The Angle Alliance The Angle Alliance was a heel wrestling stable headed by Kurt Angle ( and briefly Christian Cage on a self - proclaimed basis ) in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . For Lockdown 2008 , in the absence of Kurt from the stable ' s activities , Tomko captained a subdivision under the name " Team Tomko " . History ( 2007 - 2008 ) . Initial Formation . The formation took place at Genesis when A . J . Styles and Tomko assisted Angle in helping him keep the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . Styles wanted to have the Angle Alliance and Christian ' s Coalition join forces ; however , Cage denied Angle ' s request of being his " lackey " ; thus Styles and Tomko were dropped from the Coalition . After Angle offered membership to both Robert Roode and Christian , Roode quickly accepted while Cage stalled with insults towards all the members . He eventually followed suit under the condition that he became the leader , which the group apparently agreed to before Angle and Roode turned on and attacked him the same night , with Styles trying to hold them back and Tomko walking out on the scene . The next week Angle and Roode attacked Cage after the match again with Styles this time not helping his former captain . Roode was then simply phased out of the Alliance and concentrated on his own separate feud with Booker T . In the weeks following , Styles had to decide to be in either the Angle Alliance or Christian ' s Coalition . Two weeks before Final Resolution on an episode of " TNA impact ! " , Tomko left both groups stating that he wants to be his own man . Turning on Christian . At Final Resolution , A . J . Styles finally decided to join the Angle Alliance , when he helped Angle retain his TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Christian , turning on his former captain for good after being seduced by Karen ' s charms and Kurt ' s power . On the following " Impact ! " , A . J . was rechristened as " ( the ) Prince ( of Phenomenal ) " A . J . Styles , with fellow Alliance members Kurt , Karen , and J . B . . After Christian came out running down A . J . and Karen , both he and Samoa Joe , who came out next , claimed to deserve title shots . Before Joe and Christian could go down to the ring , Jim Cornette interrupted and announced a 3 - way # 1 contender ' s match between Christian , Joe , and A . J . ( where if A . J . won , he could have an option to have a match with Kurt Angle and get Angle two months off from defending the world title until the April Lockdown PPV ) . Christian , however , won and earned the title match at February ' s Against All Odds . Angle then went on to attempt to get Tomko back in the Alliance . In the process , however , he insulted his wife . Tomko went on to brutally beat up Angle throughout the Impact Zone , then to defeat him in a one - on - one match with Styles as the referee and with assistance from Cage - at which point the Alliance now had drawn the simultaneous ire of both Christian Cage and Tomko . At the pay per view , Tomko made his decision : he interfered on Angle ' s behalf , cementing his place in the Alliance and costing Christian his last title opportunity . On the following edition of " Impact ! " , Tomko confirmed his membership in the stable , although he made it clear that he would do what he wanted and he was looking out for his own best interest not Angle ' s . After losing to Christian , Joe , and Kevin Nash at " Destination X " , Tomko was told to captain a four - man team against a team headed by Christian Cage for the Lethal Lockdown match at the upcoming " Lockdown " pay - per - view event . Tomko ' s team was quickly established as A . J . and Team 3D . In the middle of this , Angle appeared to show support to Team Tomko , making 3D members - by - proxy of the Angle Alliance . Eventually James Storm was added to Team Tomko by Team Cage ' s secret fifth member , Matt Morgan , who revealed his true stripes at the end of the same night . Setup for the breakdown . Since the night Tomko officially rejoined the Angle Alliance after Against All Odds , tensions already started developing involving Karen Angle . Styles , whose school boy crush on Karen due to her seductions was the basis for him even being a member of the Angle Alliance , was thrown into wedlock with her , making him her ( kayfabe ) second husband , as Kurt and Karen ' s renewal of the vows was interrupted by Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash , who chased Kurt off and stripped him nearly naked in the Impact Zone . Since then , Kurt has been at odds with Karen , Kurt feeling that Karen was becoming an embarrassment and a distraction , and showed little to no respect for Styles ' crush on her whenever he tried to mend the fences . This also put a strain on A . J . Styles and Tomko as Tomko often wanted to keep focused while Styles was distracted with Karen . This ( and any camaraderie or storyline between the Alliance members other than Styles and Tomko ' s tag team ) was only briefly referenced coming into Lockdown , as Karen wasn ' t making any appearances , Kurt was focused on his title match with Samoa Joe , and A . J . and Tomko focused on captaining Team Tomko against the new Team Cage . The Alliance ' s Breakdown . At Lockdown , Kurt Angle was met by his wife Karen , who he promptly proceeded to throw out of the building so as to avoid any distractions . In the double main events , Angle lost his TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Samoa Joe , and Team Tomko was defeated by Team Cage with neither A . J . or Tomko involved in the decision . After Lockdown , Styles and Tomko lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship to Eric Young and Kaz in a controversy involving Young and his " Super Eric " alter - ego , under which he pinned Styles , not recognizing each other as one and the same . This resulted in the championships being vacated . Tomko was not seen having any communication with Kurt Angle , and as he was away in Japan ( figurative kayfabe ; he was actually suspended for going there earlier in the midst of the Lockdown storyline and no - showing TNA ' s pre - Lockdown Fanfest ) , Styles tried to bring Karen to the Impact Zone , but Kurt had them thrown out as soon as he caught wind of it . Meanwhile , the associates from the instantly dissolved Team Tomko would actually expand , as Storm would align himself with former Alliance member Robert Roode , forming what eventually became Beer Money , Inc . , though when Styles needed a partner after Tomko was injured in a shoot fight in Japan ( extended kayfabe for the suspension ) , both Storm and Roode refused . Styles would align with the fan favorite Super Eric instead . After Tomko returned from Japan and questioned Styles once again , A . J . had enough of the constant grilling and quit the Angle Alliance . Accusing Styles of stealing Karen away whilst having no proof , Kurt Angle and Tomko then aligned with Team 3D as part of a loose collective of " bad guys " which at times has also included mostly every single important public enemy on the TNA roster , most frequently Booker T , Johnny Devine , and Kurt ' s mixed martial artist friend Frank Trigg . Tomko later left TNA and came back for one last appearance , while Kurt eventually moved on to form a pact with several wrestling legends within TNA , creating the stable known as The Main Event Mafia .