best of the X Division Vol. 1
2005
NR
ROH: Redemption
2005
NR
ROH: The Final Showdown
2005
7.0
TNA Victory Road 2004
2004
NR
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
2004
NR
ROH: Gold
2004NR
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 2
2004NR
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
2004
NR
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
2004
NR
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
2004
NR
ROH: Do or Die II & III
2004
NR
ROH: World Title Classic
2004
7.1
TNA iMPACT!
2004
NR
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
2004
NR
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
2004
10.0
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
2004
NR
TNA Xplosion
2002
7.4
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
6.8
Raw
1993
NR
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