Jason Statham, Donnie Yen unleash their skills on the Bottle Cap Challenge

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

The internet has provided endless challenges to anyone daring to accept them, whether it involves them devouring certain kinds of food or getting buckets of ice water dumped on their head. As folks around the world were simply living their lives – Americans prepping to blow things up and eat endless BBQ on the Fourth of July – a new challenge made waves across the internet, giving anyone a shot at glory: the Bottle Cap Challenge.

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The challenge is simple, requiring participants to unscrew the cap from a bottle with nothing but a roundhouse kick, making sure not to knock the bottle over in the process. It’s a challenge meant to make you look like a total badass, and plenty of celebrities have come out to leave their mark on the internet by proving their prowess.

The challenge has been traced as far back as to Kazakh Taekwondo champion Farabi Davletchin (via New York Times), who then challenged actors like Jason Statham, Jackie Chan and more over a week ago, but nothing caught on. Fast forward to today, and after fashion designer Errolson Hugh, the UFC’s Matt Holloway and Conor McGregor, singer John Mayer (yep) started posting videos it caught on, with stars like Statham and Donnie Yen making it go viral with their sweet moves. Yen has been crowned the de facto winner of the challenge by people on social media, as he pulls his challenge off smoothly and gracefully…and f**king blindfolded.

Check out more videos here, including from popstar Ellie Goulding, comedian Whitney Cummings, director Guy Ritchie, IRON FIST and GAME OF THRONES actress Jessica Henwick (who ups the game with a sword) and more.

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Of course, not everyone is a Master of the Cap, especially not actor Ryan Reynolds. Seeing this as an opportunity to plug his Aviation Gin, he unveiled a dramatic video of a bottle's journey to his trailer. The bottle has come a long way to be uncapped, but Reynolds, unleashing a sweet kick, messes it all up. "A" for effort, though