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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Fourtune spelling.
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* BookEnds: The first four non-Flair members of Fortune, the core four members of Fortune, the last four members of Fortune. Also, the first and last matches that could be considered part of Fortune involved AJ and Kazarian tagging up against Wrestling/SamoaJoe and a partner from the UK.
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->''"Got it guys? It's not the Four Horsemen. It's the [[{{Expy}} same fingers]], but it's [[SpiritualSuccessor Fortune]]! It's Wrestling/{{TNA}}, and it's time for a change!"''
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->''"Got it guys? It's not the Four Horsemen. It's the [[{{Expy}} same fingers]], but it's [[SpiritualSuccessor Fortune]]! Fourtune]]! It's Wrestling/{{TNA}}, and it's time for a change!"''
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-->-- '''Wrestling/JimRoss''', ''Starrcade 1988''
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-->-- '''Wrestling/JimRoss''', ''Starrcade 1988''
'''Wrestling/RicFlair''', ''TNA Impact'' on 6/17/2010
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->''"Got it guys? It's not the Four Horsemen. It's the [[{{Expy}} same fingers]], but it's [[SpiritualSuccession [[SpiritualSuccessor Fortune]]! It's Wrestling/{{TNA}}, and it's time for a change!"''
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->''"Got it guys? It's not the Four Horsemen. It's the [[{{Expy}} same fingers]], but it's [[SpiritualSuccession Fortune]]! It's Wrestling/{{TNA}}, and it's time for a change!"''
-->-- '''Wrestling/JimRoss''', ''Starrcade 1988''
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* AffablyEvil: Considering they had Wrestling/RicFlair, a bunch of well-liked TNA Originals, and a purpose the fans agreed with, it was pretty hard to hate them when they were heels.
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* AffablyEvil: Considering they had Wrestling/RicFlair, a bunch of well-liked TNA Originals, and a purpose the fans agreed with, it was pretty hard to hate them when they were heels. More often than not during their entrances, fans were legitimately not booing, but instead going "[[VerbalTic Wooo!]]"
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* MotiveDecay: Flair's defection to Immortal caused this big time for his role in TNA, both in-universe and out. In-universe he betrayed his own plan to remake the Horsemen with TNA homegrown talent and proved it was all about the power for him. Out-of-universe he seemed to float around with no purpose, as there wasn't exactly much potential to elevate amongst the Immortal ranks, what with the one young rising star in Gunner being lost in the shuffle at the time. He was such an ineffectual member with Immortal that people were speculating he was being a ReverseMole to help either Fortune or Sting with taking out Hogan, but this never materialized.
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* MotiveDecay: Flair's defection to Immortal caused this big time for his role in TNA, both in-universe and out. In-universe he betrayed his own plan plans to both finally defeat Hogan once and for all and to remake the Horsemen with TNA homegrown talent and proved it was all about the power for him. Out-of-universe he seemed to float around with no purpose, as there wasn't exactly much potential to elevate amongst the Immortal ranks, what with the one young rising star in Gunner being lost in the shuffle at the time. He was such an ineffectual member with Immortal that people were speculating he was being a ReverseMole to help either Fortune or Sting with taking out Hogan, but this never materialized.
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* MotiveDecay: Flair's defection to Immortal caused this big time for his role in TNA, both in-universe and out. In-universe he betrayed his own plan to remake the Horsemen with TNA homegrown talent and proved it was all about the power for him. Out-of-universe he seemed to float around with no purpose, as there wasn't exactly much potential to elevate amongst the Immortal ranks, what with the one young rising star in Gunner being lost in the shuffle at the time. He was such an ineffectual member with Immortal that people were speculating he was being a ReverseMole to help either Fortune or Sting with taking out Hogan, but this never materialized.
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* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Flair, with the others inheriting this from him.
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* LargeHam: Flair first, the others following thereafter.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Flair, with the others inheriting this from him. As usual.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Flair, with the others inheriting this from him. As usual.
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* CombatPragmatist: Flair, Roode, and Kazarian in particular, though AJ was deceivingly good at this as well.
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* CoolOldGuy: Flair.
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** TheSmartGuy: Robert/Bobby Roode.Roode, with traces of TheLancer as well.
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* BlasphemousBoast / ''{{God}}''[[AGodAmI [= =]Am I]]: Flair literally thought of himself at the time as wrestling's incarnation of God.
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* OutGambitted: Had a habit of doing this to Immortal, especially when they worked together with Sting.
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Desmond's losing streak ended up keeping him out of the Fortune lineup, while the Core Four (as they referred to themselves) were soon joined by Kaz's rival and X-Division Champ Douglas Williams, along with [[TheGiant Matt Morgan]] as Flair's personal bodyguard, to make up the numbers against a band of [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} ECW Originals]] who would henceforth be known as [=EV2.0=] due to [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope trademarks]] on the company name. Fourtune hated [=EV2=] for the perception of their being overrated {{Garbage Wrestler}}s as well as outsiders taking spots away from the guys that built the company. (Also during this feud: the spelling of the stable name was tweaked to its more known version because everybody kept pointing out that they had more than four wrestlers, even worse considering Flair, against all common sense[[note]]what with him being a flabby old man who two years earlier had just had a hearty retirement ceremony after losing to Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania 24]]''[[/note]], would occasionally lace up the boots and get in the ring himself.)
After virtually dominating the feud with [=EV2=] and joining with Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/EricBischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam latest rehashing of the nWo]] to get the power to fire most of the Hardcore crew, Fortune contained most of the titles and most of the credibility within the Immortal alliance. And on February 3, 2011, when [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life wrote the plot]][[note]]see below[[/note]], they took that credibility and [[ConspiracyRedemption turned on Immortal with it, costing then-]][[TheAntichrist Antichrist]] {{Heel}} Wrestling/JeffHardy the World Heavyweight Title. The ensuing feud kept true to Fortune's original purpose, turned them into the faces the crowd always believed they were, added the return of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels to join the stable when they needed someone to fill in for AJ heading into ''Lethal Lockdown'', led to a litany of noteworthy moments which had TNA diehards jumping for joy, and set the seeds up for the future character directions of all involved (although Flair missed out on much of the awesomeness, as he chose Immortal over Fortune).
After virtually dominating the feud with [=EV2=] and joining with Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/EricBischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam latest rehashing of the nWo]] to get the power to fire most of the Hardcore crew, Fortune contained most of the titles and most of the credibility within the Immortal alliance. And on February 3, 2011, when [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life wrote the plot]][[note]]see below[[/note]], they took that credibility and [[ConspiracyRedemption turned on Immortal with it, costing then-]][[TheAntichrist Antichrist]] {{Heel}} Wrestling/JeffHardy the World Heavyweight Title. The ensuing feud kept true to Fortune's original purpose, turned them into the faces the crowd always believed they were, added the return of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels to join the stable when they needed someone to fill in for AJ heading into ''Lethal Lockdown'', led to a litany of noteworthy moments which had TNA diehards jumping for joy, and set the seeds up for the future character directions of all involved (although Flair missed out on much of the awesomeness, as he chose Immortal over Fortune).
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Desmond's losing streak ended up keeping him out of the Fortune lineup, while the Core Four (as they referred to themselves) were soon joined by Kaz's rival and X-Division Champ Douglas Williams, along with [[TheGiant Matt Morgan]] as Flair's personal bodyguard, to make up the numbers against a band of [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} ECW Originals]] who would henceforth be known as [=EV2.0=] due to [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope trademarks]] on the company name. Fourtune hated [=EV2=] for the perception of their being overrated {{Garbage Wrestler}}s as well as outsiders taking spots away from the guys that built the company. (Also during this feud: the spelling of the stable name was tweaked to its more known version because everybody kept pointing out that they had more than four wrestlers, even worse considering Flair, against all common sense[[note]]what with him being a flabby old man who two years earlier had just had a hearty retirement ceremony after losing to Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania 24]]''[[/note]], would occasionally lace up the boots and get in the ring himself.wrestlers.)
After virtually dominating the feud with [=EV2=] and joining with Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/EricBischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam latest rehashing of the nWo]] to get the power to fire most of the Hardcore crew, Fortune contained most of the titles and most of the credibility within the Immortal alliance. And on February 3, 2011, when [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life wrote theplot]][[note]]see below[[/note]], plot]], they took that credibility and [[ConspiracyRedemption turned on Immortal with it, costing then-]][[TheAntichrist Antichrist]] {{Heel}} Wrestling/JeffHardy the World Heavyweight Title. The ensuing feud kept true to Fortune's original purpose, turned them into the faces the crowd always believed they were, added the return of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels to join the stable when they needed someone to fill in for AJ heading into ''Lethal Lockdown'', led to a litany of noteworthy moments which had TNA diehards jumping for joy, and set the seeds up for the future character directions of all involved (although Flair missed out on much of the awesomeness, as he chose Immortal over Fortune).
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After virtually dominating the feud with [=EV2=] and joining with Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/EricBischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam latest rehashing of the nWo]] to get the power to fire most of the Hardcore crew, Fortune contained most of the titles and most of the credibility within the Immortal alliance. And on February 3, 2011, when [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life wrote the plot]][[note]]see below[[/note]], they took that credibility and [[ConspiracyRedemption turned on Immortal with it, costing then-]][[TheAntichrist Antichrist]] {{Heel}} Wrestling/JeffHardy the World Heavyweight Title. The ensuing feud kept true to Fortune's original purpose, turned them into the faces the crowd always believed they were, as added the return of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels to join the stable when they needed someone to fill in for AJ heading into ''Lethal Lockdown'', led to a litany of noteworthy moments which had TNA diehards jumping for joy, and set the seeds up for the future character directions of all involved—although, as a consequence, Flair chose Immortal over Fortune.
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After virtually dominating the feud with [=EV2=] and joining with Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/EricBischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam latest rehashing of the nWo]] to get the power to fire most of the Hardcore crew, Fortune contained most of the titles and most of the credibility within the Immortal alliance. And on February 3, 2011, when [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life wrote the plot]][[note]]see below[[/note]], they took that credibility and [[ConspiracyRedemption turned on Immortal with it, costing then-]][[TheAntichrist Antichrist]] {{Heel}} Wrestling/JeffHardy the World Heavyweight Title. The ensuing feud kept true to Fortune's original purpose, turned them into the faces the crowd always believed they were, as added the return of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels to join the stable when they needed someone to fill in for AJ heading into ''Lethal Lockdown'', led to a litany of noteworthy moments which had TNA diehards jumping for joy, and set the seeds up for the future character directions of all involved—although, as a consequence, involved (although Flair missed out on much of the awesomeness, as he chose Immortal over Fortune.
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Desmond's losing streak ended up keeping him out of the Fortune lineup, while the Core Four (as they referred to themselves) were soon joined by Kaz's rival and X-Division Champ Douglas Williams, along with [[TheGiant Matt Morgan]] as Flair's personal bodyguard, to make up the numbers against a band of [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} ECW Originals]] who would henceforth be known as [=EV2.0=] due to [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope trademarks]] on the company name. Fourtune hated [=EV2=] for the perception of their being overrated {{Garbage Wrestler}}s as well as outsiders taking spots away from the guys that built the company. (Also during this feud: the spelling of the stable name was tweaked to its more known version because everybody kept pointing out that they had more than four wrestlers, even worse once Flair, against all common sense[[note]]what with him being a flabby old man who two years earlier had just had a hearty retirement ceremony after losing to Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania 24]]''[[/note]], got in the ring himself.)
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Desmond's losing streak ended up keeping him out of the Fortune lineup, while the Core Four (as they referred to themselves) were soon joined by Kaz's rival and X-Division Champ Douglas Williams, along with [[TheGiant Matt Morgan]] as Flair's personal bodyguard, to make up the numbers against a band of [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} ECW Originals]] who would henceforth be known as [=EV2.0=] due to [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope trademarks]] on the company name. Fourtune hated [=EV2=] for the perception of their being overrated {{Garbage Wrestler}}s as well as outsiders taking spots away from the guys that built the company. (Also during this feud: the spelling of the stable name was tweaked to its more known version because everybody kept pointing out that they had more than four wrestlers, even worse once considering Flair, against all common sense[[note]]what with him being a flabby old man who two years earlier had just had a hearty retirement ceremony after losing to Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania 24]]''[[/note]], got would occasionally lace up the boots and get in the ring himself.)
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* PopularityPower: Probably the most popular faction in the history of TNA.
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* PopularityPower: Probably the most popular (or at least the most unanimously well-liked) faction in the history of TNA.
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* InsistentTerminology / CanonDiscontinuity: When Roode, Kaz, and Daniels lated formed the '''[[FunWithAcronyms E]]'''xtraordinary '''[[FunWithAcronyms G]]'''entlemen's '''[[FunWithAcronyms O]]'''rganization, they termed it as a '''new''' alliance despite having previously acknowledged Fortune in previous attempted team-ups.
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* InsistentTerminology / CanonDiscontinuity: When Roode, Kaz, and Daniels lated formed the '''[[FunWithAcronyms E]]'''xtraordinary '''[[FunWithAcronyms G]]'''entlemen's '''[[FunWithAcronyms O]]'''rganization, they termed it as a '''new''' alliance despite having previously acknowledged Fortune in previous during prior attempted team-ups.
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* ArchEnemy: [=EV2=], Immortal.
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* [[IAmSong "We Are" Song]]: Fortune 4!
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** AJ's theme in particular was an IAmSong, one version of which had the same drum/cymbal beat as the Fortune theme—showing subtly that he was the shot-caller of the group among the active wrestlers.
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* [[IAmSong "We Are" Song]]: InsistentTerminology / CanonDiscontinuity: When Roode, Kaz, and Daniels lated formed the '''[[FunWithAcronyms E]]'''xtraordinary '''[[FunWithAcronyms G]]'''entlemen's '''[[FunWithAcronyms O]]'''rganization, they termed it as a '''new''' alliance despite having previously acknowledged Fortune 4!
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* UndyingLoyalty: Kazarian especially. It wasn't until ''after'' the stable died that Daniels convinced Kaz to reserve it for him and vice versa. Also, the group's purpose had this in spades to TNA, what with the core four being instrumental pieces in the company for years and Styles and Storm in particular having been there since day one.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Kazarian especially. It wasn't until ''after'' the stable died that Daniels convinced Kaz to reserve it for him and vice versa. Also, the group's purpose had this in spades to TNA, what with the core four being instrumental pieces in the company for years and Styles and Storm in particular having been there since day one.one.
* [[IAmSong "We Are" Song]]: Fortune 4!
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* [[IAmSong "We Are" Song]]: Fortune 4!
** AJ's theme in particular was an IAmSong, one version of which had the same drum/cymbal beat as the Fortune theme—showing subtly that he was the shot-caller of the group among the active wrestlers.
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* TheAce: Forever AJ, not just for the stable but for TNA in general.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Fortune were built on this, ''especially'' during the initial stages of their HeelFaceTurn.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: BashBrothers: Storm and Roode (Beer Money). AJ was this with both Kaz and Daniels.
* CallingTheOldManOut / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fortune were built on this, ''especially'' during the initial stages of their HeelFaceTurn.
* CallingTheOldManOut / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fortune were built on this, ''especially'' during the initial stages of their HeelFaceTurn.
* GreenEyedMonster [=/=] {{Pride}}: What ultimately killed the group following the end of their objective. Crept up in Daniels towards AJ (''[[RecycledScript again]]''), then in Roode towards Storm after the latter won the title.
* [[IAmSong "We Are" Song]]: Fortune 4!
** AJ's theme in particular was an IAmSong, one version of which had the same drum/cymbal beat as the Fortune theme—showing subtly that he was the shot-caller of the group among the active wrestlers.
* JackOfAllStats: Especially Styles, Daniels, and Kazarian.
* [[IAmSong "We Are" Song]]: Fortune 4!
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* JackOfAllStats: Especially Styles, Daniels, and Kazarian.
* ParentalSubstitute: Flair was this to AJ.
* PopularityPower: Probably the most popular faction in the history of TNA.
* PopularityPower: Probably the most popular faction in the history of TNA.
* SacrificialLion: AJ became this shortly after the face turn when Immortal's [[TheBrute brute]] [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Bully Ray]] paralyzed him with a superbomb through a table. Considering his role as the leader, the group was looking rough until a [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels certain individual]] decided [[HesBack to]] [[BigDamnHeroes return]] and [[TakeUpMySword take up his sword]] for a month until his return.
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* AntiVillain QuirkyMinibossSquad: Until they turned face.As heels.
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Said future character directions took hold with the group's gradual disbanding in late 2011, what with the latest installment of ''[[RecycledPremise Daniels Betrays AJ Styles Over Envy and Pride]]'' being arguably the best one yet (particularly as it led to Kaz and Daniels forming the infamous duo known as [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Bad Influence]]), Bobby Roode returning to his heel roots as one of the best [[CardCarryingVillains proudly selfish villains]] wrestling has had in years, and James Storm and AJ Styles being compelling players with constantly sympathetic storylines, trials and tribulations, while having all-too-brief flirtations with the World Heavyweight Title. As for Flair, he would, as the pattern goes, return to WWE as an ambassador in the aftermath.
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Said future character directions took hold with the group's gradual disbanding in late 2011, what with the latest installment of ''[[RecycledPremise Daniels Betrays AJ Styles Over Envy and Pride]]'' being arguably the best one yet (particularly as it led to Kaz and Daniels forming the infamous duo known as [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Bad Influence]]), Bobby Roode returning to his heel roots as one of the best [[CardCarryingVillains [[CardCarryingVillain proudly selfish win-at-all-costs villains]] wrestling has had in years, and James Storm and AJ Styles being compelling players with constantly sympathetic storylines, trials and tribulations, while having all-too-brief flirtations with the World Heavyweight Title. As for Flair, he would, as the pattern goes, return to WWE as an ambassador in the aftermath.
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* TrueCompanions: Particularly the Core Four and Daniels. At least, until Daniels and Roode both became driven by ambitions of the self.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Kazarian especially. It wasn't until ''after'' the stable died that Daniels convinced Kaz to reserve it for him and vice versa.
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*** BigBad / EvilMentor: Ric Flair
*** TheDragon / DragonInChief: AJ Styles.
*** TheBrute: Beer Money have been stated to be the muscle of the group.
*** EvilGenius: Douglas Williams.
*** DarkChick: Kazarian.
*** SixthRangerTraitor: Matt Morgan, who filled a role that ranked somewhere between Dragon and Brute when he was Flair's bodyguard.
*** TagalongKid: Desmond Wolfe, [[DemotedToExtra for a cup of coffee]].
*** TheDragon / DragonInChief: AJ Styles.
*** TheBrute: Beer Money have been stated to be the muscle of the group.
*** EvilGenius: Douglas Williams.
*** DarkChick: Kazarian.
*** SixthRangerTraitor: Matt Morgan, who filled a role that ranked somewhere between Dragon and Brute when he was Flair's bodyguard.
*** TagalongKid: Desmond Wolfe, [[DemotedToExtra for a cup of coffee]].
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*** TheHero / TheLeader: AJ Styles.
*** TheLancer: Christopher Daniels.
*** TheBigGuy: James Storm.
*** TheSmartGuy: Robert/Bobby Roode.
*** TheHeart: Kazarian.
*** SixthRanger: Alex Shelley/Kurt Angle/Crimson/Sting
*** TheLancer: Christopher Daniels.
*** TheBigGuy: James Storm.
*** TheSmartGuy: Robert/Bobby Roode.
*** TheHeart: Kazarian.
*** SixthRanger: Alex Shelley/Kurt Angle/Crimson/Sting
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'''Fortune''' (originally spelled '''[[FourIsDeath Fourtune]]''') was a PowerStable in [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] which started in 2010 and came to an end in late 2011, formed by Wrestling/RicFlair and prominently led by Wrestling/AJStyles.
Flair first came to TNA on January 4, 2010 as part of the massive influx of name value talent courtesy of Hulk Hogan, and didn't take too long before striking up an alliance with then-World Heavyweight Champion (and face of the company) AJ Styles, with Flair being AJ's manager and mentor. AJ would adopt Flair's lifestyle, cheating ways, sequined entrance robe (albeit with a hood), and even a couple of his moves as tribute, while Flair kept AJ on top until he lost the world title three months later to Wrestling/RobVanDam. Shortly thereafter, recently-returned former X-Division Champion Kazarian came into the picture, and he and AJ started fighting over being Flair's top guy to the point they couldn't work together long enough to beat Jay Lethal—until Flair introduced the solution: take AJ, Kaz, and fellow Team Flair allies [[Wrestling/JamesStorm Beer]] [[Wrestling/BobbyRoode Money]] [[BashBrothers Inc.]] and Desmond Wolfe, and give them the chance to come together under the modified Horsemen banner of Fourtune.
Desmond's losing streak ended up keeping him out of the Fortune lineup, while the Core Four (as they referred to themselves) were soon joined by Kaz's rival and X-Division Champ Douglas Williams, along with [[TheGiant Matt Morgan]] as Flair's personal bodyguard, to make up the numbers against a band of [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} ECW Originals]] who would henceforth be known as [=EV2.0=] due to [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope trademarks]] on the company name. Fourtune hated [=EV2=] for the perception of their being overrated {{Garbage Wrestler}}s as well as outsiders taking spots away from the guys that built the company. (Also during this feud: the spelling of the stable name was tweaked to its more known version because everybody kept pointing out that they had more than four wrestlers, even worse once Flair, against all common sense[[note]]what with him being a flabby old man who two years earlier had just had a hearty retirement ceremony after losing to Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania 24]]''[[/note]], got in the ring himself.)
After virtually dominating the feud with [=EV2=] and joining with Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/EricBischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam latest rehashing of the nWo]] to get the power to fire most of the Hardcore crew, Fortune contained most of the titles and most of the credibility within the Immortal alliance. And on February 3, 2011, when [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life wrote the plot]][[note]]see below[[/note]], they took that credibility and [[ConspiracyRedemption turned on Immortal with it, costing then-]][[TheAntichrist Antichrist]] {{Heel}} Wrestling/JeffHardy the World Heavyweight Title. The ensuing feud kept true to Fortune's original purpose, turned them into the faces the crowd always believed they were, as added the return of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels to join the stable when they needed someone to fill in for AJ heading into ''Lethal Lockdown'', led to a litany of noteworthy moments which had TNA diehards jumping for joy, and set the seeds up for the future character directions of all involved—although, as a consequence, Flair chose Immortal over Fortune.
Said future character directions took hold with the group's gradual disbanding in late 2011, what with the latest installment of ''[[RecycledPremise Daniels Betrays AJ Styles Over Envy and Pride]]'' being arguably the best one yet (particularly as it led to Kaz and Daniels forming the infamous duo known as [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Bad Influence]]), Bobby Roode returning to his heel roots as one of the best [[CardCarryingVillains proudly selfish villains]] wrestling has had in years, and James Storm and AJ Styles being compelling players with constantly sympathetic storylines, trials and tribulations, while having all-too-brief flirtations with the World Heavyweight Title. As for Flair, he would, as the pattern goes, return to WWE as an ambassador in the aftermath.
As usual, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(professional_wrestling) The Other Wiki]] has a more extensive article on the history of Fortune.
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!!! "We are, we are! Fortune Tropes!":
* AffablyEvil: Considering they had Wrestling/RicFlair, a bunch of well-liked TNA Originals, and a purpose the fans agreed with, it was pretty hard to hate them when they were heels.
* AntiVillain QuirkyMinibossSquad: Until they turned face.
* {{Badass}}es
** BadassInANiceSuit: Especially AJ, who on several occasions had led suit-clad beatdowns on Flair and Fortune's enemies prior to their face turn.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Fortune were built on this, ''especially'' during the initial stages of their HeelFaceTurn.
* ChekhovsGun: Unintentional, but it still counts. Flair was originally saying "They" were Fortune during the initial Immortal conspiracy. Cue IronicEcho when the "Them" that Wrestling/KurtAngle and Crimson were promising would come after Immortal heading into 2/3/11 turned out to be Fortune's…
* ConspiracyRedemption
* TheDogBitesBack: Treating AJ Styles and Matt Morgan like crap came back to haunt Eric Bischoff, as it caused Morgan to pull a HeelFaceTurn on him as well as solidified AJ and Fortune's plan to form the first real threat to Immortal. Between this, Sting's return, and Jeff Hardy falling off the wagon, Immortal stopped being TheIlluminati of TNA and started really being, ironically, the disjointed pseudo-ripoff of the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder original nWo]] that fans saw them as all along.
* FiveBadBand: As heels.
*** BigBad / EvilMentor: Ric Flair
*** TheDragon / DragonInChief: AJ Styles.
*** TheBrute: Beer Money have been stated to be the muscle of the group.
*** EvilGenius: Douglas Williams.
*** DarkChick: Kazarian.
*** SixthRangerTraitor: Matt Morgan, who filled a role that ranked somewhere between Dragon and Brute when he was Flair's bodyguard.
*** TagalongKid: Desmond Wolfe, [[DemotedToExtra for a cup of coffee]].
* FiveManBand: As faces.
*** TheHero / TheLeader: AJ Styles.
*** TheLancer: Christopher Daniels.
*** TheBigGuy: James Storm.
*** TheSmartGuy: Robert/Bobby Roode.
*** TheHeart: Kazarian.
*** SixthRanger: Alex Shelley/Kurt Angle/Crimson/Sting
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Much like the Chekhov's Gun above, unintentional but it still counts. During their time with Immortal, Fortune were giving constant hints in backstage segments toward how they could only trust "the core four" (each other/themselves), and Robert Roode even once said in an interview that he envisioned them holding all the gold, even going so far as to say he saw AJ regaining the World Heavyweight Championship. ''This was while Jeff Hardy was World Heavyweight Champion.''
* FourIsDeath: The concept of the stable was [[{{Expy}} inspired by]] [[CaptainObvious Flair's former Four Horsemen stable]]. The first four members referred to themselves as the "core" four members. Even after the members list became more than four, they continued to invoke the trope, what with the logo with two 4s and the theme song saying "Fortune Four". Oh, and there were eight actual members total in the history of Fortune (8 = 2 x 4).
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Core Four.
** Sanguine: James Storm.
** Choleric: AJ Styles.
** Melancholic/Leukine: Bobby Roode.
** Phlegmatic: Kazarian.
* ''{{God}}''[[AGodAmI [= =]Am I]]: Flair literally thought of himself at the time as wrestling's incarnation of God.
* MookHorrorShow: On the July 14, 2011, edition, Sting (who's been "coincidentally" mimicking [[Film/TheDarkKnight Heath Ledger's]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker "Joker"]] with his new makeup design) set loose a small group of clown-masked minions on Immortal. What follows pretty much played out like a slasher flick, with the clowns picking off Immortal one by one. Gunner even attempts to invoke [[FinalGirl Final Boy]] on them, which fails. The guys under the mask? Turned out to be Fortune.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Originally the "Them" from 2/3/11 was supposed to be the return of the Main Event Mafia as babyfaces. This plan was screwed thanks to Wrestling/KevinNash hardballing his way out of a contract and instead returning to WWE along with Wrestling/BookerT at the Royal Rumble just days before the date in question. Luckily, there was a certain option in place which mostly every TNA fan had wanted to see all along…
* SharpDressedMan: The main sign that this group was Flair's brainchild. Their attires became somewhat more casual after Flair turned on them, but still kept to the spirit of it. See BadassInANiceSuit.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: For the stable's first few months, the name was spelled "Fourtune" in honor of the Four Horsemen. However, since more and more people pointed out that the stable has ''six'' people in it (seven if including Flair) after including Morgan and Williams, it was switched to "Fortune".
* SpiritualSuccessor: Flair intended Fortune to be this to the Four Horsemen, with AJ being his own successor. Didn't quite work out that way.
* TeamDad: Flair, until he turned on them.
* TookALevelInBadass: Both members of Beer Money, most notably Bobby Roode, who first showed signs of becoming the magnificent talker and big time singles star that he is today during Fortune's run as faces when calling out Hogan and Jarrett.
* TrueCompanions: Particularly the Core Four and Daniels. At least, until Daniels and Roode both became driven by ambitions of the self.
Flair first came to TNA on January 4, 2010 as part of the massive influx of name value talent courtesy of Hulk Hogan, and didn't take too long before striking up an alliance with then-World Heavyweight Champion (and face of the company) AJ Styles, with Flair being AJ's manager and mentor. AJ would adopt Flair's lifestyle, cheating ways, sequined entrance robe (albeit with a hood), and even a couple of his moves as tribute, while Flair kept AJ on top until he lost the world title three months later to Wrestling/RobVanDam. Shortly thereafter, recently-returned former X-Division Champion Kazarian came into the picture, and he and AJ started fighting over being Flair's top guy to the point they couldn't work together long enough to beat Jay Lethal—until Flair introduced the solution: take AJ, Kaz, and fellow Team Flair allies [[Wrestling/JamesStorm Beer]] [[Wrestling/BobbyRoode Money]] [[BashBrothers Inc.]] and Desmond Wolfe, and give them the chance to come together under the modified Horsemen banner of Fourtune.
Desmond's losing streak ended up keeping him out of the Fortune lineup, while the Core Four (as they referred to themselves) were soon joined by Kaz's rival and X-Division Champ Douglas Williams, along with [[TheGiant Matt Morgan]] as Flair's personal bodyguard, to make up the numbers against a band of [[Wrestling/{{ECW}} ECW Originals]] who would henceforth be known as [=EV2.0=] due to [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope trademarks]] on the company name. Fourtune hated [=EV2=] for the perception of their being overrated {{Garbage Wrestler}}s as well as outsiders taking spots away from the guys that built the company. (Also during this feud: the spelling of the stable name was tweaked to its more known version because everybody kept pointing out that they had more than four wrestlers, even worse once Flair, against all common sense[[note]]what with him being a flabby old man who two years earlier had just had a hearty retirement ceremony after losing to Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania 24]]''[[/note]], got in the ring himself.)
After virtually dominating the feud with [=EV2=] and joining with Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/EricBischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam latest rehashing of the nWo]] to get the power to fire most of the Hardcore crew, Fortune contained most of the titles and most of the credibility within the Immortal alliance. And on February 3, 2011, when [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life wrote the plot]][[note]]see below[[/note]], they took that credibility and [[ConspiracyRedemption turned on Immortal with it, costing then-]][[TheAntichrist Antichrist]] {{Heel}} Wrestling/JeffHardy the World Heavyweight Title. The ensuing feud kept true to Fortune's original purpose, turned them into the faces the crowd always believed they were, as added the return of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels to join the stable when they needed someone to fill in for AJ heading into ''Lethal Lockdown'', led to a litany of noteworthy moments which had TNA diehards jumping for joy, and set the seeds up for the future character directions of all involved—although, as a consequence, Flair chose Immortal over Fortune.
Said future character directions took hold with the group's gradual disbanding in late 2011, what with the latest installment of ''[[RecycledPremise Daniels Betrays AJ Styles Over Envy and Pride]]'' being arguably the best one yet (particularly as it led to Kaz and Daniels forming the infamous duo known as [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Bad Influence]]), Bobby Roode returning to his heel roots as one of the best [[CardCarryingVillains proudly selfish villains]] wrestling has had in years, and James Storm and AJ Styles being compelling players with constantly sympathetic storylines, trials and tribulations, while having all-too-brief flirtations with the World Heavyweight Title. As for Flair, he would, as the pattern goes, return to WWE as an ambassador in the aftermath.
As usual, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(professional_wrestling) The Other Wiki]] has a more extensive article on the history of Fortune.
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!!! "We are, we are! Fortune Tropes!":
* AffablyEvil: Considering they had Wrestling/RicFlair, a bunch of well-liked TNA Originals, and a purpose the fans agreed with, it was pretty hard to hate them when they were heels.
* AntiVillain QuirkyMinibossSquad: Until they turned face.
* {{Badass}}es
** BadassInANiceSuit: Especially AJ, who on several occasions had led suit-clad beatdowns on Flair and Fortune's enemies prior to their face turn.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Fortune were built on this, ''especially'' during the initial stages of their HeelFaceTurn.
* ChekhovsGun: Unintentional, but it still counts. Flair was originally saying "They" were Fortune during the initial Immortal conspiracy. Cue IronicEcho when the "Them" that Wrestling/KurtAngle and Crimson were promising would come after Immortal heading into 2/3/11 turned out to be Fortune's…
* ConspiracyRedemption
* TheDogBitesBack: Treating AJ Styles and Matt Morgan like crap came back to haunt Eric Bischoff, as it caused Morgan to pull a HeelFaceTurn on him as well as solidified AJ and Fortune's plan to form the first real threat to Immortal. Between this, Sting's return, and Jeff Hardy falling off the wagon, Immortal stopped being TheIlluminati of TNA and started really being, ironically, the disjointed pseudo-ripoff of the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder original nWo]] that fans saw them as all along.
* FiveBadBand: As heels.
*** BigBad / EvilMentor: Ric Flair
*** TheDragon / DragonInChief: AJ Styles.
*** TheBrute: Beer Money have been stated to be the muscle of the group.
*** EvilGenius: Douglas Williams.
*** DarkChick: Kazarian.
*** SixthRangerTraitor: Matt Morgan, who filled a role that ranked somewhere between Dragon and Brute when he was Flair's bodyguard.
*** TagalongKid: Desmond Wolfe, [[DemotedToExtra for a cup of coffee]].
* FiveManBand: As faces.
*** TheHero / TheLeader: AJ Styles.
*** TheLancer: Christopher Daniels.
*** TheBigGuy: James Storm.
*** TheSmartGuy: Robert/Bobby Roode.
*** TheHeart: Kazarian.
*** SixthRanger: Alex Shelley/Kurt Angle/Crimson/Sting
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Much like the Chekhov's Gun above, unintentional but it still counts. During their time with Immortal, Fortune were giving constant hints in backstage segments toward how they could only trust "the core four" (each other/themselves), and Robert Roode even once said in an interview that he envisioned them holding all the gold, even going so far as to say he saw AJ regaining the World Heavyweight Championship. ''This was while Jeff Hardy was World Heavyweight Champion.''
* FourIsDeath: The concept of the stable was [[{{Expy}} inspired by]] [[CaptainObvious Flair's former Four Horsemen stable]]. The first four members referred to themselves as the "core" four members. Even after the members list became more than four, they continued to invoke the trope, what with the logo with two 4s and the theme song saying "Fortune Four". Oh, and there were eight actual members total in the history of Fortune (8 = 2 x 4).
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Core Four.
** Sanguine: James Storm.
** Choleric: AJ Styles.
** Melancholic/Leukine: Bobby Roode.
** Phlegmatic: Kazarian.
* ''{{God}}''[[AGodAmI [= =]Am I]]: Flair literally thought of himself at the time as wrestling's incarnation of God.
* MookHorrorShow: On the July 14, 2011, edition, Sting (who's been "coincidentally" mimicking [[Film/TheDarkKnight Heath Ledger's]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker "Joker"]] with his new makeup design) set loose a small group of clown-masked minions on Immortal. What follows pretty much played out like a slasher flick, with the clowns picking off Immortal one by one. Gunner even attempts to invoke [[FinalGirl Final Boy]] on them, which fails. The guys under the mask? Turned out to be Fortune.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Originally the "Them" from 2/3/11 was supposed to be the return of the Main Event Mafia as babyfaces. This plan was screwed thanks to Wrestling/KevinNash hardballing his way out of a contract and instead returning to WWE along with Wrestling/BookerT at the Royal Rumble just days before the date in question. Luckily, there was a certain option in place which mostly every TNA fan had wanted to see all along…
* SharpDressedMan: The main sign that this group was Flair's brainchild. Their attires became somewhat more casual after Flair turned on them, but still kept to the spirit of it. See BadassInANiceSuit.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: For the stable's first few months, the name was spelled "Fourtune" in honor of the Four Horsemen. However, since more and more people pointed out that the stable has ''six'' people in it (seven if including Flair) after including Morgan and Williams, it was switched to "Fortune".
* SpiritualSuccessor: Flair intended Fortune to be this to the Four Horsemen, with AJ being his own successor. Didn't quite work out that way.
* TeamDad: Flair, until he turned on them.
* TookALevelInBadass: Both members of Beer Money, most notably Bobby Roode, who first showed signs of becoming the magnificent talker and big time singles star that he is today during Fortune's run as faces when calling out Hogan and Jarrett.
* TrueCompanions: Particularly the Core Four and Daniels. At least, until Daniels and Roode both became driven by ambitions of the self.
