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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1983-03-19 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Matthew Joseph Korklan

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.

Known For

Acting

2024

2022

2021

2020

AEW All Out as Matt Sydal
AEW Winter is Coming as Matt Sydal
AEW Unrestricted as Matt Sydal

2019

2018

2017

2016

ROH: 14th Anniversary as Matt Sydal

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

WWE WrestleMania XXV as Evan Bourne (Lumberjack)

2008

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 as Evan Bourne

2007

2006

2005

2004

2002

TNA Xplosion as Matt Sydal

1999

WWE SmackDown as Evan Bourne

1993

Raw as Evan Bourne

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