Matthew Joseph "Matt" Korklan (conceived March 29, 1983), additionally known by the ring name Matt Sydal, is an American expert wrestler, best referred to for his time in WWE as Evan Bourne.
Somewhere around 2000 and 2007, Korklan wrestled on the autonomous circuit, for advancements including NWA Midwest, IWA-Mid South, and Ring of Honor, winning both singles and label group titles. He likewise wrestled for the brief Wrestling Society X and was highlighted on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's initial pay-per-view occasions. Starting in 2005, he wrestled for Dragon Gate in Japan, and won the Open the Brave Gate Championship in mid 2007. Korklan marked with WWE in 2007, and made his primary program debut as Evan Bourne on ECW the next year. In 2011, he shaped a cooperation with Kofi Kingston, known as Air Boom, and they won the WWE Tag Team Championship. In 2012, Korklan was suspended for abusing WWE's wellbeing approach, and afterward endured foot wounds in a bike mishap, compelling him out of activity. Without returning on TV, he was discharged from WWE in 2014 and came back to wrestling on the autonomous circuit under his previous ring name. He additionally made his introduction for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he is at present in his first rule as 33% of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions, while likewise being a previous two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion.
He is known for his high flying, lucha libre-roused style of wrestling, and was named the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Best Flying Wrestler in 2008.
Substance
1 Professional wrestling vocation
1.1 Training and autonomous circuit (2000–2007)
1.2 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004–2005)
1.3 Ring of Honor (2004–2007)
1.4 Dragon Gate and Wrestling Society X (2006–2007)
1.5 World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
1.5.1 Ohio Valley Wrestling (2007–2008)
1.5.2 Florida Championship Wrestling (2008)
1.5.3 Brand switches (2008–2011)
1.5.4 Tag Team Champion and harm (2011–2014)
1.6 Return to the autonomous circuit (2014–present)
1.7 Evolve (2014)
1.8 Return to DG (2014–present)
1.9 Return to ROH (2014–present)
1.10 New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015–present)
2 Other media
3 Personal life
4 In wrestling
5 Championships and achievements
Proficient wrestling career
Preparing and free circuit (2000–2007)
Korklan was on his secondary school wrestling team. While a senior in secondary school, Korklan started preparing with the St. Louis, Missouri-based Gateway Championship Wrestling (GCW) advancement. Following three months of preparing, Korklan started wrestling for GCW on October 20, 2000, turning into the main individual less than 18 years old to get a wrestler's permit in Missouri. Prior to this, Korklan had quickly wrestled as Lance Sydal in the patio wrestling advancement, Saint Peters Wrestling Organization.
On February 12, 2007, Sydal won the Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship from Masato Yoshino, turning into the main gaijin to hold the title. He held it for a little more than a month, effectively guarding it against Yoshino in Hyogo and against Austin Aries at Ring of Honor's Fifth Year Festival: Dayton. He dropped the title to Genki Horiguchi on March 25.
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