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Matt Sydal

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1983 (41 years old)

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5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

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185 lb (84 kg)

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Matthew Joseph Korklan (born March 19, 1983), 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.

In 2012, Korklan was suspended for violating WWE's wellness policy, then injured his foot in a motorcycle accident, forcing him out of action. Without reappearing on television, he was released from WWE in 2014 and returned to wrestling on the independent circuit under his former ring name.

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.
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Impact X-Division Champion
2018

_Retired WWE
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NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
2016

_Retired WWE
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
2016

_Retired WWE
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
2016

_Retired WWE
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Super Junior Tag League
2015

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WWE Raw Tag Team Champion
2011

_Retired WWE


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