Beer Money Inc . Beer Money , Inc . ( usually generalized to Beer Money ) was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Robert " Bobby " Roode and James Storm in the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , where they are former four - time TNA World Tag Team Champions , while also holding the record for the longest reign as champions . From 2008 to 2009 , the team was managed by Storm ' s continuing manager Jacqueline . History . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Background ( 2008 – 2009 ) . James Storm and Robert Roode had teamed up on several occasions over the years following the end of their alliances in America ' s Most Wanted and Team Canada respectively , but it wasn ' t until the second quarter of 2008 that they started to become a regular tag team . On the June 12 , 2008 episode of TNA ' s primary television program , " TNA Impact ! " , Storm and Roode challenged The Latin American Xchange ( LAX ) ( Homicide and Hernandez ) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship . Storm and Roode were successful in winning the match following a superkick from Storm , which he named the Last Call , to Hernandez with a leather - belt wrapped around his boot . LAX ' s manager , Hector Guerrero , was at ringside and informed the referee about what happened and the match was restarted . LAX ended up retaining the titles after the restart . After the match , Storm , Roode and Jacqueline handcuffed LAX to the ring posts , and then proceeded to whip them with leather belts . Later that night they challenged LAX to retaliate . The next week on " Impact ! " , LAX challenged Storm and Roode to a Fan ' s Revenge Match at Victory Road for the titles , which would involve the two teams fighting in a ring surrounded by legitimate fans of the promotion armed with leather belts . Furthering the feud , the following week on " Impact ! " , Homicide challenged Roode to a Parking Lot Brawl , which he accepted . Although both Storm and Hernandez were meant to be barred from the area , Storm interfered during the brawl , and the two dragged Homicide back into the arena and attacked him , until Hernandez saved him . At Victory Road , LAX retained the titles . At Hard Justice , there was a rematch where Beer Money defeated LAX to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship . In the rematch at No Surrender , Beer Money defeated LAX to retain the titles . Two weeks later , on " Impact ! " , they faced LAX again in a Six Person Mixed Tag Team match with the two teams managers also competing , in which the losing team would lose the services of their manager . Beer Money won the bout , and as per the pre - match stipulation , Guerrero could no longer be LAX ' s manager . After that Beer Money retained the tag team titles at Turning Point against The Motor City Machine Guns ( Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin ) . Beer Money , Inc . later engaged in a feud with Matt Morgan and Abyss , retaining the titles against them at Final Resolution . On the January 8 episode of " Impact ! " , they lost the titles to Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed after Lethal cashed in his Feast or Fired briefcase . At Genesis , they won back the TNA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Matt Morgan and Abyss and Lethal and Creed in a 3 - Way Dance . Beer Money faced Creed and Lethal again at Against All Odds , with Beer Money retaining the championship . Off the Wagon Challenge and various feuds ( 2009 – 2010 ) . On the February 19 , 2009 episode of " Impact ! " Beer Money began a weekly segment they called the " Off the Wagon Challenge " , where the stipulation was that any two wrestlers could challenge them and they would put the World Tag Team Championship on the line , however , if they were able to retain their belts the wrestler who was pinned or made to submit would be released from TNA . They were first challenged by Eric Young and Petey Williams , in which Williams was pinned . The second challengers were The Rock ' n Rave Infection ( Lance Rock and Jimmy Rave ) , who were defeated when Rock was pinned . On the March 5 episode of " Impact ! " , LAX challenged Beer Money , but were unable to regain the titles as the champions got themselves disqualified . After the match Team 3D ( Brother Ray and Brother Devon ) saved LAX from a beatdown and announced that they would accept Beer Money ' s Off the Wagon Challenge at Destination X . At Destination X , Beer Money got themselves disqualified , however Jim Cornette restarted the match and made it a No Disqualification match , in which Roode walked out with Storm draped over his shoulder , resulting in a countout . At Lockdown , Beer Money lost the TNA World Tag Team titles to Team 3D in a match where Team 3D ' s IWGP Tag Team titles were also on the line . On the May 21 , 2009 episode of " TNA Impact ! " , Beer Money came to Team 3D ' s aid against The British Invasion ( Doug Williams , Brutus Magnus and their bodyguard Rob Terry ) and shook hands with 3D afterwards which turned them face . Beer Money then entered Team 3D ' s Invitational Tag Team Tournament , where the winners would receive a tag team title shot against Team 3D . Beer Money made it all the way to the finals , and they beat The British Invasion at Sacrifice on May 24 , 2009 to face Team 3D for the TNA World Tag Team Titles . In the weeks leading up to Slammiversary , Team 3D assisted Beer Money in fending off The British Invasion however , Beer Money didn ' t return the favour . In the last week before Slammiversary , Beer Money brawled with Team 3D after making crude remarks . At Slammiversary , Beer Money defeated Team 3D to win the TNA World Tag Team Titles for the third time . Two weeks after Slammiversary , Booker T and Scott Steiner of The Main Event Mafia defeated Team 3D to win the right to face Beer Money for the titles at Victory Road , thus entering into a feud with the two . At Victory Road , Beer Money lost the titles to Booker T and Scott Steiner . The two teams would see their feud intervene with that of Team 3D and the British Invasion , causing a 4 - way war that would last the next 3 months . Beer Money would go on to lose to the British Invasion in an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Hard Justice , win a Lethal Lockdown match at No Surrender ( teaming with Team 3D against MEM and the Invasion ) , and lose a 4 - way Full Metal Mayhem match at Bound for Glory for both the TNA and IWGP Tag Team Championships , with Team 3D winning the IWGP belts and the British Invasion the TNA belts . Beer Money were permitted one last title shot the following " Impact ! " , where they fought the British Invasion in a Six Sides of Steel match . Brutus Magnus would have his team disqualified by punching the referee , causing him and Doug Williams to retain the championships . On the November 12 episode of " Impact ! " Beer Money defeated the British Invasion in a non - title match to join the Motor City Machine Guns in the Tag Team Title match at Turning Point . At the Pay - Per - View The British Invasion managed to retain their titles after Kevin Nash nailed Storm with the TNA Global Championship belt . At Genesis Roode and Storm scored an upset victory over The Band of Kevin Nash and Syxx - Pac . Fortune ( 2010 – 2011 ) . With Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff taking over TNA at the beginning of 2010 , Beer Money ' s TV time was significantly reduced . Upon their return to " Impact ! " , Beer Money turned heel on the March 8 episode of " Impact ! " by first volunteering to face Jeff Jarrett in a handicap match and then defeating him after a low blow and the DWI , claiming it was the only way they were going to get noticed by the new management . Roode and Storm have since acted as Bischoff ' s henchmen , taking on wrestlers he ' s had problems with , often in two - on - one situations . At Destination X Beer Money challenged Matt Morgan and Hernandez for the TNA World Tag Team Championship , but were unable to dethrone the defending champions . At Lockdown Beer Money , along with Sting and Desmond Wolfe , represented Team Flair in the annual Lethal Lockdown match , where they were defeated by Team Hogan ( Abyss , Jeff Jarrett , Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy ) . They then started a feud with the newly formed team of Jeff Hardy and Mr . Anderson , known collectively as The Enigmatic Assholes , who would go on to defeat them at Slammiversary VIII . On the following episode of " Impact ! " Ric Flair , who had aligned himself with Beer Money , A . J . Styles , Desmond Wolfe and Kazarian , announced that he would reform the Four Horsemen under the new name Fortune , stating that each of them would have to earn their spots in the group and that in order for Roode and Storm to earn their spots , they needed to become the Ole Anderson and Tully Blanchard of the group . After the TNA World Tag Team Championship was vacated in June , Beer Money entered a four – team , two – week - long tournament to decide who would get to face The Motor City Machine Guns for the titles at Victory Road . Beer Money advanced to the title match at the pay - per - view by defeating Team 3D and Ink Inc . ( Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore ) . At Victory Road Beer Money was defeated by the Motor City Machine Guns in the match for the World Tag Team Championship . After Victory Road Beer Money entered a Best of Five Series with the Motor City Machine Guns , contested for the TNA World Tag Team Championship . Beer Money won the first two matches , a ladder match and a Street Fight , after knocking their opponents out with beer bottles . On the July 29 episode of " Impact ! " , Ric Flair announced that Roode and Storm , who were just one victory away from becoming four – time TNA World Tag Team Champions , had earned the right to join himself , Styles and Kazarian to become the final two members of Fortune . However , Shelley and Sabin came back to win the two following matches in the Best of Five Series , a steel cage match and an Ultimate X match , to even the score to 2 – 2 and set up a deciding match for the August 12 episode of " Impact ! " . On the August 12 episode of " Impact ! " Beer Money , Inc . was defeated in a Two Out of Three Falls match and as a result lost the Best of Five Series 2 – 3 . Later that night Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan were added to Fortune , as the stable attacked EV 2 . 0 , a stable consisting of former Extreme Championship Wrestling performers . In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory , the stable ' s name was tweaked to Fortune to represent the expansion in the number of members in the group . At Bound for Glory Roode , Storm , Styles , Kazarian and Morgan were defeated in a Lethal Lockdown match by EV 2 . 0 members Tommy Dreamer , Raven , Rhino , Sabu and Stevie Richards , ending the feud between the two factions . On the following episode of " Impact ! " Fortune formed an alliance with Hulk Hogan ' s and Eric Bischoff ' s new stable , Immortal . At Turning Point Fortune defeated EV 2 . 0 in a ten - man tag team match and , as a result , EV 2 . 0 ' s Sabu was released from TNA . The following month at Final Resolution , Beer Money , Inc . returned to the TNA World Tag Team Championship picture by defeating Ink Inc . in a number one contender ' s match . On January 9 , 2011 , at Genesis , Beer Money , Inc . defeated the Motor City Machine Guns to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship for the fourth time . On January 31 at the tapings of the February 3 episode of " Impact ! " , Fortune turned face by attacking Immortal , when they interfered in a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match between Mr . Anderson and Jeff Hardy . Ric Flair , who did not take part in Fortune ' s turn due to being out with a torn rotator cuff , returned at the February 14 tapings of the February 17 episode of " Impact ! " , turning on Fortune and jumping to Immortal . On April 17 at Lockdown , Roode , Storm , Kazarian and Christopher Daniels , who replaced an injured A . J . Styles , defeated Immortal representatives Ric Flair , Abyss , Bully Ray and Matt Hardy in a Lethal Lockdown match . In early May , Roode returned to using the first name Bobby , which he had previously used during his days as a member of Team Canada . On May 15 at Sacrifice , Beer Money , Inc . successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Immortal representatives Matt Hardy and Chris Harris , Storm ' s old tag team partner who had made his surprise return to TNA on the previous episode of " Impact ! " . On the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Immortal assaulted Roode , sidelining him with a storyline shoulder injury . Two weeks later , Eric Bischoff attempted to strip Beer Money , Inc . of their TNA World Tag Team Championship due to Roode ' s injury , but was interrupted by the champions ' former rival Alex Shelley , who agreed to take Roode ' s spot in the title defense against the British Invasion at Slammiversary IX . At the pay - per - view , Storm and Shelley were successful in their title defense . Roode made his in - ring return on the June 23 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , in a tag team match , where he and Storm were defeated by Crimson and Matt Morgan . On July 13 , Beer Money , Inc . became the longest reigning TNA World Tag Team Champions in the title ' s history , breaking the previous record of 184 days set by A . J . Styles and Tomko in 2007 . On August 7 at Hardcore Justice , Beer Money , Inc . successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Mexican America ( Anarquia and Hernandez ) . Two days later , at the tapings of the August 18 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Mexican America defeated Beer Money , Inc . in a rematch , following interference from Jeff Jarrett , to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship , ending Roode ' s and Storm ' s record - setting reign at 212 days . Bound for Glory Series ( 2011 ) . From June to September , Roode and Storm were two 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 of them finished in the top four and thus advanced to the finals at No Surrender along with Immortal members Bully Ray and Gunner . On September 11 at No Surrender , Storm was eliminated from the tournament after losing to 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 . On [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ October 16 ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] at Bound for Glory , Roode failed in his attempt to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship when he was pinned by Kurt Angle , after the referee failed to notice his arm under the ropes or Angle using the ropes for leverage . On the following episode 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 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Roode defeated Storm to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , after hitting him with his own beer bottle , dissolving Beer Money , Inc . Occasional teaming ( 2013 – 2014 ) . Storm and Roode reunited for first time in two years on December 4 , 2013 ( aired January 2 , 2014 ) at " Impact Wrestling " . Beer Money defeated Kurt Angle and Gunner . On February 2 , Roode and Storm appeared as Beer Money in the TNA One Night Only Joker ' s Wild , where they were beaten by The Wolves . Reunion ( 2016 ) . On January 5 , 2016 on TNA ' s debut on Pop , James Storm returned to TNA to help Bobby Roode fight off Eric Young and Bram . After Storm told Roode he wanted to " get back to having fun " . Storm handed Roode a beer officially reuniting Beer Money , Inc . On January 26 , 2016 tapings of " Impact Wrestling " , Storm won Feast or Fired briefcase for future World Tag Team championship . Beer Money cashed in Feast or Fired and defeated The Wolves to win the title on January 31 , 2016 during the " Impact Wrestling " tapings . On March 19 , 2016 , Bobby Roode left TNA , disbanding the team . International travel ( 2009 – 2011 ) . On February 15 , 2009 , Beer Money , Inc . made their debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling , defeating the team of Akira and Masahiro Chono at the Sumo Hall in Tokyo , Japan . On May 29 , 2010 , Beer Money , Inc . made their debut for British professional wrestling promotion One Pro Wrestling ( 1PW ) , challenging Fight Club ( Kid Fite and Liam Thomson ) for the 1PW Tag Team Championship and winning the match via disqualification , which meant that Fite and Thomson retained their titles . On June 6 , 2010 Beer Money , Inc . participated in the Mexican wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ' s ( AAA ) Triplemanía XVIII event . The team competed in a 4 - way elimination match for the AAA World Tag Team Championship and outlasted both then champions Atsushi Aoki and Go Shiozaki as well as former champions " La Hermandad 187 " ( Joe Lider and Nicho el Millonario ) , but were defeated by " Los Maniacos " ( Silver Cain and Último Gladiador ) , who won the championship . The match was a result of a working relationship between TNA and AAA . On October 12 , 2010 , New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Beer Money , Inc . would return to the promotion on October 22 . In their match Roode and Storm defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions , Bad Intentions ( Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson ) , in a non – title match . The following day Beer Money , Inc . continued their undefeated streak in Japan , by defeating No Limit ( Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi ) . Beer Money , Inc . returned to New Japan on January 4 , 2011 , at " Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome " , where they unsuccessfully challenged Bad Intentions for the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a three – way match , which also included Muscle Orchestra ( Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man ) .