Earlier this week, John Mayer took the Bottle Cap Challenge — very popular these days and which appears to have originated in the mixed martial arts realm — and challenged Jason Statham to do the same. What a world we live in today! Well, Statham stepped up to the challenge and did so in his typically righteous way (see below), but the Hobbs and Shaw star’s masterful display has been one-upped by Donnie Yen, who played the blind, strong-with-the-force, Jedi-like Chirrut in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Yen, of course, also plays a martial arts grandmaster and teacher of Bruce Lee in the increasingly successful Ip Man franchise, so he comes by his skills honestly and brutally. Watch him take the challenge home while blindfolded.
Do we want to watch Jason Statham’s effort for comparison’s sake? Oh yesss.
"#bottlecapchallenge #challengeaccepted This thing landed on my head from @johnmayer but will quickly go to a couple of fellas we’ve seen do push ups badly. All yours Guy Ritchie and @jmoontasri" | https://t.co/J1X9XWKxHl pic.twitter.com/RT16VahcMv
— Jason Statham (@realjstatham) July 1, 2019
The accolades are pouring in, including plentiful Star Wars jokes and references to the Statham, who’s still a total badass, but a second-place badass now.
Let’s go home everybody.
Donnie Yen just officially ended the bottle cap challenge. https://t.co/9XwNheO65E— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) July 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/JennRavenna/status/1146364713955033088
https://twitter.com/WTPsports/status/1146459454076006401
https://twitter.com/Ste_F1/status/1146461681125662720
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Take that Shaw, of Hobbs & Shaw. Donnie Yen rules. https://t.co/E1RxV8bOi2
— @jupinwhm on IG & Bluesky (@jupin) July 3, 2019
Donnie Yen used the Force for his #BottleCapChallenge. My goodness! https://t.co/szST2NQIuh
— Lights, Camera, Barstool (@LightsCameraPod) July 3, 2019
IP Man, Jedi and now Bottle Cap Challenge Champ. Donnie Yen is unstoppable 🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/sxwy7P2jB9
— The Greatest Showman 🎪 (@adrianm_14) July 3, 2019
WHAT?!!!!! RESPECT!!! Donnie Yen with the shut down blindfolded bottle cap challenge video!!! Ip Man is still a SAVAGE!!! 🔥💯💪🏾 pic.twitter.com/oPJhjd3Xfi
— Nolan Harrison III, MBA (@NolanHarrison74) July 3, 2019
Don’t feel too bad for Statham. He’ll get a few good cracks in at The Rock when Hobbs and Shaw arrives on August 2.