Matthew Joseph Korklan
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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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.
Movie Credits
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 2
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal
