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Revision as of 23:21, 13 August 2008

Evan Bourne
Born (1983-03-19) March 19, 1983 (age 41)[1]
St. Louis, Missouri[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Evan Bourne[3]
Lance Sydal
The Jester
Ski-Mask Malloy II
Matt[2]
Matt Sydal[2]
Billed height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[3]
Billed weight185lb (80 kg)[3]
Billed fromSt. Louis, Missouri[3]
Trained byGateway Championship Wrestling
DebutOctober 20, 2000[2]

Matthew Joseph Korklan [2] (born March 19, 1983[2]) is an American professional wrestler best known as Matt Sydal. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its ECW brand, under the ring name Evan Bourne.[3]

Getting Started

In the late 1990s Korklan honed his collection of skills (martial arts, gymnastics, athletics) and combined them to his newest interest, professional wrestling. Along with a motley crew of neighborhood friends, Korklan constructed a professional quality wrestling ring. As Lance Sydal, he won fans over with his high-flying, fast-paced matches.

Korklan was on his high school's wrestling team. While he was a senior in high school, Sydal began training with the St. Louis, Missouri-based Gateway Championship Wrestling promotion. After three months of training, Korklan began wrestling for GCW on October 20, 2000.

Sydal formed a stable in GCW with several other wrestlers, known as Operation: Shamrock. In addition, Sydal and fellow stable member Billy McNeil formed a tag team. Operation: Shamrock feuded with the heel Ministry of Hate faction, lead by Nikki Strychnine.[4]

Career

Independent circuit

He debuted in IWA Mid South in November of 2003. He won his first title, the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship, on January 17, 2004, in Highland, Indiana, defeating J.C. Bailey.[5] Sydal lost the title to his recurring nemesis, Delirious, on June 26, 2004 in Oolitic, Indiana.[5] Sydal joined National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Midwest that same year, and on July 30 in Rock Island, Illinois he defeated Justin Kage for the NWA Midwest X Division Championship, which he also lost to Delirious after holding the belt for over a year.[6] He won the title back when he teamed up with Daizee Haze in a mixed tag team match against Delirious and MsChif. Haze pinned MsChif to win Delirious's title for Sydal [6]

Sydal wrestled several top independent stars during his time as a regular in IWA. He lost three matches against A.J. Styles. He also faced men like CM Punk, Chris Sabin and Nate Webb.[2] On September 24, 2005, Sydal won the fifth Ted Petty Invitational tournament.[7] He beat El Generico, Tyler Black, and Sabin before eliminating Kevin Steen and Arik Cannon in the finals. Since then, he has only appeared in IWA on a select few occasions.[2]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004-2005)

Sydal was featured on the first TNA pay-per-view Victory Road as part of the 20 man X Division Gauntlet.[8] He also was part of an online poll for the Sacrifice event. The winner of the poll would meet Christopher Daniels for the TNA X Division Championship. Sydal, along with Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong, lost the poll to Austin Aries[9] During his tenure with TNA, Sydal was mainly utilized as a jobber, never actually being booked to win a match.[2]

Ring of Honor

On April 23, 2004, Sydal (along with Daizee Haze) debuted in Ring of Honor, defeating Delirious.[10] Following a brief feud with Trent Acid, Sydal teamed with Fast Eddie Vegas as the Air Devils (a name voted on by the ROH fans). They only teamed once, after which Eddie turned on him on February 25, 2005, joining forces with The Embassy.[2] On August 12, 2005, Sydal was inducted into Generation Next.[11] In late-2005, Daizee Haze also turned on Sydal, leaving him and Generation Next to join The Embassy. Generation Next fought The Embassy in numerous multi-man tag matches, culminating in a Steel Cage Warfare match on December 3 at Steel Cage Warfare that was won by Generation Next.[10]

After wrestling A.J. Styles several times, they teamed up for matches against ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong. Sydal also teamed up with Samoa Joe and Jack Evans to try and win the Tag Team title. Sydal went to the finals of the 2006 Survival of the Fittest event, before losing to Delirious. Sydal and Delirious brought their rivalry back to ROH as they engaged in several matches during the summer and fall of 2006.[10]

On November 25, 2006, Sydal teamed with Christopher Daniels to defeat the Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Sydal and Daniels successfully defended their title against Shingo and CIMA on December 22, 2006.[12]

The duo dropped the title on February 24, 2007 in Chicago to the Briscoe Brothers.[12] After coming up unsuccessful in attempts to win the title back along with Claudio Castagnoli, Sydal joined Larry Sweeney and his stable that also includes Chris Hero, Sara Del Ray and Tank Toland.[13] He lost a match against Mike Quackenbush in the first round of the ROH Race to the Top Tournament. Sydal ended his Ring of Honor run on September 15, 2007 at Man Up in Chicago Ridge, IL in a match against Delirious, the same man he made his ROH debut against. Sydal came up short to his masked opponent, but he got a warm farewell from the midwest crowd.[10]

Dragon Gate (2006, 2007)

Sydal began touring Japan with Dragon Gate in May 2006.[14] While there he aligned himself with CIMA, Don Fuji, and Jack Evans to form the New Blood Generation International. He also became a part of CIMA's Typhoon stable. During Dragon Gate's Wrestlejam event, Sydal teamed with Generation Next stablemate Roderick Strong to win the $10,000 Tag Team Challenge. Since his initial tour, Sydal returned in the fall of 2006, the spring of 2007, and toured with Dragon Gate in the fall of 2007. During his time in the promotion he won the Open the Brave Gate title, holding the title for slightly over a month before dropping it to Genki Horiguchi.[15]

Wrestling Society X (2006)

Sydal was featured in Wrestling Society X (WSX) on the first episode, losing to Jack Evans.[16] He was accompanied to the ring by his valet and kayfabe girlfriend Lizzy Valentine. [17][16]He also defeated Scorpio Sky and the following week lost to Human Tornado.[16] There was the start of a storyline that would have him feuding with Syxx-Pac over Valentine, but they never actually wrestled before WSX shut down.[18]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006-present)

Developmental territories

After becoming a free agent again from his WSX contract, Sydal signed a developmental contract with WWE.[19] Sydal made his WWE developmental debut in the territory, OVW, at the October 10, 2007 OVW taping, defeating Jamin Olivencia.[20] In December of that year he defeated Mike Kruel to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship.[21] It was announced on February 7, 2008 that the WWE had ceased affiliation with OVW.[22] As a result, Sydal was booked to lose the OVW Heavyweight Championship to Jay Bradley on February 13.[21] Sydal was moved to Florida Championship Wrestling and made his debut on March 22, 2008 by defeating ‘Stampede Kid' TJ Wilson.[23]

ECW

On the June 3, 2008 episode of ECW, Sydal made his WWE Television debut as a jobber where he lost in a match to Shelton Benjamin.[24] The following week on ECW, Sydal, now an official member of the ECW roster was repackaged under a new ring name, Evan Bourne, where he along with Kofi Kingston, defeated Mike Knox and Benjamin in a tag team match.[25] The following weeks, he defeated Matt Striker[26], Nunzio[27] and former ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero[28] using a shooting star press as his finisher.[3]

In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves

Championships and accomplishments

  • PWI ranked him # 101 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2006[31]
  • Westside Xtreme Wrestling

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Matt Sydal fast facts". MattSydal.com. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Matt Sydal Bio". Online World of Wrestling.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Evan Bourne bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  4. ^ "Gateway Championship Wrestling results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  5. ^ a b c "Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  6. ^ a b c "N.W.A. Midwest X Division Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  7. ^ a b "Ted Petty Invitational Tournament 2005". prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  8. ^ "Victory Road results". prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  9. ^ "Sacrifice 2005 results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Ring of Honor Events - official results". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  11. ^ Seagull, Matt (2006-05-30). "Ring of Honor Review: Redemption and Punk: The Final Chapter - Head to Head". Rajah.com. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  12. ^ a b c "Ring of Honor official title histories". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  13. ^ a b "Larry Sweeney career overview". Online World of Wrestling. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |acccessdate= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ a b "Dragon Gate event results - May 2006". Dragon Gate USA. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  15. ^ a b "Open the Brave Gate Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  16. ^ a b c "Wrestling Society X event results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  17. ^ a b c d e "WSX bio". MTV. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  18. ^ "Spotlight On... Sean Waltman". The Wrestler/Inside Wrestling. Kappa Publications. June 2007. pp. 24–28. Volume 15, 2007. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  19. ^ Martin, Adam (2007-09-05). "Current plans for CM Punk as ECW Champion, Sydal update + OVW note". Wrestleview.com. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |acccessdate= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "Ohio Valley Wrestling results - 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  21. ^ a b c Westcott, Brian. "NWA - NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE NWA OHIO VALLEY WRESTLING HEAVYWEIGHT/OHIO VALLEY WRESTLING HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY". Solie. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  22. ^ "WWE to cease affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling". World Wrestling Entertainment. February 7 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ "Flordia Championship Wrestling Results". Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  24. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-06-03). "New, Extreme manager in town". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  25. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-06-10). "Miz & Morrison retain WWE Tag Team gold". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  26. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-06-17). "Colossal staredown". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  27. ^ Medalis, Kara A. (2008-07-08). "World's strongest scam". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  28. ^ Passero, Mitch (2008- 07-15). "Iron man". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-07-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  29. ^ "Open the Brave Gate title match results". Dragon Gate USA. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  30. ^ Campbell, Mike (2006-11-28). "The Black Tiger Review: ROH: Fourth Anniversary Show - February 25, 2006". 411mania. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  31. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 2006". Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
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