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Matt Sydal

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

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Spotlight in History

  • 1965 Bull Curry def. Karl Kox for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
  • 1986 Bruiser Brody def. Rick Rude for the WCCW Television Champion
  • 1987 The Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) def. Rick Steiner & Sting for the UWF Tag Team Champions
  • 1996 The Bad Boyz (Krull Danzig & Brett Knight) def. The Texas Outlaws (Bobby Burns & Dan Wilder) for the WWEmp Tag Team Champions
  • 2008 El Super Colibri def. Tim Rockwell for the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Champion
  • 2008 Michael York def. Brett Taylor for the SECW Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 2008 Michael York became the SECW Eastern Oklahoma Champion
  • 2009 Kevin Morgan became the AWFUL Heavyweight Champion
  • 2014 The Sexy Camachos (Angel Camacho & Roberto Camacho & Vinnie Camacho) def. Team Bull (The Bronze Bull & Bobby Starr) for the IZW Tag Team Champions

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  • 05-12 2002 Rocco Valentino became the OCW Oklahoma Television Champion
  • 05-12 2012 The New Era [2nd] (Richie Adams & Goldeneye) def. The Dramatic Athletes (Jake McCoy & X-Cal) for the ComPro Tag Team Champions
  • 05-12 2012 Venus became the IZW Queens Champion
  • 05-12 2013 The Canadian Red Devil def. Bobby Starr for the MSWA Oklahoma Champion
  • 05-12 2013 Impact, Inc. (Jermaine Johnson & Jordan Jacobs) def. Shawn Sanders & Tyson Jaymes for the MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion
  • 05-12 2018 Garrett Murphy became the NAW Lightweight Champion
  • 05-12 2018 Big Smooth def. Dusty Gold for the NAW Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-12 2018 Brayden def. Kareem Sadat for the BCW Independent Hardcore Champion
  • 05-12 2018 Gavin Dixon def. Mikey [2nd] for the BCW Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-12 2023 Ronnie Morton def. Red James for the RDW Brass Knucks Champion
  • 05-13 1979 Wahoo McDaniel def. The Spoiler for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-13 1984 Magnum T. A. def. Mr. Wrestling II for the MSW North American Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-13 2006 Justin Lee def. Gary Gram for the NWA-U X Division Champion
  • 05-13 2012 Les Mayne became the MSWA Oklahoma Champion
  • 05-13 2016 Terry Montana & Mighty Mouse def. Dynamic Shields (Justin Dynamic & Shawn Shields) for the ComPro Tag Team Champions
  • 05-13 2017 Sam Stackhouse def. Drake Gallows for the BCW Buzzsaw Champion
  • 05-13 2017 Garrett Murphy def. Anarchy [2nd] for the NAW Lightweight Champion
  • 05-13 2023 Lunchador def. Dr. Corvus for the WAH Hunger Dojo Champion
  • 05-13 2023 Rush Freeman became the WAH Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-13 2023 The Psychotic Messengers (Tank Bryson & Malachi) def. Dark Forces (San La Muerte & Reese) for the WAH Tag Team Champions
  • 05-14 1975 John Tolos def. Al Madril for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-14 1975 Danny Miller def. Skandor Akbar for the TSW North American Champion
  • 05-14 2004 Butch Dalton def. Jon Davis for the TPW Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-14 2004 Devon Monroe def. Mitch Carter for the TPW Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-14 2005 John O'Malley became the IZW Hardcore Champion
  • 05-14 2005 Impact Inc. (John Zorthos & Bernie Donderwitz) became the IZW Tag Team Champions
  • 05-15 1959 Mike DiBiase def. Dory Funk for the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-15 1962 Bull Curry def. Jack Dalton [1st] for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
  • 05-15 2010 X-Rated (Kevin James Sanchez & Bobby Star) def. Rick Russo for the SWCW Tag Team Champions
  • 05-15 2010 Jonathan Cross def. Anarchy [2nd] for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-15 2015 Charlie Haas def. Jerome Daniels for the NWA-TXO Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-15 2021 Killbane def. The Canadian Red Devil for the NCWO Oklahoma Champion
  • 05-16 1981 Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton def. Akbar Army (Jerry Brown & Ron McFarlane) for the TSW Tag Team Champions
  • 05-16 1983 Chris Adams def. Terry Gordy for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
  • 05-16 2009 Impact, Inc. (Johnny Z & Bernie D) became the IZW Tag Team Champions
  • 05-16 2015 The K. C. Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley) def. Team Bull (Aaron Neil & Bobby Starr) for the IZW Tag Team Champions
  • 05-16 2015 Clint Cassidy def. Mr. Nasty for the UWE United States Champion
  • 05-16 2015 Brett Stopp def. Fuel for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-16 2015 Anarchy [2nd] def. Brett Stopp for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-17 1965 Bull Curry def. Karl Kox for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
  • 05-17 1986 Bruiser Brody def. Rick Rude for the WCCW Television Champion
  • 05-17 1987 The Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) def. Rick Steiner & Sting for the UWF Tag Team Champions
  • 05-17 1996 The Bad Boyz (Krull Danzig & Brett Knight) def. The Texas Outlaws (Bobby Burns & Dan Wilder) for the WWEmp Tag Team Champions
  • 05-17 2008 El Super Colibri def. Tim Rockwell for the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Champion
  • 05-17 2008 Michael York def. Brett Taylor for the SECW Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-17 2008 Michael York became the SECW Eastern Oklahoma Champion
  • 05-17 2009 Kevin Morgan became the AWFUL Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-17 2014 The Sexy Camachos (Angel Camacho & Roberto Camacho & Vinnie Camacho) def. Team Bull (The Bronze Bull & Bobby Starr) for the IZW Tag Team Champions
  • 05-18 1970 Boris Malenko def. Mil Mascaras for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-18 1973 Jose Lothario def. Blackjack Mulligan for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-18 1979 Mark Lewin became the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
  • 05-18 1984 Gino Hernandez def. Jimmy Garvin for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-18 2007 Lonnie Valdez & Epic became the ACW Tag Team Champions
  • 05-18 2013 The P.I.N.K. Nation (Ray Martinez & Tommy Toops) def. Bobby Burns & Sam Stackhouse (substituting for Psycho Sawyer) for the SRPW Tag Team Champions
  • 05-18 2013 B-Arthur became the SRPW Womens Champion
  • 05-18 2013 Anarchy [2nd] def. The Mercenary for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
  • 05-18 2014 Striker def. Robert Lee for the WFC Hometown Heroes Champion
  • 05-18 2019 Skylar Slice def. Erica for the MSWA Ladies Champion
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