Acting
Matthew Joseph Korklan
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
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024
Film · 2024
AEW Dynasty 2024
Film · 2024
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Series · 2023
ROH: Supercard of Honor XV
Film · 2022
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
Series · 2022
Hey! (EW)
Series · 2022
Free The Narrative
Film · 2021
AEW Winter Is Coming 2021
Film · 2021
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Film · 2021
AEW Road Rager
Film · 2021
AEW Revolution 2021
Film · 2021
ROH Winter Warriors Tour - Atlanta
Film · 2021
AEW The House Always Wins
Film · 2021
AEW Dark: Elevation
Series · 2021
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Series · 2021
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Series · 2021
AEW All Out 2020
Film · 2020
AEW Winter is Coming 2020
Film · 2020
AEW Unrestricted
Series · 2020
AEW Dark
Series · 2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Series · 2019
AEW Dark
Series · 2019
Warrior Wrestling
Film · 2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
Film · 2018
DEFYX Year One
Film · 2018
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
Film · 2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
Film · 2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
Film · 2018
IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
Film · 2018
IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear
Film · 2018
DEFYNOW
Series · 2018
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
Film · 2017
PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)
Film · 2017
PWG: Man On The Silver Mountain
Film · 2017
PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two
Film · 2017
PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
Film · 2017
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
Film · 2017
WrestleCircus Battle At The Big Top
Film · 2017
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
Film · 2017
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3
Film · 2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
Film · 2016
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
Film · 2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
Film · 2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
Film · 2016
ROH: 14th Anniversary
Film · 2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
Film · 2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
Film · 2016
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
Film · 2016
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night Two
Film · 2016
RPW: Epic Encounter 2016
Film · 2016
ROH: Supercard of Honor X - Night One
Film · 2016
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
Film · 2016
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
Film · 2016
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
Film · 2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
Film · 2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
Film · 2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
Film · 2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night One
Film · 2016
PWG: All Star Weekend 12 - Night Two
Film · 2016
RPW: Sittingbourne Spectacular 2016
Film · 2016
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3
Film · 2016
ROH: Best In The World
Film · 2016
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1
Film · 2016
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 2016
Film · 2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
Film · 2016
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Duluth
Film · 2016
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
Film · 2016
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
Film · 2016
PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
Film · 2016
ROH: Conquest Tour 2016 - Philadelphia
Film · 2016
Developmentally Speaking With Bull James, Rob Naylor, & Matt Sydal
Film · 2016
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
Film · 2015
ROH: 13th Anniversary
Film · 2015
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
Film · 2015
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
Film · 2015
PWG: DDT4
Film · 2015
ROH: Best In The World
Film · 2015
PWG: Don't Sweat The Technique
Film · 2015
PWG: From Out of Nowhere
Film · 2015
ROH: Field of Honor
Film · 2015
ROH: All Star Extravaganza VII
Film · 2015
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
Film · 2015
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
Film · 2015
PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
Film · 2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
Film · 2015
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
Film · 2015
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dearborn
Film · 2015
ROH: Winter Warriors Tour - Dayton
Film · 2015
ROH Final Battle 2015
Film · 2015
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
Film · 2015
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
Film · 2015
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
Film · 2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
Film · 2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
Film · 2015
ROH: Road To Final Battle 2015
Film · 2015
ROH: Year 5
Film · 2015
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
Film · 2015
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
Film · 2015
ROH Conquest Tour 2015 - Tag 2
Film · 2015
ROH Final Battle 2014
Film · 2014
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 1
Film · 2014
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
Film · 2014
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
Film · 2014
PWG: Black Cole Sun
Film · 2014
ROH: Year Four
Film · 2014
ROH: Creating Excellence
Film · 2014
ROH: Survival of The Fittest - Night 2
Film · 2014
Bryan Danielson: The Final Countdown
Film · 2013
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
Film · 2013
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
Film · 2013
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
Film · 2013
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
Film · 2012
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
Film · 2012
Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
Film · 2012
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
Film · 2012
ROH: Japan's Finest
Film · 2012
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
Film · 2012
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
Film · 2011
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
Film · 2011
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
Film · 2011
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
Film · 2011
WWE Vengeance 2011
Film · 2011
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
Film · 2011
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
Film · 2011
WWE Night of Champions 2011
Film · 2011
WWE Night of Champions 2010
Film · 2010
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
Film · 2010
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Film · 2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Film · 2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
Film · 2010
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Film · 2009
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Film · 2009
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
Film · 2009
Ring of Honor Wrestling
Series · 2009
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
Film · 2008
Bloodstained Honor
Film · 2008
ROH: Best In The World
Film · 2008
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
Film · 2007
PWG: 2007 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
Film · 2007
ROH: Driven
Film · 2007
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night One
Film · 2006
PWG: All Star Weekend 3 - Crazymania - Night Two
Film · 2006
PWG: Passive Hostility
Film · 2006
PWG: Horror Business
Film · 2006
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
Film · 2006
ROH: Tag Wars 2006
Film · 2006
ROH: Hell Freezes Over
Film · 2006
ROH: Arena Warfare
Film · 2006
ROH: Dissension
Film · 2006
ROH: The 100th Show
Film · 2006
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge
Film · 2006
ROH: Better Than Our Best
Film · 2006
ROH: Supercard of Honor
Film · 2006
ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show
Film · 2006
ROH: Unified
Film · 2006
ROH: Black Friday Fallout
Film · 2006
ROH: Epic Encounter II
Film · 2006
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
Film · 2006
ROH: International Challenge
Film · 2006
ROH: Gut Check
Film · 2006
ROH: Generation Now
Film · 2006
ROH: Fight of The Century
Film · 2006
ROH: Suffocation
Film · 2006
ROH: Motor City Madness
Film · 2006
ROH: Survival of The Fittest 2006
Film · 2006
ROH: Irresistible Forces
Film · 2006
ROH: Anarchy In The U.K.
Film · 2006
ROH: Dethroned
Film · 2006
ROH: Time To Man Up
Film · 2006
ROH: The Chicago Spectacular - Night One
Film · 2006
ROH: War of The Wire II
Film · 2006
ROH: Weekend of Champions - Night Two
Film · 2006
ROH: Ring of Homicide
Film · 2006
ROH: Frontiers of Honor II
Film · 2006
WWE ECW
Series · 2006
WWE ECW
Series · 2006
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
Film · 2005
ROH: Showdown In Motown
Film · 2005
ROH: Vendetta
Film · 2005
ROH: Redemption
Film · 2005
ROH: The Final Showdown
Film · 2005
The Best of the X Division Vol. 1
Film · 2005
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
Film · 2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 2
Film · 2004
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
Film · 2004
ROH: World Title Classic
Film · 2004
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
Film · 2004
TNA Victory Road 2004
Film · 2004
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
Film · 2004
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles
Film · 2004
ROH: Do or Die II & III
Film · 2004
ROH: Gold
Film · 2004
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
Film · 2004
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
Film · 2004
TNA iMPACT!
Series · 2004
TNA iMPACT!
Series · 2004
TNA Xplosion
Series · 2002
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Series · 1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Series · 1999
Raw
Series · 1993
Raw
Series · 1993
YouShoot: Matt Sydal
Film