Matthew Joseph Korklan
Acting
1983-03-19 · 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.
Filmography
AEW Dynasty 2024
2024 · Movie
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
2024 · Movie
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023 · Series
ROH: Supercard of Honor XV
2022 · Movie
Hey! (EW)
2022 · Series
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
2022 · Series
AEW Winter Is Coming 2021
2021 · Movie
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
2021 · Series
AEW Road Rager
2021 · Movie
Free The Narrative
2021 · Movie
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
2021 · Movie
AEW The House Always Wins
2021 · Movie
AEW Dark: Elevation
2021 · Series
AEW Revolution 2021
2021 · Movie
ROH Winter Warriors Tour - Atlanta
2021 · Movie
AEW Winter is Coming 2020
2020 · Movie
AEW All Out 2020
2020 · Movie
AEW Unrestricted
2020 · Series
AEW Dark
2019 · Series
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019 · Series
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
2018 · Movie
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
2018 · Movie
IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear
2018 · Movie
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
2018 · Movie
Warrior Wrestling
2018 · Movie
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
2018 · Movie
IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
2018 · Movie
DEFYNOW
2018 · Series
DEFYX Year One
2018 · Movie
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
2017 · Movie
PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two
2017 · Movie
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2017 · Movie
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2017 · Movie
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
2017 · Movie
PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain
2017 · Movie
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3
2017 · Movie
WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top
2017 · Movie
PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)
2017 · Movie
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
2016 · Movie
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2016 · Movie
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2016 · Movie
Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal
2016 · Movie
ROH: Best In The World
2016 · Movie
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 2016
2016 · Movie
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
2016 · Movie
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
2016 · Movie
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
2016 · Movie
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
2016 · Movie
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3
2016 · Movie
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1
2016 · Movie
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
2016 · Movie
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
2016 · Movie
RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016
2016 · Movie
RPW: Epic Encounter 2016
2016 · Movie
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
2016 · Movie
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two
2016 · Movie
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
2016 · Movie
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One
2016 · Movie
ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia
2016 · Movie
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
2016 · Movie
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
2016 · Movie
ROH: 14th Anniversary
2016 · Movie
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
2016 · Movie
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
2016 · Movie
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
2016 · Movie
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
2016 · Movie
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth
2016 · Movie
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
2016 · Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
2016 · Movie
ROH Final Battle 2015
2015 · Movie
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
2015 · Movie
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
2015 · Movie
ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015
2015 · Movie
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
2015 · Movie
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
2015 · Movie
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015 · Movie
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
2015 · Movie
ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII
2015 · Movie
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2015 · Movie
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2015 · Movie
ROH: Field of Honor
2015 · Movie
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
2015 · Movie
ROH: Best In The World
2015 · Movie
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
2015 · Movie
PWG: DDT4
2015 · Movie
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
2015 · Movie
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
2015 · Movie
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
2015 · Movie
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
2015 · Movie
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
2015 · Movie
ROH Conquest Tour 2015 - Tag 2
2015 · Movie
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
2015 · Movie
ROH: 13th Anniversary
2015 · Movie
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
2015 · Movie
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton
2015 · Movie
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dearborn
2015 · Movie
ROH: Year 5
2015 · Movie
PWG: Black Cole Sun
2014 · Movie
ROH Final Battle 2014
2014 · Movie
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
2014 · Movie
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 1
2014 · Movie
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2014 · Movie
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2014 · Movie
ROH: Year Four
2014 · Movie
ROH: Creating Excellence
2014 · Movie
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2013 · Movie
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
2013 · Movie
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
2013 · Movie
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
2013 · Movie
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
2012 · Movie
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
2012 · Movie
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012 · Movie
Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
2012 · Movie
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
2012 · Movie
ROH: Japan's Finest
2012 · Movie
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
2011 · Movie
WWE Vengeance 2011
2011 · Movie
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011 · Movie
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
2011 · Movie
WWE Night of Champions 2011
2011 · Movie
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
2011 · Movie
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
2011 · Movie
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
2011 · Movie
WWE Night of Champions 2010
2010 · Movie
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
2010 · Movie
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
2010 · Movie
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010 · Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010 · Movie
WWE Survivor Series 2009
2009 · Movie
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009 · Movie
Ring of Honor Wrestling
2009 · Series
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
2009 · Movie
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008 · Movie
ROH: Best In The World
2008 · Movie
Bloodstained Honor
2008 · Movie
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2007 · Movie
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2007 · Movie
ROH: Driven
2007 · Movie
ROH: International Challenge
2006 · Movie
ROH: The Chicago Spectacular - Night One
2006 · Movie
PWG: Passive Hostility
2006 · Movie
ROH: Dethroned
2006 · Movie
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
2006 · Movie
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
2006 · Movie
ROH: Irresistible Forces
2006 · Movie
ROH: Suffocation
2006 · Movie
PWG: Horror Business
2006 · Movie
ROH: Motor City Madness
2006 · Movie
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
2006 · Movie
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2006 · Movie
ROH: Gut Check
2006 · Movie
ROH: Epic Encounter II
2006 · Movie
ROH: Frontiers of Honor II
2006 · Movie
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
2006 · Movie
ROH: Unified
2006 · Movie
ROH: Fight of The Century
2006 · Movie
ROH: Time To Man Up
2006 · Movie
ROH: Generation Now
2006 · Movie
ROH: War of The Wire II
2006 · Movie
WWE ECW
2006 · Series
ROH: Ring of Homicide
2006 · Movie
ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two
2006 · Movie
ROH: The 100th Show
2006 · Movie
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
2006 · Movie
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
2006 · Movie
ROH: Better Than Our Best
2006 · Movie
ROH: Supercard of Honor
2006 · Movie
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge
2006 · Movie
ROH: Arena Warfare
2006 · Movie
ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
2006 · Movie
ROH: Dissension
2006 · Movie
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
2006 · Movie
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
2006 · Movie
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
2005 · Movie
ROH: Vendetta
2005 · Movie
ROH: Showdown In Motown
2005 · Movie
The Best of the X Division Vol. 1
2005 · Movie
ROH: Redemption
2005 · Movie
ROH: The Final Showdown
2005 · Movie
TNA Victory Road 2004
2004 · Movie
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
2004 · Movie
ROH: Gold
2004 · Movie
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 2
2004 · Movie
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
2004 · Movie
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
2004 · Movie
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
2004 · Movie
ROH: Do or Die II & III
2004 · Movie
ROH: World Title Classic
2004 · Movie
TNA iMPACT!
2004 · Series
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
2004 · Movie
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
2004 · Movie
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
2004 · Movie
TNA Xplosion
2002 · Series
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999 · Series
Raw
1993 · Series
YouShoot: Matt Sydal
Movie