Fortune Fortune ( originally spelled Fourtune ) was a villainous professional wrestling alliance in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion . They eventually turned face after group founder Ric Flair betrayed the group , joining Immortal . It consisted of leader A . J . Styles , TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money , Inc . ( Bobby Roode and James Storm ) , Kazarian . The group is influenced by and named after Flair ' s former alliance , the Four Horsemen . History . Team Flair . On the January 4 , 2010 , live , three - hour edition of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s " Impact ! " television show , Ric Flair made his debut for the company , observing the main event match between A . J . Styles and Kurt Angle . On January 17 at the Genesis pay - per - view , Flair helped Styles defeat Angle to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , and in the process turned both himself and Styles heel . On the following edition of " Impact ! " , Flair announced that he was going to take Styles under his wing and make him the next Nature Boy . On the February 24 edition of " Impact ! " Flair and Styles were joined by Desmond Wolfe . In the weeks leading to Lockdown , Sting and Beer Money , Inc . ( James Storm and Robert Roode ) were added to the group to complete Team Flair for the annual Lethal Lockdown match . On April 18 at Lockdown , Team Flair was defeated by Team Hogan ( Abyss , Jeff Hardy , Jeff Jarrett and Rob Van Dam ) and the following night on " Impact ! " Styles lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Van Dam . After Lockdown Sting left the group and went on to feud with Jarrett , while the rest of Team Flair remained intact . Formation . With Styles ' recent shortcomings , Flair adopted X Division standout Kazarian as his newest protégé on the May 27 edition of " Impact ! " , much to Styles ' dismay . On the June 17 edition of " Impact ! " Flair announced that he would reform the legendary stable Four Horsemen under the new name Fourtune . He compared Styles to his former Four Horsemen partner Arn Anderson , Kazarian to Barry Windham , Roode and Storm to Ole Anderson and Tully Blanchard and Wolfe to Lex Luger , while also stating that each of them would have to earn their spots in the group . Flair , wanting peace between Styles and Kazarian , booked them in a tag team match against Samoa Joe and TNA Global Champion Rob Terry at Victory Road . The plan seemed to work as Styles and Kazarian worked together and were victorious due to outside interference from Desmond Wolfe . On the July 15 edition of " Impact ! " , Flair then announced that Styles and Kazarian had earned their spots in Fourtune . Wolfe confronted Flair and demanded a membership in the group , but was not given one due to his long losing streak . On the July 22 edition of " Impact ! " Styles defeated Rob Terry to win the Global Championship , after some assistance from Kazarian , and the following week renamed the title the TNA Television Championship . That same night Fourtune ' s lineup was seemingly completed with the addition of Robert Roode and James Storm as the final two members , leaving Desmond Wolfe outside the group . Feud with EV 2 . 0 . On the August 12 edition of " Impact ! " TNA X Division Champion Douglas Williams , who had helped Flair defeat his nemesis Jay Lethal in a Street Fight the previous week , and Matt Morgan were added to Fourtune . The stable attacked Extreme , Version 2 . 0 ( EV 2 . 0 ) , a stable consisting of former Extreme Championship Wrestling performers . Fourtune had hoped to drive the ECW originals , whom they considered outsiders in their company , out of TNA , but the following week TNA president Dixie Carter sided with EV 2 . 0 and signed each of its members to contracts so they could settle their score with Fourtune . In the first official matches between the two feuding factions , Styles defeated EV 2 . 0 leader Tommy Dreamer in a singles match , while Beer Money , Inc . squashed the Full Blooded Italians ( Guido Maritato and Tony Luke ) in a tag team match . At No Surrender Fourtune defeated EV 2 . 0 in both of the matches between the two factions , when Douglas Williams retained his X Division Championship against Sabu and A . J . Styles defeated EV 2 . 0 leader Tommy Dreamer in an " I Quit " match . On September 6 , at the tapings of the September 16 edition of " Impact ! " , Williams lost the X Division Championship to Jay Lethal . Later that same night Tommy Dreamer appeared on the Impact ! Zone without his EV 2 . 0 partners , admitted his defeat and attempted to reach a truce with Fourtune , but was beaten down . The following week he returned with Raven , Stevie Richards , Sabu and Rhino and announced that Dixie Carter had given the five of them a Lathal Lockdown match against Fourtune at Bound for Glory . Later that same night A . J . Styles defeated Sabu in a ladder match contested for the advantage at Bound for Glory . Name change . In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory , the stable ' s name was tweaked from Fourtune to Fortune to represent the expansion in the number of members in the group . On the October 7 live edition of " Impact ! " , Ric Flair was defeated by EV 2 . 0 member Mick Foley in a Last Man Standing match . At Bound for Glory Styles , Kazarian , Morgan , Roode and Storm were defeated in a Lethal Lockdown match by Dreamer , Raven , Rhino , Richards and Sabu , ending the feud between the two factions . Alliance with Immortal . On the October 14 edition of " Impact ! " , Fortune teased a face turn by confronting the new heel regime of Hulk Hogan , Eric Bischoff , Jeff Jarrett , Abyss , and new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy , collectively known as Immortal . After a brief staredown , Flair and Hogan embraced , signifying a new alliance between the two heel groups . Later that night , Fortune defeated D ' Angelo Dinero in a 5 – on – 1 handicap match . On the October 28 edition of " Impact ! " , the rest of Fortune , minus Douglas Williams , turned on Matt Morgan and kicked him out of the group , when he showed concern for the concussed Mr . Anderson and didn ' t want him to wrestle Jeff Jarrett in a chain match in the main event of the night . During that same night tensions also rose between Williams and the rest of Fortune , excluding Ric Flair , who thought he had a bad attitude . Williams then replaced Kazarian in a tag team match , where he and A . J . Styles defeated EV 2 . 0 members Rob Van Dam and Raven , after Styles blind tagged Williams and stole his pinfall . On the " Reaction " following " Impact ! " , Williams backed up Morgan and stated that he admired him for taking a stand , while also voicing his own concern for not being able to spotlight his talent , while a member of Fortune . The following week Flair ordered Kazarian and Williams to settle their differences in the ring . Kazarian won the match between the members of Fortune , after a miscommunication between Williams and James Storm . After the match Flair made Williams and Kazarian shake hands . At Turning Point Styles , Kazarian , Williams , Roode and Storm , all once again on the same page , defeated EV 2 . 0 ' s Brian Kendrick , Raven , Rhino , Sabu and Stevie Richards in a ten - man tag team match and as a result Flair earned the right to fire a member of EV 2 . 0 . Flair chose Sabu , who was then legitimately released from TNA . The following week on " Impact ! " Williams , Roode and Storm faced former Fortune member Matt Morgan in a three – on – one handicap match . During the match Roode and Storm abandoned Williams and left him to be pinned by Morgan . The following week Williams completed his face turn by taking out Fortune , when they interfered in a match between Morgan and Ric Flair , costing Flair the match . On December 5 at Final Resolution Williams defeated Styles to win the TNA Television Championship . On the December 9 edition of " Impact ! " Eric Bischoff declared that the alliance of Fortune and Immortal needed all the belts in TNA to use as a leverage in the upcoming court battle against Dixie Carter . On the December 23 edition of " Impact ! " Styles challenged Williams for the Television Championship in a 20 minute Iron Man match . The match ended in a 1 – 1 draw , setting up another match at Genesis , where Styles would put his spot in Fortune on the line against Williams ' title . On January 9 , 2011 , at Genesis Kazarian defeated Jay Lethal to win the X Division Championship for the fourth time . Later at the same event , Beer Money , Inc . defeated The Motor City Machine Guns ( Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin ) to also bring the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Fortune . A . J . Styles was forced to pull out of his match with Douglas Williams , after suffering a legitimate hip injury , but ended up costing Williams the title in his match against Abyss , after running in and hitting him with the title belt . As a result , the alliance of Fortune and Immortal now held all the male championships in TNA . However , this didn ' t last long as in the main event of the evening Jeff Hardy lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Mr . Anderson . Face turn ( 2011 ) . On January 31 at the tapings of the February 3 edition of " Impact ! " , Fortune , without Flair , who was not at the show due to a torn rotator cuff , turned face by attacking Immortal , when they interfered in a TNA World Heavyweight Championship rematch between Anderson and Hardy , in the process revealing themselves to be the " they " Kurt Angle and Crimson had been referring to for the past weeks . A . J . Styles explained that Fortune was not going to allow Bischoff to destroy TNA like he did to World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . Flair returned on February 14 at the tapings of the February 17 edition of " Impact ! " , promising Eric Bischoff to bring Fortune and Immortal back together . Later , during a match between A . J . Styles and Immortal member Matt Hardy , Flair came to ringside cheering on Styles , before turning on him and costing him the match , revealing himself still being aligned with Immortal . On March 13 at Victory Road , Fortune scored a clean sweep , when Kazarian successfully defended the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match against Jeremy Buck , Max Buck and Robbie E , Beer Money , Inc . successfully defended the World Tag Team Championship against Ink Inc . ( Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore ) and Styles defeated Matt Hardy , managed by Flair , in a singles match . On the following edition of " Impact ! " Styles was sidelined with a storyline injury , when Immortal ' s newest member , Bully Ray , aided by Flair , powerbomb ed him off the entrance stage through a table . On the March 31 edition of " Impact ! " , Christopher Daniels made his return to TNA and aligned himself with Fortune in their battle with Immortal , vowing to avenge his best friend , A . J . Styles . On April 17 at Lockdown , Daniels , Kazarian , Roode and Storm defeated Immortal representatives Ric Flair , Abyss , Bully Ray and Matt Hardy in a Lethal Lockdown match , after Styles made his return and attacked Ray . On the following edition of " Impact ! " , Daniels was officially named a member of Fortune . On May 16 at the tapings of the May 19 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Kazarian lost the X Division Championship to Abyss . On June 12 at Slammiversary IX , Styles ended his feud with Bully Ray by losing to him in a Last Man Standing match . On July 10 at Destination X , TNA ' s first ever all X Division pay - per - view , Fortune members Styles and Daniels faced each other in the main event , with Styles emerging victorious . Fortune resumed their feud with Immortal on the July 14 edition of " Impact Wrestling " by disguising themselves as clowns and attacking each member of the group , preventing them from interfering in the evening ' s main event , where Mr . Anderson ended up losing the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Sting . On August 7 at Hardcore Justice , Styles , Daniels and Kazarian defeated Immortal representatives Abyss , Gunner and Scott Steiner in a six - man tag team match . Two days later , at the tapings of the August 18 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Beer Money , Inc . ' s record - setting TNA World Tag Team Championship reign ended , when they lost the title to Mexican America ( Anarquia and Hernandez ) . Implosion ( 2011 ) . After weeks of asking for a rematch from their Destination X bout , Styles finally granted Daniels one on the September 1 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , where Daniels managed to pick up the win . After the match , Daniels refused to shake hands with Styles . From June to September , Roode , Storm and Styles were three of the twelve participants in the Bound for Glory Series to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . When the group stage of the tournament concluded , both Roode and Storm finished in the top four and thus advanced to the finals at No Surrender , while Styles finished sixth and was eliminated . On September 11 at No Surrender , Storm was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Bully Ray via disqualification . Meanwhile , Roode defeated Gunner via submission to set up a tiebreaker match against Ray later in the event , in which Roode managed to pick up the win via pinfall to become the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory . In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory , TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle , in an attempt to cause dissension within Fortune , forced Roode to face each of his stablemates in a series of singles matches , promising them title matches , should they be able to defeat him . In the first match on the September 15 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Roode defeated Kazarian via submission . The following week Daniels refused to face Roode , saying that he had nothing left to prove after defeating Styles on September 1 . The arrogant Daniels was then confronted by Styles , which eventually led to a brawl , when he refused to give Styles a rematch . When the two were finally separated from each other by Kazarian , Daniels kicked Styles in the groin , completing his heel turn . The following two weeks , Roode finished his series of matches against his stablemates by defeating Styles and Storm . On [ [ [ [ [ [ October 16 ] ] ] ] ] ] at Bound for Glory , Roode failed in his attempt to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship when he was pinned by Angle , after the referee failed to notice his arm under the ropes or Angle using the ropes for leverage . On the following edition of " Impact Wrestling " , after it was revealed that Roode was not eligible for a rematch with Angle , new authority figure Sting gave the next title shot to James Storm , who then went on to defeat Angle to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time . On the November 3 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Roode defeated Storm to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , after hitting him with his own beer bottle , turning heel in the process , effectively dissolving Beer Money , Inc . and breaking away from Fortune . Roode then went on to successfully defend the title against his former Fortune stablemate A . J . Styles on November 13 at Turning Point . The following month at Final Resolution , Styles wrestled Roode to a 3 – 3 draw in a 30 - minute Iron Man match , meaning that Roode retained the title . On the December 22 , 2011 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Mike Tenay described Fortune as " defunct " , signifying the end of the group . The last remnants of the former Fortune alliance came to their end on the January 5 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , when Kazarian turned on A . J . Styles during the finals of the Wild Card Tournament , leaving him to be defeated by the team of Magnus and Samoa Joe .