The Shooter: Best of the Evan Bourne Shoot
Back with the second edition of the Indy series comes The Shooter to a computer screen directly in front of your damn eyes. This is the Shoot and I am The Shooter. This week’s shoot is about a popular WWE wrestler, who has lately fucked up. None other than Matt Korklan, otherwise known to us as Evan Bourne!
Matt began the road to his career in 2000 training with St. Louis based GCW- Gateway Championship Wrestling. 3 months later Bourne would began competing on their match card making him the first ever person under the age of 18 to receive a wrestler’s license in Missouri. Before receiving his license Bourne was wrestling briefly under the name Lance Sydal in Saint Peters Wrestling Organisation. During his time in GCW Bourne formed a tag team with Billy McNeil dubbed Operation: Shamrock who would feud with Ministry of Hate.
In November 2003 Bourne would then debut in Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South combining two of his old ring names to make Matt Sydal. He would go on to win his first ever championship the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship on January 17th 2004 defeating J.C. Bailey. Sydal would hold the belt until June 26th 2004 when he lost to rival Delirious. Moving on Bourne would then join National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Midwest. A few months later on July 30th he would defeat Justin Kage for the NWA Midwest X Division Championship which he lost to Delirious after holding the belt for close to a year. Teaming with Daizee Haze in an intergender tag match against Delirious and MsChif he would win the belt back because of the stipulation that the male wrestler on the winning side would become champion. However, it was Haze who pinned MsChif to win Bourne the title. Around 4 months later Bourne would lose the title to Jayson Strife before leaving the promotion.
During his time wrestling on the Indy circuit Bourne would face several top stars such as A.J Styles, CM Punk and Chris Sabin. Bourne would become a part of the TNA roster during its first three hour PPV – Victory Road. Bourne was one of the 20 men in the X Division Gauntlet for the Gold match, which is a match where two wrestlers begin the match and are replaced whenever one is eliminated with the last person standing being named the winner. Bourne didn’t win but was entered into a poll to earn the chance to face Christopher Daniels for the TNA X Division Championship; however Bourne didn’t win the poll and was mainly used as a jobber for the rest of his TNA tenure.
Bourne moved into Ring of Honor’s roster along with his valet Daizee Haze. Debuting at the Reborn: Stage One show on April 23, 2004 he defeated his recurring rival Delirious. Following a brief feud with Trent Acid, Bourne went on to team with Fast Eddie Vegas as the “Air Devils” which isn’t any better than AirBoom in my honest opinion but also happened to be a name given to them by the fans. Only teaming once Bourne was shortly attacked by Eddie and Eddie would then join The Embassy at the Third Anniversary Celebration: Part 2 show. On August 12th 2005 Bourne along with Haze joined Austin Aries, Roderick Strong and Jack Evans as the fourth member of Generation Next who was in a feud with the Embassy. In late 2005 long time valet/team mate Daizee Haze would then turn on Bourne leaving him and Generation Next to join forces with The Embassy. The feud ended with a steel cage match between the two teams on December 3rd 2005 which Generation Next would win.
Bourne would then wrestle another one of today’s big stars A.J Styles before teaming up with him to take on Generation Next stable mates Austin Aries and Roderick Strong for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Bourne would also team with Samoa Joe and Jack Evans in attempts to win the belts but were unsuccessful. In 2006 Bourne would take part in the Survival of the Fittest event going all the way to the finals before losing to his all time rival Delirious. This would bring back the Delirious-Sydal feud that so many had loved and resulted in several matches during mid-2006. Breaking away from Delirious, Bourne would team with Christopher Daniels in an attempt to win the Tag titles again, this time feuding against champions Kings of Wrestling who were made up of Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli who incidentally are now in FCW training to become full time on WWE. Bourne and Daniels would go on to win the titles at Dethroned. Bourne and Daniels would successfully hold off competitors to their titles before losing against the infamous Briscoe Brothers at Fifth Year Festival: Chicago. Showing a more villainous side Bourne would go on to join Larry Sweeney’s stable Sweet n’ Sour Inc which also included Chris Hero. Sara Del Rey and Tank Toland. At this point Bourne was receiving offers from WWE, TNA and Dragon Gate. When leaving for WWE it was said that Sweeney had “sold him up the river to Vince”. Bourne would compete in his last match for ROH at the Man Up event wrestling and losing against long time enemy Delirious.
Between 2006 and 2007 Bourne would also wrestle for Dragon Gate and MTV promotion WSX. Bourne would win the $10,000 Tag Team Challenge and the Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship during his time with Dragon Gate. Bourne would go on to compete in OVW and FCW before being called up to the main roster. Since joining WWE Bourne has went on to win:
- WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kofi Kingston
- Slammy Award for Best Finishing Maneuver (2008)
Although Bourne hasn’t won many titles in his wrestling career he continues to be one of the freshest, most interesting and spectacular performers inside of a squared circle and can definitely be recognised as one of the best highflyers seen in WWE.
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CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS!
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EXTRA: Evan Bourne Indy clips!
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-Ryan
I had no idea he ever stepped foot in TNA. Just imagine if TNA would have kept all that talent from their first PPV and built it up instead of hiring big league leftovers.
Also, I never knew Matt and Randy were so close! LOL!
Yup! He did but not for long lol! You’re damn right if TNA kept the talent from their first shows they’d be in contention with WWE on top stars, but they let them all slip through their fingers and WWE have profited big time!
Oh hell yeah, you didn’t know? Evan’s also very close to Roderick Strong ha!
LOL@ the Captain’s Quarters pic! I would’ve got to town with captions last night, but I couldn’t comment for some reason. I’ll try to do so tonight. My schedule is random right now, so it could be the weekend before I could touch it.
Haha I knew I wouldn’t be the only person to find that photo so funny lol! Don’t worry about it man, do it when you feel up to it
Schedules suck, life should just be a big mess of no plans Lol!
Nah, I want some plans so I know what the fuck I’m doing. I hope to go to town on the pic this weekend. I have family coming ove next week and I need to clean. My cousin is on Jeopardy on March 20th and we’re going to throw a big party.
Could have it that way too. I don’t mind having nothing to do, sometimes I work best then. But I also work well under pressure. So I can deal with anything lol.
Take your time, this article will always be here so you can comment whenever you find time
What’s Jeopardy? Never heard it but that’s because I’m not American…sadly.
have a great party!
That is fucking awesome for your cuz. Hope he/she kicks ass.
RYAN….Jeopardy? Really? Really?
Really?! Really? Really!
I feel so ashamed. I should probably just retire under a different alias now.
Thanks, guys! This is Jeopardy(a gameshow).
ohhhhhhh! Awesome, sorry for the late reply, haven’t been on all week! Sorry pal. Hope your cousin does well!
He came in last place, but I’m happy for him anyway.
Well I often say. It’s not about winning, it’s about taking part! At least he got on TV for a while
Nice finds with those photos, you’ve an act for that
Thank you dear friend
I enjoy the search for photos
haha yeah, nice to see someone using the photo slider!
Yeah it’s pretty nifty! It does annoy me how it includes the banner and the Captains Quarters photo though
I’ve screwed it up! Kill me now!
HAHA! You haven’t screwed it up at all. It’s just WP being an awkward sausage. But it’s fine. It’s not that big of a deal
“Awkward sausage.” Is that an Irish saying?
I don’t think so. It’s just something I’ve been saying my whole life. Silly little saying really!
Too bad Bourne wasn’t used well in TNA. He could’ve been great in the X-Division.
Damn skippy he could have! To be honest, Bourne would do really well in TNA I feel.
Also hope Master’s campaign to get onto TNA works cos he can do very well there too.
Masters would do good in TNA. Too bad Garrett needs a push. LOL. Fuck sakes.
If Evan was in TNA right now he would have been world champ by now I bet. Him and AJ/Daniels would have had some sick feuds.
Masters has everything IMO. He’s got the look, potential mic skills & moveset. I’ll never understand why WWE didn’t use him appropriately.
Hey, Garrett’s amazing! Back off………. Cough.
For sure he would have been, he’s so good it hurts to see him suffer in WWE. Sometimes taking a downgrade is an upgrade & I think TNA would work for Bourne.
I used to do the Masterpiece flex whenever I woke up years ago.
Haha! I can’t do it, I’d look like frodo taking a dump.
Precious!
LOL! I didn’t know whether Frodo was the right spelling or not. But you knew what I was saying
How long has he been campaigning?
Well when I said campaigning it’s only been on twitter. He keeps saying #MTI which means Masters To Impact. I’d love to see him go there. He’d become world champ no problem.
Or they probably have him be with Flair and Bischoff.
For sure, Masters would be fantastic in TNA.
It is too bad Wrestling Society X failed. He was amazing there. He got used right. He had Lizzy Valentine man he had it made in WSX. The only place to really show his skill on the mic. TNA always lets people slip. If they worried about getting there own talent and using them they could be better than WWE. But they give up on people too easily and worry about WWE leftovers. Why does every MTV wrestling promotion fail? WSX Lucha Libre USA??
Funny enough, I’ve always wanted to see WSX but never got the opportunity to see it, unfortunately.
You’re right about TNA in some cases, but I feel Bourne would suit TNA really well. Plus, he lives in Tampa & TNA records in Orlando & currently don’t do that much travelling so he may find that easier too.
MTV couldn’t give a rats ass about anything unless it profits them greatly. Wrestling probably didn’t get that much audience for them. Plus they’re a music company, why would they even think about wrestling :S
I do remember watching some WSX but I couldn’t invest in it because by the time it was playing here I already knew it was cancelled out. MTV could actually have a wicked wrestling show because they hit so many viewers. Wasn’t a WWE show on MTV for a bit? Heat at one point or something?
Oh well here comes Bones to prove me wrong haha! My bad, I should have researched before I made that comment, I never would have thought that MTV would attract wrestling viewers!
Yeah I think MTV did have Heat, did they also have Tought Enough too? Or am I dreaming that up?
I havent watched full episodes of WSX but i have found tons of stuff of it on Youtube, Evan seriously had it made on WSX. Used well mic skills oh and he had fucking Lizzy Valentine as a “GF”
Haha, what more could a guy want eh? Unfortunately the promotion didn’t last long, I would have liked to see a bit more of it. I’ll look at a few videos on YouTube.
Lizzy is no Reby Sky but……..She is close enough.
yeah it didnt even techinaclly last a full season which sucks.
For those who wish to see a picture of these two click on the following link;
http://www.mtv.com/content/ontv/wsx/images/flipbooks/cast/matt_sydal_lizzy/236.jpg
Also, fuck Reby Sky, Brooke Tessmacher all the way! Her & Gail Kim
They look good together
im a girl and i would Fuck Reby if i could. Shes the only girl i would say that about.
What is with MTV and Lizzy Valentine? they used her on Lucha Libre USA and she had a BF then too.
LOL!fairenough,gottaappreciatehotnesseh:)
Here we go…
Evan: Mshhsyhatatarh!
Orton: What was that?
Evan: Kdhrthsryjhjrhhr!
Orton: Listen, I’m not paying you to talk!
Orton: Evan, I don’t have any fake weed!
Evan: Time for my protein shake!(sorry, in advance)
Evan: Randy, I hear the voices in your…head.
Randy: Evan, this isn’t the lockerroom.
Ref: That’s so hot!
Camera man: Watch! Somebody’s gonna take a snapshot of this and put it on the net.
Randy: I’m almost there!
Evan: Randy, this isn’t in the script.
Randy: You bit down again!
Evan: Sorry!
Randy: STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!
Evan: Randy, I don’t think this is what they meant by “jobbing”.
Randy: Evan, do you want me to have to “Kofi” you and kill your push?
As I said, sorry I didn’t reply sooner. Just been so busy!
CAPTAIN SMOOTH YOU ARE A LEGEND. I’m in tears. TEARS! Please become a comedian and come on tour to the UK. There’s not one of those that isn’t funny. The funniest would have to be…
Randy: You bit down again!
Evan: Sorry!
Randy: STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!
Fuckin’ brilliant Capt. All of them are so funny!
Thanks!
I kinda liked the “protein shake” one the best.
As far as being a comic goes, I’m too shy. I’d need a mask. If I where to make it big, you’d be part of my entourage. Boats and Hoes! I would go to the U.K., because you all aren’t nearly as uptight as the U.S.A.
Again, thanks!
Haha! The protein shake one was so dirty LOL!
You could be the masked comedian. Build a gimmick around it. Why thank you, I’d be honored to be on your entourage! BOATS & HOES! haha, you think?! The UK is VERY uptight, or so I thought. I also thought that Americans were big loving people.
The only thing you jneed to know about the bourne sydal jobber is that he rode a true legend Daizee haze’s coattails for years and stole all her credit and pushes.
You want to know oneof the reasons Daizee didn’t take over the knockouts division and own everyone for years to come? Because she was stuck teaming with the hornyakking matt sydal aka eva bourne. The guy kills careers. She doesn’t mind working real wrestling feds like shimmer, roh, chickara. But when she tried to make it big she was saddled with that loser and she never got a chance to make it on her own merits which far outweigh any of his.