{"id":85110,"date":"2021-02-17T14:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=85110"},"modified":"2021-02-16T10:23:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:23:43","slug":"mike-sydal-aew-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/02\/17\/mike-sydal-aew-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Sydal Making AEW Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the upcoming episode of Dynamite FTR take on the team of Matt and\u00a0<strong>Mike Sydal<\/strong>.\u00a0 Mike is the real-life younger brother of Matt Sydal and has been wrestling for thirteen years on the independent scene.\u00a0 While he never reached the heights his brother did he is no stranger to a wrestling ring.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What do you know about The Sydal Brothers? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/aew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#aew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/luchalibre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#luchalibre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yoga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#yoga<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/prowrestling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#prowrestling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tagteam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#tagteam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lt4sGvxJTw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/lt4sGvxJTw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Sydal (@MattSydal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattSydal\/status\/1361447115294191618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mike Sydal debuted in 2008 and immediately became a regular for\u00a0<strong>3XWrestling\u00a0<\/strong>and performer for a number of <strong>National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)\u00a0<\/strong>affiliates.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t take long for him to find success as he won the 3XW Tag Team Championships in 2009 with\u00a0<strong>Zach Thompson.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>In 2009 he made his debut for\u00a0<strong>Ring Of Honor\u00a0<\/strong>in a dark match, he competed for the company for the next couple of years although it was mostly in dark matches with a rare proper appearance.\u00a0 After competing for\u00a0<strong>Dragon Gate USA\u00a0<\/strong>in 2011 he would go to Japan to compete for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/12\/02\/beginners-guide-to-dragon-gate-champions\/\" target=\"_self\">Dragon Gate<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in 2013, while there he got to compete in matches with names like <strong>Akira Tozawa\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Shingo Takagi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He made his last ROH appearance in 2015 and last wrestled for Dragon Gate in 2016.\u00a0 Since then he has mostly competed for\u00a0<strong>Lucha Libre And Laughs (LLL)\u00a0<\/strong>where he was heavyweight champion.\u00a0 During this time he has made an appearance in <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong>, in which he teamed with\u00a0<strong>Chris Bey<\/strong>.\u00a0 He has also competed in three matches for the WWE, two of which were losing efforts on\u00a0<strong>205 Live\u00a0<\/strong>as Mike Karma, with the last being as\u00a0<strong>Rizzo\u00a0<\/strong>as he was demolished by the <strong>Viking Raiders (Ivar &amp; Erik)<\/strong> on RAW.<\/p>\n<p>The journeyman Mike Sydal now makes his way to AEW to hold the distinction of competing for every major promotion in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;4856&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and AEW DARK Tuesday nights at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the upcoming episode of Dynamite FTR take on the team of Matt and\u00a0Mike Sydal.\u00a0 Mike is the real-life younger brother of Matt Sydal and has been wrestling for thirteen years on the independent scene.\u00a0 While he never reached the heights his brother did he is no stranger to a wrestling ring. 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