Matthew Joseph Korklan
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.
Acted in
AEW Dynasty
2024
as Matt Sydal
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
2024
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Supercard of Honor
2022
as Matt Sydal
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
2022
as Matt Sydal
AEW Winter Is Coming
2021
as Matt Sydal
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
2021
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
2021
as Matt Sydal
AEW Road Rager
2021
as Matt Sydal
Free The Narrative
2021
as The Vision
AEW Double or Nothing
2021
as Matt Sydal
AEW Dark: Elevation
2021
as Matt Sydal
AEW Winter is Coming
2020
as Matt Sydal
AEW All Out
2020
as Matt Sydal
NJPW Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall
2020
as Matt Sydal
AEW Dark
2019
AEW Dark
2019
as Matt Sydal
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
as Matt Sydal
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
2018
as Matt Sydal
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
2018
as Matt Sydal
Warrior Wrestling
2018
as Matt Sydal
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
2018
as Matt Sydal
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
2018
as Matt Sydal
Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
2018
as Matt Sydal
DEFYNOW
2018
as Matt Sydal
DEFYX Year One
2018
as Matt Sydal
PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two
2017
as Matt Sydal
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
2017
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2017
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2017
as Matt Sydal
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
2017
as Matt Sydal
PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain
2017
as Matt Sydal
WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top
2017
as Matt Sydal
PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)
2017
as Matt Sydal
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
2016
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2016
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2016
as Matt Sydal
Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Best In The World
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (FINAL)
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 7)
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 6)
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1)
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH: War of The Worlds - Night Three
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH: War of The Worlds - Night One
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
2016
as Matt Sydal
RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016
2016
as Matt Sydal
RPW: Epic Encounter 2016
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two
2016
as Matt Sydal
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One
2016
as Matt Sydal
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
2016
as Matt Sydal
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH: 14th Anniversary
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
2016
as Matt Sydal
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
2016
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Final Battle
2015
as Matt Sydal
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
2015
as Matt Sydal
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Road To Final Battle
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
2015
as Matt Sydal
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
2015
as Matt Sydal
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015
as Matt Sydal
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII
2015
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2015
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Field of Honor
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Best In The World
2015
as Matt Sydal
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
2015
as Matt Sydal
PWG: DDT4
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
2015
as Matt Sydal
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
2015
as Matt Sydal
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
2015
as Matt Sydal
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
2015
as Evan Bourne
ROH: 13th Anniversary
2015
as Matt Sydal
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dearborn
2015
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Year 5
2015
as Matt Sydal
PWG: Black Cole Sun
2014
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Final Battle
2014
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
2014
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 1
2014
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2014
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2014
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Year Four
2014
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Creating Excellence
2014
as Matt Sydal
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2013
as Evan Bourne
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
2013
as Matt Sydal
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
2013
as Matt Sydal
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
2012
as Matt Sydal
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
2012
as Matt Sydal
Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
2012
as Matt Sydal
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
2012
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Japan's Finest
2012
as Matt Sydal
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
2011
as Evan Bourne
WWE Vengeance 2011
2011
as Evan Bourne
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011
as Evan Bourne
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
2011
as Evan Bourne
WWE Night of Champions 2011
2011
as Evan Borne
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
2011
as Evan Bourne
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
2011
as Evan Bourne
WWE Night of Champions 2010
2010
as Evan Bourne
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
2010
as Evan Bourne
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
2010
as Evan Bourne
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
as Evan Bourne
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
as Evan Bourne
WWE Survivor Series 2009
2009
as Evan Bourne
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
as Evan Bourne (Lumberjack)
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
2009
as Matt Sydal
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008
as Evan Bourne
ROH: Best In The World
2008
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2007
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2007
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Driven
2007
as Matt Sydal
ROH: International Challenge
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: The Chicago Spectacular - Night One
2006
as Matt Sydal
PWG: Passive Hostility
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Dethroned
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Irresistible Forces
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Suffocation
2006
as Matt Sydal
PWG: Horror Business
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Motor City Madness
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
2006
as Matt Sydal
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Gut Check
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Epic Encounter II
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Frontiers of Honor II
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Unified
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Fight of The Century
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Time To Man Up
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Generation Now
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: War of The Wire II
2006
as Matt Sydal
WWE ECW
2006
as Evan Bourne
WWE ECW
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Ring of Homicide
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: The 100th Show
2006
as Matt Sydal
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
2006
as Matt Sydal
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Better Than Our Best
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Supercard of Honor
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Arena Warfare
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Dissension
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
2006
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
2005
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Vendetta
2005
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Showdown In Motown
2005
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Redemption
2005
as Matt Sydal
ROH: The Final Showdown
2005
as Matt Sydal
TNA Victory Road 2004
2004
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
2004
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Gold
2004
as Matt Sydal
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 2
2004
as Matt Sydal
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1
2004
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
2004
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
2004
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Do or Die II & III
2004
as Matt Sydal
ROH: World Title Classic
2004
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
2004
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
2004
as Matt Sydal
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
2004
as Matt Sydal
TNA Xplosion
2002
as Matt Sydal
WWE SmackDown
1999
as Evan Bourne
WWE Raw
1993
as Evan Bourne
YouShoot: Matt Sydal
as Himself
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
as Matt Sydal
Bloodstained Honor
as Matt Sydal
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
as Matt Sydal
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
as Matt Sydal
The Best of the X Division, Vol 1
as Matt Sydal