Wrestling fans have been treated to a brilliant throwback moment after a rather revealing photo of Matt Hardy started doing the rounds on social media.
The 51-year-old WWE legend found himself trending for all the wrong reasons when an old snap from 1999 resurfaced, showing him completely starkers with nothing but a championship belt dangling from his teeth.
Hardy, who was a fresh-faced tag team champion at the time, had the perfect response to the vintage image going viral.
“I was young and needed the money!” the former NXT Tag Team Champion joked on social media.
CM Punk posed in the nude with his belts, prompting WWE fans to dig up Matt Hardy’s old pic
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It turns out the whole thing kicked off thanks to CM Punk’s own cheeky post following this weekend’s Elimination Chamber event.
Punk had quite the evening in Chicago, walking away with his World Heavyweight Championship intact after beating Finn Balor, while his wife AJ Lee captured the Women’s Intercontinental Championship in her first solo bout in more than ten years.
The couple clearly couldn’t resist celebrating in style, with Punk sharing a photo of himself wearing absolutely nothing except the two title belts draped across his body.
It was actually a playful nod to Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch, who famously posed in a similar fashion after their WrestleMania 35 triumphs back in 2019.
What Punk probably didn’t anticipate was his cheeky snap prompting fans to dig up Hardy’s Attitude Era equivalent.
Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch famously posed in a similar fashion after their WrestleMania 35 triumphs back in 2019
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The throwback image has since racked up close to 100,000 views.
The Hardy Boyz remain one of wrestling’s most celebrated partnerships, having claimed tag team gold across virtually every major promotion including WWE, TNA and NXT.
Despite their legendary status, the brothers have never received a WWE Hall of Fame induction, though it’s not for lack of opportunity.
I was young and needed the money 🙏🏼 https://t.co/Odoovp6rAI
— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) March 2, 2026
Jeff previously knocked back a solo offer, explaining to Ariel Helwani: “It didn’t feel right at all. I was like, it’s not time for me to do that. And it just didn’t feel right going in without Matt.”
The pair are currently holding the TNA World Tag Team Championship, but Matt reckons their ongoing work elsewhere won’t stand in the way of a joint WWE honour.
“I think we do want to do the WWE Hall of Fame,” he said. “I think we would like maybe one last hurrah with WWE and that could even be possible while working with TNA too.”