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Matt Sydal

Nickname: Cocky Cover Boy; Reborn

Height: 5' 9"

Weight: 183 lbs.

From: St. Louis, MO

Birthday: Mar 19th

Pro Debut: October 20, 2000

Aliases: Lance Sydal, MATT, Evan Bourne, Neo-Shaman

Feds Worked For: AEW, CWE, IWR, ECW, Global Force Wrestling, IMPACT Wrestling, Lucha Underground, NWA-TNA, ROH, TNA, WWE, 4Front Wrestling (England), All American Wrestling (IL), America's Most Liked Wrestling (NC), Anarchy Championship Wrestling (TX), Apex Championship Wrestling (Canada), Battle Arts Professional Wrestling (Canada), Big Time Wrestling, Border City Wrestling (Canada), CHIKARA, Combat 1 Wrestling (MI), Combat Zone Wrestling, Consejo Mudial de Lucha Libre (Mexico), CWA (Puerto Rico), Dansk Pro Wrestling (Denmark), DEFY Wrestling (OR/WA), Destiny World Wrestling (Canada), Dragon Gate (Japan), Dramatic Dream Team (Japan), DREAMWAVE Wrestling (IL), EVOLVE Wrestling (FL), Family Wrestling Entertainment (NY), FIST Combat (CA), Florida Championship Wrestling (FL), Frontier Wrestling Alliance (England), Full Impact Pro (FL), Garden State Pro Wrestling (NJ), Gateway Championship Wrestling (MO), GBG Wrestling (Sweden), Glory Pro Wrestling (MO), Heartland Wrestling Association (OH), Heavy On Wrestling (MN), House of Glory (NY), Imperio Lucha Libre (Peru), Insanity Pro Wrestling (IN), International Pro Wrestling UK (England), International Wrestling Cartel (PA), International Wrestling Federation (AZ), Israeli Pro Wrestling Association (Israel), Israeli Wrestling League (Israel), IWA Mid South (IN), Jersey All Pro Wrestling (NJ/NY/PA), Legacy Wrestling (PA), Mad-Pro Wrestling (OH), Maryland Championship Wrestling (MD), Midwest Pro Wrestling (MN), Midwest Renegade Wrestling (KS), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), New School Wrestling (Canada), Next Generation Wrestling (TN), North Shore Pro Wrestling (Canada), Northeast Wrestling (CT/MA/NC/NY/OH), NWA Central States (KS), NWA Florida (FL), NWA Mid-South (MS/TN) NWA Midwest (IL), NWA No Limits Wrestling (IL), NWA Smoky Mountain (TN), NWA Wildside (GA), Ohio Valley Wrestling (KY), One Pro Wrestling (England), Over the Top Wrestling (Ireland), Premiere Wrestling Xperience (NC), Preston City Wrestling (England), Prime Time Wrestling (Poland), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (CA), Pro Wrestling Ulster (Ireland), Remix Pro Wrestling (OH), Republic of Lucha Dolores (CA), Revolution Pro Wrestling (England), Rings of Europe (Austria), Rock Star Pro (OH), Ronin Pro Wrestling (FL), SHIMMER Women Athletes (IL), SIW-USA (FL), Southside Wrestling Entertainment (England), Squared Circle Wrestling (Canada), Svensk Wrestling Syd (Sweden), The Crash (Mexico), The Wrestling Revolver (IA), Unlimited Wrestling (Germany), VIP Wrestling (TX), Westside Xtreme Wrestling (England), WhatCulture Pro Wrestling (England), Women Superstars Uncensored (NY), WrestleCade Entertainment (NC), WrestleCentre (Canada), WrestleCircus (TX), WrestlePro (NJ), Wrestling And Respect (OH), Wrestling Society X (CA), Wrestling Superstar (Chile), Xcite Wrestling (NY), Xtreme Wrestling Alliance (RI)

Finisher: Shooting Sydal Press

Signature Moves: Standing Moonsault Press, Slice Drop, Cyclorama, Aftershock, Dragonrana, Gory Neckbreaker, Lightning Spiral

Career Highlights: -IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Champion
-IMPACT Grand Champion
-IMPACT World X Division Champion
-IPWA Champion
-IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Ricochet)
-Open the Brave Gate Champion
-OVW Champion
-NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Ricochet & Satoshi Kojima)
-NWA Midwest X-Division Champion (2x)
-ROH World Tag Team Champion (w/ Christopher Daniels)
-WWE World Tag Team Champion (w/ Kofi Kingston)

Affiliates: Kofi Kingston, Ricochet, Satoshi Kojima, Christopher Daniels, ACH, Fast Eddie, Delirious, Operation Shamrock, Generation Next, Larry Sweeney, Sweet-N-Sour, Inc., New Blood Generation International, Typhoon, Daizee Haze, Lizzy Valentine, Apple, Prince Nana, The Embassy, Allison Danger, Jade Chung, BxB Hulk, CIMA, Josh Matthews, Christopher Daniels

Notable Feuds: Delirious, Chavo Guerrero, Jr., Jack Swagger, The Miz, Ted DiBiase, Jr., Gamma, Dolph Ziggler, Tyson Kidd, Masato Yoshino, David Otunga, Naruki Doi, Cody Rhodes, Primo Colón, Curtis Axel, Sheamus, R-Truth

Other Facts: -Brother of pro wrestler Mike Sydal (AKA Ken Dharma)
-As Evan Bourne, he used the nickname "Air"
-Former member of Operation Shamrock
-Former member of Generation Next
-Former member of Sweet-N-Sour, Inc.
-Former member of New Blood Generation International
-Former member of Typhoon
-Former member of Apple
-Former member of The Embassy
-Ranked #398 in the 2004 PWI 500
-Ranked #101 in the 2006 PWI 500
-Ranked #128 in the 2007 PWI 500
-Ranked #215 in the 2008 PWI 500 (as Evan Bourne)
-Ranked #63 in the 2009 PWI 500 (as Evan Bourne)
-Ranked #63 in the 2010 PWI 500 (as Evan Bourne)
-Ranked #69 in the 2011 PWI 500 (as Evan Bourne)
-Ranked #97 in the 2012 PWI 500 (as Evan Bourne)
-Ranked #114 in the 2015 PWI 500
-Ranked #129 in the 2016 PWI 500
-Ranked #176 in the 2017 PWI 500
-Ranked #66 in the 2018 PWI 500
-Ranked #192 in the 2019 PWI 500
-Ranked #469 in the 2020 PWI 500
-Ranked #356 in the 2021 PWI 500