WATCH: SHIRTLESS ZAC EFRON WOWS AT MTV MOVIE AWARDS

The highlight of Sunday’s 22nd Annual MTV Movie awards was undoubtedly Hollywood stud Zac Efron stripping his shirt off for the audience.

The 26-year-old actor stepped onto the stage after he was named the winner in the Best Shirtless Performances category for his role in the comedy That Awkward Moment.

As he was accepting the award, British singer and actress Rita Ora stepped behind him and ripped off his shirt, revealing his ever-impressive ripped body.

The buff star, somehow looking both cocky and bashful, then posed for the ecstatic audience.

It wasn’t entirely a surprise though. Efron had earlier promised on Twitter: “If I beat Thor- I’m accepting the award shirtless on stage.”

After the show, he tweeted: “@RitaOra Thanks for such a bold move. I don’t know if I could’ve done that on my own.”

Efron’s shirtless performance beat out Jennifer Aniston (We’re the Millers); Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire); Leonardo DiCaprio, (The Wolf of Wall Street); and Chris Hemsworth (Thor: The Dark World).

Efron, who’s been plagued by substance abuse problems, will again flex his shirtless muscles on-screen in his new movie Neighbours.

Other winners at Sunday’s award show were:

Movie of the year
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Best female performance:
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Best male performance:
Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Breakthrough performance:
Will Poulter, We’re the Millers

Best kiss:
Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter, We’re the Millers

Best fight:
Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best comedic performance:
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best villain:
Mila Kunis, Oz the Great and Powerful

Best on-screen transformation:
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best musical moment:
Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Craig Robinson perform in heaven, This is the End

Best cameo performance
Rihanna, This is the End

Favourite character:
Tris, played by Shailene Woodley in Divergent

Best scared-ass performance:
Brad Pitt, World War Z

Best on-screen duo:
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, Fast & Furious 6

#WTF moment:
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best hero:
Henry Cavill, Man of Steel

Trailblazer award:
Channing Tatum

Generation award:
Mark Wahlberg