Matthew Joseph Korklan
Acting
Born March 19, 1983 · 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.
Films (177)
AEW Dynasty 2024
2024
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
2024
ROH: Supercard of Honor XV
2022
AEW Winter Is Coming
2021
AEW Road Rager
2021
Free The Narrative
2021
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
2021
AEW Revolution 2021
2021
AEW Winter is Coming
2020
AEW All Out 2020
2020
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
2018
IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear
2018
Warrior Wrestling
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
2018
IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
2018
DEFYX Year One
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
2017
PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two
2017
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2017
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2017
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
2017
PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain
2017
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3
2017
WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top
2017
PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)
2017
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
2016
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2016
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2016
Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal
2016
ROH: Best In The World
2016
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
2016
ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
2016
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3
2016
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1
2016
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
2016
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
2016
RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016
2016
RPW: Epic Encounter 2016
2016
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
2016
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two
2016
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
2016
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One
2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
2016
ROH: 14th Anniversary
2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
2016
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth
2016
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
2016
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
2016
ROH Final Battle 2015
2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
2015
ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015
2015
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
2015
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
2015
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
2015
ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII
2015
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2015
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2015
ROH: Field of Honor
2015
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
2015
ROH: Best In The World
2015
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
2015
PWG: DDT4
2015
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
2015
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
2015
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
2015
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
2015
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
2015
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
2015
ROH: 13th Anniversary
2015
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
2015
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton
2015
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dearborn
2015
ROH: Year 5
2015
PWG: Black Cole Sun
2014
ROH Final Battle 2014
2014
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
2014
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 1
2014
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2014
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2014
ROH: Year Four
2014
ROH: Creating Excellence
2014
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2013
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
2013
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
2013
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
2013
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
2012
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
2012
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012
Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
2012
ROH: Japan's Finest
2012
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
2012
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
2011
WWE Vengeance 2011
2011
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
2011
WWE Night of Champions 2011
2011
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
2011
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
2011
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
2011
WWE Night of Champions 2010
2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
2010
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
2010
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
WWE Survivor Series 2009
2009
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
2009
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008
ROH: Best In The World
2008
Bloodstained Honor
2008
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2007
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2007
ROH: Driven
2007
ROH: International Challenge
2006
ROH: The Chicago Spectacular - Night One
2006
PWG: Passive Hostility
2006
ROH: Dethroned
2006
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
2006
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
2006
ROH: Irresistible Forces
2006
ROH: Suffocation
2006
PWG: Horror Business
2006
ROH: Motor City Madness
2006
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
2006
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2006
ROH: Gut Check
2006
ROH: Epic Encounter II
2006
ROH: Frontiers of Honor II
2006
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
2006
ROH: Unified
2006
ROH: Fight of The Century
2006
ROH: Time To Man Up
2006
ROH: Generation Now
2006
ROH: War of The Wire II
2006
ROH: Ring of Homicide
2006
ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two
2006
ROH: The 100th Show
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
2006
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
2006
ROH: Better Than Our Best
2006
ROH: Supercard of Honor
2006
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge
2006
ROH: Arena Warfare
2006
ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
2006
ROH: Dissension
2006
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
2006
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
2006
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
2005
ROH: Vendetta
2005
ROH: Showdown In Motown
2005
The Best of the X Division Vol. 1
2005
ROH: Redemption
2005
ROH: The Final Showdown
2005
TNA Victory Road 2004
2004
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
2004
ROH: Gold
2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 2
2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1
2004
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
2004
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
2004
ROH: Do or Die II & III
2004
ROH: World Title Classic
2004
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
2004
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
2004
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
2004