History Wrestling / EvanBourne

* IHaveManyNames: he's mentioned he doesn't mind what fans call him. He started out as Sydal in his own backyard wrestler fed based off of Sabu who was homicidal, genocidal etc, so he was just Sydal, then he was Lance Sydal in local backyard shows, then he became MATT in GCW(too young for a last name) and he mentioned on Art of Wrestling he came up with Matt Sydal while in TNA and it stuck. Evan Bourne came from the help of Joey styles( he was going to be called Jordan Jackson)

* {{Leitmotif}}: Warrior Man in ROH, A.I.R by May's in NJPW. His first entrance theme back as Lancs Sydal when backyard wrestling was Anyone by Sugar Ray. One of his first entrance themes on the indies was ironically " Dope Nose" by Music/{{Weezer}} and later "Danger Zone" by Music/KennyLoggins. His usual indie theme prior to wwe was Clavicle by Alkaline Trio but his second theme in ROH was My Seventh Rib by the Shins. In WWE, his first theme was a high energy heavy metal instrumental called Axeman but when he moved to the main roster in 2009 his theme become Born to Win by Mutiny Within and Boom for his tag team with Kofi Kingston.

* {{Hope Spot}}[=/=][[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Not So Fast Bucko]]: Was the victim of this some time back with Wrestling/RandyOrton. After gotten RKO'ed by Randy after their win over Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/ChrisJericho the week before, Bourne decided on some revenge. Things went... Well see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iCN1Hu2ezQ for yourself.]]

* IHaveTheHighGround: The staple of Bourne's game - arguably more so than anyone on the WWE Roster. He can not only do moonsaults anywhere, he also does them in radically different form depending on whether he is standing in the ring, on the top rope or spring boarding off the second (which he's done with ''one leg'').

* CurbStompBattle: In the WWE reboot of ECW, and later on WWE's CShow ''Superstars'', Evan Bourne got a lot of easy victories.
** He would have rivalries with Wrestling/ZackRyder, who he would easily beat. He also beat the likes of Wrestling/PrimoColon, [[Wrestling/CarlitoColon Carlito]] and Wrestling/EpicoColon as well as Wrestling/CurtisAxel.

* TournamentArc: Matt Sydal defeated Wrestling/ArikCannon and Wrestling/KevinSteen in a triple threat match at the finals of the 2005 IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational.

After being a free agent for 6 years, he signed with Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling on November 17, 2020 where he is currently on a winning streak at 7-3.

* BreakupBreakout: Matt Sydal is the biggest name to come out of Operation Shamrock. Given his role in Dragon Gate and later, WWE, Evan Bourne is really the breakout of Gateway Championship Wrestling. The only names as widespread as his are those who had established themselves already, such as Kid Kash. There are several talents from GCW worth looking at if you are a wrestling fan mind you, you'll just have to look harder if you want to see them.

* {{Workaholic}}: while learning to wrestle and starting his career in GCW, he worked at an ice cream shop, while wrestling full tme on the indies in the early 2000s he managed to get his bachelor's in business and marketing and worked as vice president of his uncle's mail box company.

'''Matthew Joseph Korklan''' (born March 19, 1983), known by his ring name of '''Matt Sydal''', is a {{backyard wrestl|ing}}er turned professional wrestler who is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment as '''Evan Bourne'''. Well before Wrestling/{{WWE}} though he was known for being the first person to obtain a wrestler's license in the state of Missouri at the age of 17, 18 usually being required. Even more impressive because Missouri is very strict about the required age. His pro debut came in Gateway Championship Wrestling on October 20 2000 but he is also known for stints in several other promotions, such as Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA[=-=][[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] and Wrestling/RingOfHonor. His WWE debut took place in 2008 when he was 25 and an 8 year veteran by then with the now-defunct ECW brand. Famous for his super junior style that is an almagamation of Japanese, Mexican and European styles as well as yoga and martial arts. the young veteran of age 35 won his first [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE tag team championship]] along side fellow flier Wrestling/KofiKingston, becoming the team known as "Air-Boom".

He is a former high school wrestler and has trained in martial arts and self taught gymnastics. In Dragon Gate he was the first gaijin to win [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open The Brave Gate Title]]. He became a one time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/roh/roh-t.html Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champion]],[[note]]With Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels[[/note]] and a WWE slammy winner for "best finishing move" in 2008 for his shooting star press.

He was released by the WWE in June 2014 but did not stop wrestling, reappearing in Dragon Gate in July of the same year and going on to work at Dreamwave, Evolve, Northeast Wrestling, Ring Of Honor, Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla and more. In February of 2016, he and Ricochet would become [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling IWGP]] Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

After being a free agent for 6 years he has signed with AEW on November 17 2020 where he is currently on a winning streak at 7-3

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: He got ''really'' cocky after he and Christopher Daniels won the Ring Of Honor World Tag Team Title belts, following his sabbatical in Dragon Gate. Winning the Open The Brave Gate further helped his ego along. He currently is this in Impact but more of a tweener

* BashBrothers: Formerly with Wrestling/DaizeeHaze who helped him win back the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/il/nwa-mw/nwa-mw-x.html NWA Midwest X division Title]] from Delirious by pinning Wrestling/MsChif in a winner takes all tag match. She would later turn on him for the ROH Embassy though, after which he found himself in this role with Christopher Daniels. Kofi Kingston serves as this in the WWE. Ricochet serves as such in New Japan. His real-life brother Mike Sydal serves as this in AEW.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: That someone for Sydal is Wrestling/AJStyles
* AnimalMotifs: Jaguar since he became reborn

* BashBrothers: Formerly with Wrestling/DaizeeHaze who helped him win back the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/il/nwa-mw/nwa-mw-x.html NWA Midwest X division Title]] from Delirious by pinning Wrestling/MsChif in a winner takes all tag match. She would later turn on him for the ROH Embassy though, after which he found himself in this role with Christopher Daniels. Kofi Kingston serves as this in the WWE. Ricochet serves as such in New Japan.

* WrestlingFamily: His younger brother wrestles on the indies as Mike Sydal.

* RebelliousSpirit: big time in real life , politically he’s a progressive who supports Bernie Sanders . His key issues he fights for are for legalization of marijuana and he is a firm believer in civil disobedient.

* SpotMonkey: To be expected of a former backyard wrestler with a high flying style but Evan Bourne is surprisingly sensible with his spots and thus not an example of this trope...except for his TNA run, where he had a tendency to do unnecessary flips.

* BlackBestFriend: Had this with Wrestling/KofiKingston whom he was Tag Team Champions with, with Wrestling/MarkHenry and ACH. He is close friends with Kofi in real life too.

* CharacterDevelopement: from *KidHero prodigy to Been There Shaped History* to *NewAgeRetroHippie

** Temporarily worked with Delirious again at ''ROH Survival Of The Fittest'' against the Briscoes. His return to ROH unsurprisingly lead to a bout with Delirious but the two ended up putting aside their difference to humble
[[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels The]] [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Addiction]].

the win.

* ExtremityExtremist
* like his idols Wrestling/RobVanDam, Wrestling/UltimoDragon, Wrestling/XPac and with his taekwondo background he has very educated feet. As well as using his knees, he gave {{Alberto Del Rio} a bloody lip from his trademark high knee in a match on Raw.

* BewareTheNiceOnes- Sheamus, Edge, Randy Orton and Chris Jericho found this out the hard way during his May to June 2010 push. Sheamus found out earlier in January when Bourne answered his open challenge and knocked him down in just 10 seconds before hitting his finisher. Sheamus was the first person ever to kick out of it.
How his feud with Jericho started was he kicked out of a Codebreaker during their first match on Raw which led to Jericho stomping on him under the ropes and not listening to the ref, he got a rope-aided enzugiri and the Air Bourne for his troubles.

* EnemyMine** After making it two the final elimination match of the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Wild Side Super Indy Challenge, Matt Sydal's knee jerk reaction to seeing Delirious was to dive at him over the top rope and beat him up on the outside. However, after Matt was eliminated by Jimmy Rave, he and Daizee Haze took up steel chairs to prevent the also eliminated Fast Eddie and Sal Rinauro from interfering in the match and costing Delirious

* ExtremityExtremist*- like his idols RVD, Ultimo Dragon, X-Pac and with his taekwondo background he has very educated feet. As well as using his knees, he gave {{Alberto Del Rio} a bloody lip from his trademark high knee in a match on Raw.

* TheGimmick: as a backyard wrestler he was Lance Sydal the hardcore Luchador , a dynamic masked Luchador and later unmasked , dynamic fan favorite inspired by Sabu, Rey Mysterio , Dean Malenko and Taz. In GCW his age was often exaggerated as much younger. In the mid 2000s he was the “ Cocky Coverboy” and in WSX had a jerk jock gimmick with it. In 2014 after his release from WWE he went on an ayahuasca retreat and became “ reborn “, this is now used as his gimmick which he describes as:
Ancient Warrior from the future and American shaman.

In WWE and the indies when he was a face he didn’t really have much depth besides in WWE he was known as a {{ BewareTheNiceOnes]] like most baby faces.
* {{Hope Spot}}[=/=][[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Not So Fast Bucko]]: Was the victim of this some time back with Wrestling/RandyOrton. After gotten RKO'ed by Randy after their win over Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/ChrisJericho the week before, Bourne decided on some revenge. Things went... Well see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iCN1Hu2ezQ for yourself.]]

John Cena put him over big time in a radio interview, when they main evented on raw as a tag team he introduced him as a “ human wrecking ball.” And the next week called him “ one of the toughest most energized guys we’ve got.”

Kevin Kelley Has mentioned him being as a favorite to do commentary for. Also Tazz, Scott Stanford , Matt Striker really expressed there respect for him through their commentary .
His tag team partners Kofi Kingston and Ricochet.
Rey Mysterio , he mentioned on Colt Cabana’s podcast that Rey Mysterio actually had to tell him to stop being so polite around him essentially calling him an equal , being a huge fan of Mysterio this must’ve been huge for Matt.

* he has become close with many of his childhood favorites such as Jushin Thunder Liger and Ricky Steamboat.
* CM Punk while in WWE in an interview promoted him as doing the best stuff in the ring of the most of the roster .”
* After their first singles match Wrestling/KevinOwens as a heel verbally put him over after beating him.

* StillGotIt: Lenny Leonard implied Sydal was burned out and wouldn't be competitive in pro wrestling anymore at EVOLVE 31. Sydal proved this wrong by not only beating Wrestling/JohnnyGargano, but by still running strong a year later.

* TokenGoodTeammate: In Sweet N'Sour Inc, at least compared to Chris Hero, Tank Toland and Larry Sweeney's constant harassment of Bobby Dempsey.

* WartsAndAll: Came to the conclusion Truth Martini and Wrestling/PrinceNana were brilliant men and was flattered to be recruited by them after becoming a free agent again. However, he believed, Martini in particular, was also two faced and used his intelligence for less than noble means.

* CatchPhrase: In ECW he had “ I defy the odds because I defy gravity.” Recently for his reborn gimmick he uses “ Turn on, Tune in and takeoff.” A catch phrase of Timothy Leary a psychologist who advocated psychedelic drugs under control conditions.”

* TheGimmick: as a backyard wrestler he was Lance Sydal the hardcore Luchador , a dynamic masked Luchador and later unmasked , dynamic fan favorite inspired by Sabu, Rey Mysterio , Dean Malenko and Taz. In GCW his age was often exaggerated as much younger. In the mid 2000s he was the “ Cocky Coverboy” and in WSX had a jerk jock gimmick with it. In 2014 after his release from WWE he went on an ayahuasca retreat and became “ reborn “, this is now used as his gimmick. He’s like yogi shaman who is a bit of a douchebag .

* TournamentArc: Matt Sydal defeated Arik Cannon and Wrestling/KevinSteen in a triple threat match at the finals of the 2005 IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational.

'''Matthew Joseph Korklan''' (born March 19, 1983), known by his ring name of '''Matt Sydal''', is a {{backyard wrestl|ing}}er turned professional wrestler who is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment as '''Evan Bourne'''. Well before Wrestling/{{WWE}} though he was known for being the first person to obtain a wrestler's license in the state of Missouri at the age of 17, 18 usually being required. Even more impressive because Missouri is very strict about the required age. His pro debut came in Gateway Championship Wrestling on October 20 2000 but he is also known for stints in several other promotions, such as Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA[=-=]Wrestling/{{TNA}} and Wrestling/RingOfHonor. His WWE debut took place in 2008 when he was 25 and an 8 year veteran by then with the now-defunct ECW brand. Famous for his super junior style that is an almagamation of Japanese, Mexican and European styles as well as yoga and martial arts. the young veteran of age 35 won his first [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE tag team championship]] along side fellow flier Wrestling/KofiKingston, becoming the team known as "Air-Boom".

* WartsAndAll: Came to the conclusion Truth Martini and Prince Nana were brilliant men and was flattered to be recruited by them after becoming a free agent again. However, he believed, Martini in particular, was also two faced and used his intelligence for less than noble means.

* EnemyMine
** After making it two the final elimination match of the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Wild Side Super Indy Challenge, Matt Sydal's knee jerk reaction to seeing Delirious was to dive at him over the top rope and beat him up on the outside. However, after Matt was eliminated by Jimmy Rave, he and Daizee Haze took up steel chairs to prevent the also eliminated Fast Eddie and Sal Rinauro from interfering in the match and costing Delirious the win.
** Temporarily worked with Delirious again at ''ROH Survival Of The Fittest'' against the Briscoes. His return to ROH unsurprisingly lead to a bout with Delirious but the two ended up putting aside their difference to humble [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels The]] [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Addiction]].

He is an [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact X division]] champion in his first reign and former Impact Grand Champion.

* {{Cameo}}: As a hooded audience member on Wrestling/{{Shimmer}} volume one, that is unless you saw the show live or bought the non rental version of the DVD and got to see Matt's "dark match".

** He would have rivalries with Wrestling/ZackRyder, who he would easily beat. He also beat the likes of Wrestling/PrimoColon, Wrestling/{{Carlito}} and Wrestling/EpicoColon as well as Wrestling/CurtisAxel.
** In ECW he did this to the likes of Nunzio, James Curtis and Matt Striker when showing off his SSP.

** The "Air Bourne", a huge Shooting Star Press. He is able to complete a tuck in mid air and get from 25 to 30 feet in mid air, he can do this one legged as shown in a match with Paul Burchill and at Wrestlemania when he did a one legged version off a ladder onto Christian. He is also able to land on his feet if an opponent evades.

* GoshDarnitToHeck: Even on GCW's "Adult" shows, Matt tried to keep his language clean to make sure he offended no one [[MerchandiseDriven who might otherwise buy his shirt.]]
* TheGimmick: as a backyard wrestler he was Lance Sydal the hardcore Luchador , a dynamic masked Luchador and later unmasked , dynamic fan favorite inspired by Sabu, Rey Mysterio , Dean Malenko
And Taz.
In GCW his age was often exaggerated as much younger.
In the mid 2000s he was the “ Cocky Coverboy” and in WSX had a jerk jock gimmick with it.
In 2014 after his release from WWE he went on an ayahuasca retreat and became “ reborn “, this is now used as his gimmick. He’s like yogi shaman who is a bit of a douchebag .

* {{Hope Spot}}[=/=][[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Not So Fast Bucko]]: Was the victim of this some time back with Wrestling/RandyOrton. After gotten RKO'ed by Randy after their win over Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/ChrisJericho the week before, Bourne decided on some revenge. Things went... Well see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iCN1Hu2ezQ for yourself.]]

* InformedJudaism: mentioned on twitter and in a youtube video of an indie locker room, he said he was raised Jewish but hasn't mentioned his religious beliefs

* {{Leitmotif}}: Warrior Man in ROH, A.I.R by May's in NJPW. His first entrance theme back as Lancs Sydal when backyard wrestling was Anyone by Sugar Ray. One of his first entrance themes on the indies was ironically " Dope Nose" by Music/{{Weezer}} and later Dangerzone by Music/KennyLoggins. His usual indie theme prior to wwe was Clavicle by Alkaline Trio but his second theme in ROH was My Seventh Rib by the Shins. In WWE, his first theme was a high energy heavy metal instrumental called Axeman but when he moved to the main roster in 2009 his theme become Born to Win by Mutiny Within and Boom for his tag team with Kofi Kingston.

* NiceJewishBoy: he mentioned on twitter and in a youtube video about being raised jewish but hasn't mentioned his
beliefs

* RedBaron: Cocky Cover Boy, Air Bourne( it was revealed in his first appearance on Art of Wrestling that Colin Delaney came up with it), since his return to the indies based off his experience in Peru with the nature based pyschadelic drug called Ayahuasca

* SpotMonkey: To be expected of former backyard wrestler with a high flying style but Evan Bourne is surprisingly sensible with his spots and thus not an example of this trope...except for his TNA run, where he had a tendency to do unnecessary flips.

* TheFace: Of IWA Mid-South during the 2007 King Of Europe Cup.
* ThePerfectionist: one of his flaws he's admitted to having especially more so when he was younger, he mentioned in his Youshoot getting riled up and hotheaded during matches at referees for missing pinfall cues or not keeping up. He's pointed out The Miz is very bad at basing(catching a highflying attack) which was used a voice over in botchamania when Miz failed to catch R Truth doing a plancha one time extremely bad. He's known for being very crisp and smooth in the ring and rarely botching.
* TheRival
** As a member of Generation Next, The Kings Of Wrestling. After Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli and Wrestling/ChrisHero beat Roderick Strong and Austin Aries for the ROH Tag Team title belts, Sydal won them back with Christopher Daniels.
** His unlikely tag team with ACH started right before the two were went against each other in a best of five series.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: WWE fans will likely remember him as an EnsembleDarkhorse high flyer that was good in tag teams but could never get a singles career off the ground. What a lot of people ''don't'' know, though, is that his advice was instrumental in influencing a young indie wrestler named Tyler Black to give WWE's developmental program a shot. Black is known nowadays as Wrestling/SethRollins, and by 2015 was WWE Champion and arguably the most visible wrestling heel in the world.
* TheStoner: The source of some his weirder ideas for gimmicks and such. Unfortunately starting to wear this collar in RealLife. (See below.)

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* StillGotIt: Lenny Leonard implied Sydal was burned out and wouldn't be competitive in pro wrestling anymore at EVOLVE 31. Sydal proved this wrong by not only beating Johnny Gargano, but by still running strong a year later.