Matthew Joseph Korklan
Actor
- Born
- March 19, 1983 (age 43) · 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.
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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.
Known for
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- 2024AEW Dynasty 2024 as Matt Sydal
- 2024CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024 as Matt Sydal
- 2022ROH: Supercard of Honor XV as Matt Sydal
- 2021AEW Winter Is Coming 2021 as Matt Sydal
- 2021AEW Road Rager as Matt Sydal
- 2021Free The Narrative as The Vision
- 2021AEW Double or Nothing 2021 as Matt Sydal
- 2021AEW The House Always Wins as Matt Sydal
- 2021AEW Revolution 2021 as Matt Sydal
- 2021
