# Mike Senatore's talent-show bottle flip

> Senatore's school bottle flip spread into a challenge; one copy passed 6.8 million views.

- Owner: Mike Senatore (performer); Wes Manning (seed video)
- Kind: Creator moment
- Sector: Culture (no sector)
- Seed date: 2016-05-24
- Milestone date: 2016-05-29
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 73 (Viral, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Challenge, Real-world spectacle, Platform jump, Press loop, Controversy

## Summary

Manning posted Senatore's school bottle flip on Twitter. News interviews and YouTube copies followed. Students filmed their own attempts; schools restricted the practice. Developers made bottle-flip games, and the format reached an NBA broadcast and a physics paper.

## Timeline

- 2016-05-24 — Wes Manning (@WesleyManning6) (X) — Manning posted Senatore's upright bottle landing and the school audience's reaction on Twitter.
- 2016-05-25 — NBC TODAY (Press) — TODAY interviewed Senatore and Manning after the clip passed 30,000 retweets.
- 2016-05-26 — Mike Senatore (Press) — Senatore shared flipping tips with ABC as Manning's tweet passed 47,000 retweets.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/mike-senatore-bottle-flip

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Mike Senatore's talent-show bottle flip.” Case HIS-00359. Spread Score v1.2: 73/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00359