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.
Filmography
all 189
Movies 177
TV Shows 12
self 1
AEW Dynasty (2024)
ROH: Supercard of Honor (2022)
Hey! (EW) (2022)
AEW Winter Is Coming (2021)
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (2021)
AEW Road Rager (2021)
Free The Narrative (2021)
AEW Double or Nothing (2021)
AEW Dark: Elevation (2021)
AEW Winter is Coming (2020)
AEW All Out (2020)
AEW Unrestricted (2020)
AEW Dark (2019)
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019)
Warrior Wrestling (2018)
DEFYNOW (2018)
DEFYX Year One (2018)
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV (2016)
ROH: Best In The World (2016)
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars (2016)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016 (2016)
RPW: Epic Encounter 2016 (2016)
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016 (2016)
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016 (2016)
ROH: 14th Anniversary (2016)
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016 (2016)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 (2016)
ROH: Final Battle (2015)
ROH: Road To Final Battle (2015)
NJPW Power Struggle 2015 (2015)
ROH: Field of Honor (2015)
ROH: Best In The World (2015)
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015 (2015)
PWG: DDT4 (2015)
WrestleCon Supershow 2015 (2015)
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX (2015)
ROH: 13th Anniversary (2015)
PWG: From Out of Nowhere (2015)
ROH: Year 5 (2015)
PWG: Black Cole Sun (2014)
ROH: Final Battle (2014)
ROH: Year Four (2014)
ROH: Creating Excellence (2014)
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole! (2012)
ROH: Japan's Finest (2012)
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep (2012)
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)
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)
ROH: Driven (2007)
ROH: International Challenge (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: 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)
WWE ECW (2006)
ROH: Ring of Homicide (2006)
ROH: The 100th Show (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)
ROH: Redemption (2005)
ROH: The Final Showdown (2005)
TNA Victory Road 2004 (2004)
ROH: Joe vs Punk II (2004)
ROH: Gold (2004)
ROH: Do or Die II & III (2004)
ROH: World Title Classic (2004)
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two (2004)
ROH: Reborn - Stage One (2004)
TNA Xplosion (2002)
WWE SmackDown (1999)
WWE Raw (1993)
Kill City Cup
YouShoot: Matt Sydal
The Best of the X Division, Vol 1
Bloodstained Honor
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1983-03-19 (41 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Louis, United States
Height173-centimeter
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsEvan Bourne, Matt Sydal, The Vision, Matt Korklan, MATT, Lance Sydal, Neo-Shaman, Vision
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