“Let's face it: when we were crazy into wrestling, there were 20 million people on Monday nights watching wrestling. So what you have are 17 million lagged wrestling fans. People who connect to it somewhere, but haven't really found an inspiration or a cultural connection to it.”

American professional wrestler

Matt Sydal, born Matthew Joseph Korklan, is an American professional wrestler. He has worked in major promotions including All Elite Wrestling, where he is a member of SkyFlight, and WWE, where he wrestled from 2008 to 2014 as Evan Bourne. He is best known for his in-ring career under the name Matt Sydal and for his run in WWE under the Evan Bourne name. His work is associated with professional wrestling rather than a separate writing or public-speaking career, so the name on the page comes from that wrestling identity.