History Wrestling / Fortune

%%* CoolOldGuy: Flair.

%%* JackOfAllStats: Especially Styles, Daniels, and Kazarian.
%%* LargeHam: Flair first, the others following thereafter.

%%* OutGambitted: Often did this to Immortal in the summer of 2011, especially when they worked together with Sting.

%%* PowerStable: Based on the TropeCodifier of power stables no less.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Flair intended Fortune to be this to the Four Horsemen, with AJ being his own successor. Didn't quite work out that way, as bulging power stables have kind of been TNA's thing from day one (compare their Team Canada to any other iteration).
%%* TeamDad: Flair, until he turned on them.

* NiceHat: Storm had a habit of sporting cowboy hats and making them look good.

* IAmSong: "We Are, We Are, Fortune 4!" An offshoot of AJ's tradition with his theme being a straightforward 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.

** Fortune 4!
** An offshoot of AJ's tradition with his theme being a straightforward 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.

%%* AntiVillain QuirkyMinibossSquad: As heels.
%%* ArchEnemy: [=EV2=], Immortal.

%%* BadassLongrobe: Flair. He also had AJ donning these during the beginning of their partnership.
%%* BashBrothers: Storm and Roode (Beer Money). AJ was this with both Kaz and Daniels.

%%* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Fourtune spelling.

%%* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Flair, with the others inheriting this from him. As usual.

%%* NiceHat: Storm.
%%* OutGambitted: Had a habit of doing this to Immortal, especially when they worked together with Sting.
%%* ParentalSubstitute: Flair was this to AJ.

* RunningGag: Flair being "iced". Meaning that a member of Fortune left him a bottle of Smirnoff Ice hidden and everytime he found it he would have to chug it back. Flair happily complied everytime.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Flair intended Fortune to be this to the Four Horsemen, with AJ being his own successor. Didn't quite work out that way, as bulging power stables have kind of been TNA's thing from day one (compare their Team Canada to any other iteration)

* TheAlcoholic / BestBeerEver: Ric Flair's always been about the finer things like champagne. Storm just about drinking.
* AntiVillain QuirkyMinibossSquad: As heels.
* ArchEnemy: [=EV2=], Immortal.

* BadassLongrobe: Flair. He also had AJ donning these during the beginning of their partnership.
* BashBrothers: Storm and Roode (Beer Money). AJ was this with both Kaz and Daniels.
* BerserkButton / DudeWheresMyRespect

* BlasphemousBoast / ''{{God}}''[[AGodAmI [= =]Am I]]: Flair literally thought of himself at the time as wrestling's incarnation of God.

* CallingTheOldManOut / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fortune were built on this, ''especially'' during the initial stages of their HeelFaceTurn.

* CoolOldGuy: Flair.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Fourtune spelling.
* FiveManBand: As faces.
** TheHero / TheLeader: AJ Styles.
** TheLancer: Christopher Daniels.
** TheBigGuy: James Storm.
** TheSmartGuy: Robert/Bobby Roode, with traces of TheLancer as well.
** TheHeart: Kazarian.
** SixthRanger: Alex Shelley/Kurt Angle/Crimson/Sting.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Core Four.
** Sanguine: James Storm.
** Choleric: AJ Styles.
** Melancholic/Leukine: Bobby Roode.
** Phlegmatic: Kazarian.

* JackOfAllStats: Especially Styles, Daniels, and Kazarian.
* LargeHam: Flair first, the others following thereafter.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Flair, with the others inheriting this from him. As usual.

* NiceHat: Storm.
* OutGambitted: Had a habit of doing this to Immortal, especially when they worked together with Sting.
* ParentalSubstitute: Flair was this to AJ.

* PowerStable: Based on the TropeCodifier of power stables no less.

* TeamDad: Flair, until he turned on them.

* [[IAmSong "We Are" Song]]

** An offshoot of AJ's tradition with his theme being a straightforward 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.

After virtually dominating the feud with [=EV2=] and joining with Hogan and Bischoff'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]], 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).

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 [[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.

* 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 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.

* FourIsDeath: The concept of the stable was [[{{Expy}} inspired by]] [[CaptainObvious Flair's former stable]] Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen. 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).

* 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]].

->''"Got it guys? It's not Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen. It's the [[{{Expy}} same fingers]], but it's [[SpiritualSuccessor Fourtune]]! It's Wrestling/{{TNA}}, and it's time for a change!"''
-->-- '''Wrestling/RicFlair''', ''TNA Impact'' on 6/17/2010

Desmond's losing streak ended up keeping him out of the Fourtune 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 [[ArtisticLicenseStatistics they had more than four wrestlers]].)

* 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.

'''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.

* 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…

* {{Badass}}es: In theory, they should have been presented as such before Fourtune's formation, being largely made up of ''TNA'' originals. Of course, being forced to the side is what caused them to pull together anyway.

Flair first came to TNA on January 4, 2010 as part of the massive influx of name value talent courtesy of Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/EricBischoff coming in, 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 [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian 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 Wrestling/JayLethal—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.