Matthew Joseph Korklan

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

Movies

180

Born: March 19, 1983
From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Works

180 films

ROH: Best In The World

2015

PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two

2015

ROH: Best In The World

2016

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)

2016

ROH: Year Four

201410.0

WWE Wrestlemania XXVI

20107.7

ROH: Year 5

201510.0

ROH: Field of Honor

20157.0

WWE WrestleMania XXV

20097.8

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1

2016

WWE Money in the Bank 2010

20107.2

The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn

20118.0

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7

2016

WWE Royal Rumble 2010

20107.7

WWE Night of Champions 2010

20107.2

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6

2016

AEW Double or Nothing 2021

20216.9

WWE Survivor Series 2009

20098.0

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011

20117.1

Bloodstained Honor

200810.0

The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet

201110.0

WWE Night of Champions 2011

20117.8

IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 2

2004

WWE Capitol Punishment 2011

20116.7

WWE Money in the Bank 2011

20117.8

WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010

20107.6

ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1

2015

ROH: Supercard of Honor XV

20226.5

WWE Vengeance 2011

20116.8

ROH: 14th Anniversary

20167.0

ROH: Tag Wars 2006

2006

ROH: Ring of Hardcore

201210.0

NJPW Power Struggle 2015

2015

PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two

2016

The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J

20154.8

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008

20087.3

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015

2015

PWG: Horror Business

2006

ROH: Supercard of Honor

2006

ROH: Creating Excellence

201410.0

PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage

2015

PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique

2015

ROH: International Challenge

2006

YouShoot: Matt Sydal

2026

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018

2018

ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2

201310.0

WWE Hell in a Cell 2011

20116.6

ROH Winter Warriors Tour - Atlanta

2021

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016

20167.0

WrestleCon SuperShow 2016

2016

PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three

2007

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015

2015

PWG Sells Out: Volume 2

200910.0

ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia

2015

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10

20167.0

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One

2004

ROH: Vendetta

2005

WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance

2017

NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016

2016

Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown

201310.0

AEW Revolution 2021

20217.1

ROH: World Title Classic

2004

AEW Road Rager

20217.0

NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall

2016

ROH: Irresistible Forces

2006

ROH: Redemption

2005

PWG: DDT4

2015

WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology

20137.4

ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1

2016

NJPW Invasion Attack 2016

2016

ROH: Best In The World

2008

ROH: Japan's Finest

201210.0

WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top

2017

ROH: Fight of The Century

2006

PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One

2016

ROH: Suffocation

2006

ROH: Gold

2004

NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016

20167.0

ROH: Dethroned

2006

PWG: Passive Hostility

2006

ROH: The 100th Show

2006

ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3

2016

RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015

2015

ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston

2006

ROH: The Rise of Generation Next

2012

AEW Dynasty 2024

20247.6

RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016

2016

ROH: The Final Showdown

2005

TNA Victory Road 2004

20047.0

ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015

2015

ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth

2016

PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two

2014

ROH: Gut Check

2006

ROH: Showdown In Motown

2005

PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One

2015

ROH: The Chicago Spectacular - Night One

2006

ROH: Arena Warfare

200610.0

PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two

2017

AEW Winter is Coming

20208.8

ROH: Driven

2007

ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two

2006

ROH: Black Friday Fallout

2006

IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1

2004

ROH & NJPW: Global Wars

2016

PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One

2015

ROH: Motor City Madness

2006

ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!

2012

ROH: Frontiers of Honor II

2006

ROH: Reborn - Stage One

2004

ROH Final Battle 2014

2014

ROH: Ring of Homicide

2006

PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)

2017

ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2

2015

ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One

2016

PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One

2007

ROH: Joe vs Punk II

2004

IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018

2018

ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2

2015

ROH: Hell Freezes Over

2006

CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024

2024

AEW All Out 2020

20207.5

ROH: Generation Now

2006

ROH: Supercard of Honor IX

2015

ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show

2006

PWG: Mystery Vortex IV

2016

ROH: Epic Encounter II

2006

PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One

2016

PWG: Black Cole Sun

2014

ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.

2006

ROH Final Battle 2015

20157.8

NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2

20167.0

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two

2004

RPW: Epic Encounter 2016

2016

PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two

2016

ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge

2006

Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double

201210.0

Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation

201310.0

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016

2016

ROH: Steel Cage Warfare

2005

IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI

2018

PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One

20061.0

ROH: Unified

2006

ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 1

2014

ROH: 13th Anniversary

2015

ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3

2017

ROH: War of The Wire II

2006

ROH: Dissension

2006

KENTA: Go 2 Sleep

201210.0

Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles

200410.0

Warrior Wrestling

2018

PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three

2014

IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat

2018

PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One

201710.0

PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two

2006

Free The Narrative

2021

WrestleCon Supershow 2015

2015

IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018

2018

PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One

2006

ROH Conquest Tour 2015 - Tag 2

2015

ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton

2015

PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain

2017

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017

2017

ROH: Time To Man Up

2006

ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dearborn

2015

ROH: Better Than Our Best

2006

ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII

2015

ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two

2016

NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1

20165.5

ROH: Reborn - Stage Two

2004

PWG: From Out of Nowhere

2015

ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia

2016

ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006

2006

PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two

2017

ROH: Do or Die II & III

2004

DEFYX Year One

2018

The Best of the X Division Vol. 1

200510.0

ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2

2014

Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal

2016

IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear

2018

AEW Winter Is Coming

20218.0