Key tights era Matt Hardy

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In the RAW 25 thread where MVP was confirmed to make an appearence, the picture WWE posted also had Matt Hardy in it - Key tights-wearing Matt Hardy.

What are your thoughts on this version ("1-ah!") of Matt?

Matt hadn't wore tights since his WWF jobber days in the mid nineties, so it was something different at least.

I assume most responses will be "meh", but I thought it would be a funny thread, so eh.

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Fugly!

With a physique like Matt, you kinda want some comfort when wrestling. Those tights did nothing.

[fw91]

it wasn't a good look at all.

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I actually really liked the blue version of the Keyblade tights but the purple he mostly wore looked awful.

[BorneAgain]

Honestly any momentum Matt had was done once he he lost the ECW Title and turned heel on Jeff. Pretty much everything after that until his release was just diminishing returns.

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I remember them looking cool in SVR 2010, but not so much in real life. I can't fault him for trying something new, Jericho switching to trunks was jarring at first. The problem was he didn't have the best physique, so it just highlighted how out of shape he was.

[Burst]

They looked way better than some of the awful rave pants he's had, but at the time the physique just did not match up. There's been times before and times since where it would have worked, but as it was it was just bad timing as that was also arguably the beginning of the Fat Hardy era. The best he looked with the tights was probably his match with Jeff at WM25:



But after that, the tights with the purple base instead of the black base did him zero favors. Still, there are far less flattering pictures of him in the rave pants out there.

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He should have had tights that depicted a big hand striking a tornado.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

I liked them

Thought it was a better look in my eyes as far as making him look more important

I did like his bitchy whiny character at that time but shit went dead once he got drafted to Raw

[Heeltown, USA]

The keyblade tights were dope! I believe he designed them himself, and he was designing other wrestlers tights at the time too, notably Kofi.

The problem I thought at the time wasn't his gut or lack of physique, it was his knees and feet. Matt Hardy is a penguin wobbler. We all know people like this in everyday life. Their feet stick outwards when taking a step forward. It looks like they are waddling. It stems from their hips and makes for an ugly stride.

When he wears open ankled pants its far less noticeable.

Go back and watch any match of his ever, I'll wait. He f***ing waddles. And to be perfectly judgemental, it grosses me out.

[Kyn]

I liked the design of the tights, but someone else should have worn them.

[Von Wagner's Brownies]

It was a very....key-n attire.

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I liked what he had going for him as a character. He was Jeff Hardy's unwanted big brother so even if it was unintentional, the attire that called to attention his rough shape added a layer of desperation to him that I thought gave him a dark edge. Like in his mind he thinks he's bigger, stronger, more talented than Jeff Hardy, what he thought he looked like in those tights is different than what the people saw, made him something of a tragic villain.

Him burning Jeff`s house down, killing his dog, and confessing in front of live audiences with a music bed behind it was a whole other thing, that was dumb.

[Susan "Poison" Candy]

That key blade opens the door to the Broken Universe

[Juice]

I still like this look.

[Nic Nemeth]

I remember someone called him Fat Hardy and we had to stop the Tommy Dreamer jokes cause Matt was way funnier to insult.

[hashtagdaley/JudasDay]

I dig the black ones pictured above. Didn't he wear a trenchcoat at this time too?

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Jan 18, 2018 22:01:42 GMT -5 Heeltown, USA said:

The keyblade tights were dope! I believe he designed them himself, and he was designing other wrestlers tights at the time too, notably Kofi.

The problem I thought at the time wasn't his gut or lack of physique, it was his knees and feet. Matt Hardy is a penguin wobbler. We all know people like this in everyday life. Their feet stick outwards when taking a step forward. It looks like they are waddling. It stems from their hips and makes for an ugly stride.

When he wears open ankled pants its far less noticeable.

Go back and watch any match of his ever, I'll wait. He f***ing waddles. And to be perfectly judgemental, it grosses me out.

Matt's bow legged. his knees bend outward.

[Heeltown, USA]

Jan 19, 2018 1:21:53 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave is Correct said:

Jan 18, 2018 22:01:42 GMT -5 Heeltown, USA said:

The keyblade tights were dope! I believe he designed them himself, and he was designing other wrestlers tights at the time too, notably Kofi.

The problem I thought at the time wasn't his gut or lack of physique, it was his knees and feet. Matt Hardy is a penguin wobbler. We all know people like this in everyday life. Their feet stick outwards when taking a step forward. It looks like they are waddling. It stems from their hips and makes for an ugly stride.

When he wears open ankled pants its far less noticeable.

Go back and watch any match of his ever, I'll wait. He f***ing waddles. And to be perfectly judgemental, it grosses me out.

Matt's bow legged. his knees bend outward.

Mmhmm.
Now go back and read my post again. You'll get it the second time around I'm sure.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Jan 18, 2018 22:01:42 GMT -5 Heeltown, USA said:

Go back and watch any match of his ever, I'll wait. He f***ing waddles. And to be perfectly judgemental, it grosses me out.

Yeah, Matt's always looked awkward as f*** when he runs. He's very bandy-legged.

The keyblade tights looked good, but between the waddling and the fact that his intestines had been trying to bust through his abdominal wall for about a year at that point it really wasn't the best time for him to change his look up.