The Video Game Soda Machine Project
Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
Suplex your thirst with this backstage soda machine in WWE 2K18! Unfortunately, it’s suffered a little battle damage in the screenshot below.
Thanks to Some-Crappy-Edits on Reddit for the screenshots!
UPDATE: WWE 2K19 recycles the same backstage areas — along with a familiar smashed-up soda machine.
Thanks for the screenshot, SixPointTwentyFive!
CM Punk poses in front of a cola machine in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 for the Nintendo DS. Did you know CM Punk once feuded with fellow WWE superstar John Cena over a spilled can of diet soda? It’s true!
Weird…I can’t see Triple H’s opponent in that screenshot. Must be a glitch.
Anyway, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 for the Nintendo DS features a variety of Raw, SmackDown, and ECW themed soda machines in its backstage areas.
Thanks, GRANDDADWHATTHE!
WWE Brawl, a cartoony wrestling game under development at THQ, was canceled way back in 2011. Fortunately, WWE released some “lost” gameplay footage in 2016 and, lo and behold, there’s a soda machine in the background! You can spot another soda machine in the game’s trailer below.
Evil clown Violent J prepares to dive off a soda machine and onto hard partying enthusiast Andrew W.K. in Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood for the PS2!
Chris Jericho and Matt Hardy brawl in front of a backstage soda machine in WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw for the PS2!
Mankind executes a DDT on Hardcore Holly in front of a THQ soda machine in WWF SmackDown! for the PlayStation 1!
The Rock cuts a long-winded promo in front of a THQ soda machine in WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role for the PlayStation!
Check out that guy just casually enjoying a soda while Cena and Jericho brawl in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006.
Mankind gets up close and personal with a cold drinks machine during an backstage brawl with The Rock in WWE ’13! As an added bonus, here are a couple of WWE mineral water vending machines that also appears in the game.
Chavo Guerrero Jr. whips Sin Cara into a backstage soda machine in WWE ’12!
Does the WWE just haul those SmackDown-branded soda machines from arena to arena when they’re on the road?
? Well, it’s the Big Show. Pickin’ out soda tonight. ?
These soda machines are from the free-roaming Story Mode of WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It for the PlayStation 2.
A weirdly elongated David Flair lies unconscious before a soda machine in WCW Backstage Assault. Here’s another shot (courtesy of Brian) featuring one of my favorite pro wrestlers, Disco Inferno…
A soda machine is even featured in this advertising campaign for WCW Backstage Assault.
Vince McMahon throws John Cena into a soda machine in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011!