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** The second "they" reveal on February 3rd, 2011. Originally the storyline was written for the [[DiscOneFinalBoss Main]] [[PowerStable Event]] [[TheMafia Mafia]] (or at least a babyface reincarnation thereof) to reunite. [[TooDumbToLive Despite Booker T, Sting, and Kevin Nash not even having signed back with TNA yet.]] At least two, possibly all three, of those guys recently heading for Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead, forced TNA to rewrite the story. And by God, the fans were happy. So who were "they", exactly? ''[[QuirkyMinibossSquad Fortune]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments epically]] [[ConspiracyRedemption rebelling against]] Wrestling/EricBischoff [[NebulousEvilOrganization and]] [[TheIlluminati Immortal]].'' And the best part? '''The original idea would've been closer to an AssPull.''' The best part is Wrestling/AJStyles [[CallingTheOldManOut calling Bischoff out]] for turning TNA into a WWE ripoff. Why is this the best part? This is ''exactly'' what the fans had been complaining about!
** The second "they" reveal on February 3rd, 2011. Originally the storyline was written for the [[DiscOneFinalBoss Main]] [[PowerStable Event]] [[TheMafia Mafia]] (or at least a babyface reincarnation thereof) to reunite. [[TooDumbToLive Despite Booker T, Sting, and Kevin Nash not even having signed back with TNA yet.]] At least two, possibly all three, of those guys recently heading for Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead, forced TNA to rewrite the story. And by God, the fans were happy. So who were "they", exactly? ''[[QuirkyMinibossSquad Fortune]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments epically]] [[ConspiracyRedemption rebelling against]] Wrestling/EricBischoff [[NebulousEvilOrganization and]] [[TheIlluminati Immortal]].'' And the best part? '''The original idea would've been closer to an AssPull.''' The best part is Wrestling/AJStyles [[CallingTheOldManOut calling Bischoff out]] for turning TNA into a WWE ripoff. Why is this the best part? This is ''exactly'' what the fans had been complaining about!
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Caused this ''a lot'' when they were the Empire (or at least part of it). Many a fan felt vindicated when they defected afterwards.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Caused this ''a lot'' when they were the Empire (or at least part of it). Many a fan felt vindicated when they defected afterwards.afterwards.
* 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).
* 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).
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* DynamicEntry: Daniels' [[HesBack return to TNA]] on the March 31, 2011 edition of ''Impact!'', in which he took out all of Immortal by leaping off the top of a steel cage to save Fortune from a beatdown, making his return to TNA and aligning with Fortune.
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* FanNickname: Due to their lack of ability to stick to four members/wrestlers despite being initially named '''Four'''tune, fans took to naming them ''[insert-number-of-members-here]''tune: particular variations included [=SIXtune=] (with Morgan and Williams), [=SEVENtune=] (same but including Flair), and [=FIVEtune=] (with Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels after turning face). It gets even more hilarious when you include Immortal members during the three months the two groups were aligned (with examples going as far up as "Immortal [[OverlyLongGag TWELVEtune]]").
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** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] Wrestling/AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit…and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and Wrestling/JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
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** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] Immortal conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] Wrestling/AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit…and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and Wrestling/JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
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** The second "they" reveal on February 3rd, 2011. Originally the storyline was written for the [[DiscOneFinalBoss Main]] [[PowerStable Event]] [[TheMafia Mafia]] (or at least a babyface reincarnation thereof) to reunite. [[TooDumbToLive Despite Booker T, Sting, and Kevin Nash not even having signed back with TNA yet.]] At least two, possibly all three, of those guys recently heading for Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead, forced TNA to rewrite the story. And by God, the fans were happy. So who were "they", exactly? ''[[QuirkyMinibossSquad Fortune]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments epically]] [[ConspiracyRedemption rebelling against]] Wrestling/EricBischoff [[NebulousEvilOrganization and]] [[TheIlluminati Immortal]].'' And the best part? '''The original idea would've been closer to an AssPull.'''
** Oh that's not the best part, the best part is Wrestling/AJStyles [[CallingTheOldManOut calling Bischoff out]] for turning TNA into a WWE ripoff. Why is this the best part? This is ''exactly'' what the fans had been complaining about!
* [[AwesomeMusic/ProfessionalWrestling Awesome Music]] / EarWorm: Both versions of the Fortune 4 theme count.
* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with Wrestling/RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Kazarian]]'s comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
** Oh that's not the best part, the best part is Wrestling/AJStyles [[CallingTheOldManOut calling Bischoff out]] for turning TNA into a WWE ripoff. Why is this the best part? This is ''exactly'' what the fans had been complaining about!
* [[AwesomeMusic/ProfessionalWrestling Awesome Music]] / EarWorm: Both versions of the Fortune 4 theme count.
* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with Wrestling/RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Kazarian]]'s comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
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** The second "they" reveal on February 3rd, 2011. Originally the storyline was written for the [[DiscOneFinalBoss Main]] [[PowerStable Event]] [[TheMafia Mafia]] (or at least a babyface reincarnation thereof) to reunite. [[TooDumbToLive Despite Booker T, Sting, and Kevin Nash not even having signed back with TNA yet.]] At least two, possibly all three, of those guys recently heading for Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead, forced TNA to rewrite the story. And by God, the fans were happy. So who were "they", exactly? ''[[QuirkyMinibossSquad Fortune]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments epically]] [[ConspiracyRedemption rebelling against]] Wrestling/EricBischoff [[NebulousEvilOrganization and]] [[TheIlluminati Immortal]].'' And the best part? '''The original idea would've been closer to an AssPull.'''
** Oh that's not the best part, the''' The best part is Wrestling/AJStyles [[CallingTheOldManOut calling Bischoff out]] for turning TNA into a WWE ripoff. Why is this the best part? This is ''exactly'' what the fans had been complaining about!
*[[AwesomeMusic/ProfessionalWrestling Awesome Music]] / EarWorm: Both versions of the Fortune 4 theme count.
* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic:DracoInLeatherPants: At the end of Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with Wrestling/RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Kazarian]]'s comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
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* DynamicEntry / HolyShitQuotient: Daniels' [[HesBack return to TNA]] on the March 31, 2011 edition of ''Impact!'', in which he took out all of Immortal by leaping off the top of a steel cage to save Fortune from a beatdown, making his return to TNA and aligning with Fortune.
* {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s: They were supposed to get over, but probably not as big as they did seeing how they people had been calling for bigger pushes to the core four for years. They definitely were supposed to get over as baby faces.
* FoeYay: Even years post-dissolution, it seems the final five members haven't gotten their hands on each other enough. Especially Styles and Daniels before AJ's darker gimmick change.
* {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s: They were supposed to get over, but probably not as big as they did seeing how they people had been calling for bigger pushes to the core four for years. They definitely were supposed to get over as baby faces.
* FoeYay: Even years post-dissolution, it seems the final five members haven't gotten their hands on each other enough. Especially Styles and Daniels before AJ's darker gimmick change.
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* DynamicEntry / HolyShitQuotient: DynamicEntry: Daniels' [[HesBack return to TNA]] on the March 31, 2011 edition of ''Impact!'', in which he took out all of Immortal by leaping off the top of a steel cage to save Fortune from a beatdown, making his return to TNA and aligning with Fortune.
*{{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s: EnsembleDarkhorse: They were supposed to get over, but probably not as big as they did seeing how they people had been calling for bigger pushes to the core four for years. They definitely were supposed to get over as baby faces.
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* [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling Memetic Mutation]]: These guys were probably responsible for a lot of people getting ice'd.[[note]]By this we mean surprised with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice and made to drink it in front of the boys, something which was a Fortune tradition while Flair was the TeamDad.[[/note]]
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* [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling Memetic Mutation]]: MemeticMutation: These guys were probably responsible for a lot of people getting ice'd.[[note]]By this we mean surprised with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice and made to drink it in front of the boys, something which was a Fortune tradition while Flair was the TeamDad.[[/note]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: Two members of Fortune (Wrestling/BobbyRoode and Wrestling/AJStyles) would later join forces with Wrestling/RicFlair's daughter Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} for the ''Wrestling/WWEMixedMatchChallenge'' in seasons 1 and 2.
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** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] Wrestling/AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit…and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
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** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] Wrestling/AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit…and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's Wrestling/JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
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* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with Wrestling/RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Kazarian]]'s comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
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* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with Wrestling/RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Kazarian]]'s comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
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* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and Kazarian's comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
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* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with RicFlair Wrestling/RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and Kazarian's [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Kazarian]]'s comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
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** Wrestling/RicFlair and Wrestling/HulkHogan during the first "Immortal" promo had this in spades to the point that Ric told Hogan he was going to get up very morning loving him more than he's ever loved anything else. Hogan then asked if that included his ex-wives. Ric said yes.
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** Wrestling/RicFlair and Wrestling/HulkHogan during the first "Immortal" promo had this in spades to the point that Ric told Hogan he was going to get up very every morning loving him more than he's ever loved anything else. Hogan then asked if that included his ex-wives. Ric said yes.
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** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit…and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
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** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles Wrestling/AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit…and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
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* DynamicEntry / HolyShitQuotient: Daniels' DynamicEntry on the March 31, 2011 edition of ''Impact!'', in which he took out all of Immortal by leaping off the top of a steel cage to save Fortune from a beatdown, making his return to TNA and aligning with Fortune.
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* DynamicEntry / HolyShitQuotient: Daniels' DynamicEntry [[HesBack return to TNA]] on the March 31, 2011 edition of ''Impact!'', in which he took out all of Immortal by leaping off the top of a steel cage to save Fortune from a beatdown, making his return to TNA and aligning with Fortune.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Listen to the 2007 version of AJ Styles's "I Am" theme from back in the Wrestling/{{Christian}} Coalition days, then listen to the Fortune theme (either version, though it's more apparent in the version they used with Flair). Do the instruments sound similar at all? If so, that's the subtle bit that shows AJ's influence in the stable's foundation. Also, Beer ''Money'' Inc. being the tag team members in a stable called ''Fortune''.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Listen to the 2007 version of AJ Styles's "I Am" theme from back in the Wrestling/{{Christian}} Coalition days, then listen to the Fortune theme (either version, though it's more apparent in the version they used with Flair). Do the instruments sound similar at all? If so, that's the subtle bit that shows AJ's influence in the stable's foundation. And that's without even accounting for the fact that AJ's theme is an IAmSong whereas Fortune's theme is a [[TrueCompanions "We Are" Song]]. Also, Beer ''Money'' Inc. being the tag team members in a stable called ''Fortune''.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Listen to the 2007 version of AJ Styles's "I Am" theme, then listen to the Fortune theme (either version, though it's more apparent in the version they used with Flair). Do the instruments sound similar at all? If so, that's the subtle bit that shows AJ's influence in the stable's foundation. Also, Beer ''Money'' Inc. being the tag team members in a stable called ''Fortune''.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Listen to the 2007 version of AJ Styles's "I Am" theme, theme from back in the Wrestling/{{Christian}} Coalition days, then listen to the Fortune theme (either version, though it's more apparent in the version they used with Flair). Do the instruments sound similar at all? If so, that's the subtle bit that shows AJ's influence in the stable's foundation. Also, Beer ''Money'' Inc. being the tag team members in a stable called ''Fortune''.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Listen to the 2007 version of AJ Styles's "I Am" theme, then listen to the Fortune theme (either version, though it's more apparent in the version they used with Flair). Do the instruments sound similar at all? If so, that's the subtle bit that shows AJ's influence in the stable's foundation. Also, Beer ''Money'' Inc. being the tag team members in a stable called ''Fortune''.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Caused this ''a lot'' when they were the Empire (or at least part of it). Many a fan felt vindicated when they defected afterwards.
* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for more details.
* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for more details.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for more details.
* RootingForTheEmpire: Caused this ''a lot'' when they were the Empire (or at least part of it). Many a fan felt vindicated when they defectedafterwards.
* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for more details.afterwards.
* RootingForTheEmpire: Caused this ''a lot'' when they were the Empire (or at least part of it). Many a fan felt vindicated when they defected
* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for more details.
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* [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling Memetic Mutation]]: These guys were probably responsible for a lot of people getting ice'd.[[note]]By this we mean surprised with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice and made to drink it in front of the boys, something which was a Fortune tradition while Flair was TeamDad.[[/note]]
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* [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling Memetic Mutation]]: These guys were probably responsible for a lot of people getting ice'd.[[note]]By this we mean surprised with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice and made to drink it in front of the boys, something which was a Fortune tradition while Flair was the TeamDad.[[/note]]
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* [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling Memetic Mutation]]: These guys were probably responsible for a lot of people getting ice'd.[[note]]By this we mean surprised with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice and made to drink it in front of the boys, something which was a Fortune tradition while Flair was TeamDad.[[/note]]
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Caused this ''a lot'' when they were the Empire (or at least part of it). Even better: those who did so Many a fan felt vindicated when they defected.defected afterwards.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Caused this ''a lot'' when they were the Empire (or at least part of it).
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** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
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** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and outfit…and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
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* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: As heels.
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* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: As heels.At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and Kazarian's comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
** More of a BrokenBase type situation in some forums. Try debating how Fortune is actually in the right in this feud with [=EV2=] to some diehard ECW fans who back up [=EV2=] regardless. Others also root for Fortune as they don't come off as whiny.
** What else didn't help was the fact that that episode of Impact was the '''second''' time (behind the aforementioned PPV) the Hardcore Originals took center stage just "one more time" to say "thank you". What ELSE didn't help was the fact that the [=EV2=] guys were being treated as faces for taking the spotlight out of the gate at the expense of TNA's homegrown and long-term talent, something that Paul Heyman '''never''' allowed outsiders to do in ECW at least without earning it in the company first -- which is ironically part of the reason they loved working for him.
** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
** Fortune are actually a greater example of this trope. They went from just unintentionally sympathetic, to unintentionally ''[[TheHero the heroes]]''.
** Then again, this is standard fare for AJ Styles. A heel turn for him is really nothing more than a phase to slowly transition him into a stronger babyface.
** More of a BrokenBase type situation in some forums. Try debating how Fortune is actually in the right in this feud with [=EV2=] to some diehard ECW fans who back up [=EV2=] regardless. Others also root for Fortune as they don't come off as whiny.
** What else didn't help was the fact that that episode of Impact was the '''second''' time (behind the aforementioned PPV) the Hardcore Originals took center stage just "one more time" to say "thank you". What ELSE didn't help was the fact that the [=EV2=] guys were being treated as faces for taking the spotlight out of the gate at the expense of TNA's homegrown and long-term talent, something that Paul Heyman '''never''' allowed outsiders to do in ECW at least without earning it in the company first -- which is ironically part of the reason they loved working for him.
** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
** Fortune are actually a greater example of this trope. They went from just unintentionally sympathetic, to unintentionally ''[[TheHero the heroes]]''.
** Then again, this is standard fare for AJ Styles. A heel turn for him is really nothing more than a phase to slowly transition him into a stronger babyface.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for more details.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and Kazarian's comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
** More of a BrokenBase type situation in some forums. Try debating how Fortune is actually in the right in this feud with [=EV2=] to some diehard ECW fans who back up [=EV2=] regardless. Others also root for Fortune as they don't come off as whiny.
** What else didn't help was the fact that that episode of Impact was the '''second''' time (behind the aforementioned PPV) the Hardcore Originals took center stage just "one more time" to say "thank you". What ELSE didn't help was the fact that the [=EV2=] guys were being treated as faces for taking the spotlight out of the gate at the expense of TNA's homegrown and long-term talent, something that Paul Heyman '''never''' allowed outsiders to do in ECW at least without earning it in the company first -- which is ironically part of the reason they loved working for him.
** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
** Fortune are actually a greater example of this trope. They went from just unintentionally sympathetic, to unintentionally ''[[TheHero the heroes]]''.
** Then again, this is standard fare for AJ Styles. A heel turn for him is really nothing more than a phase to slowly transition him into a stronger babyface.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and Kazarian's comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
** More of a BrokenBase type situation in some forums. Try debating how Fortune is actually in the right in this feud with [=EV2=] to some diehard ECW fans who back up [=EV2=] regardless. Others also root for Fortune as they don't come off as whiny.
** What else didn't help was the fact that that episode of Impact was the '''second''' time (behind the aforementioned PPV) the Hardcore Originals took center stage just "one more time" to say "thank you". What ELSE didn't help was the fact that the [=EV2=] guys were being treated as faces for taking the spotlight out of the gate at the expense of TNA's homegrown and long-term talent, something that Paul Heyman '''never''' allowed outsiders to do in ECW at least without earning it in the company first -- which is ironically part of the reason they loved working for him.
** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
** Fortune are actually a greater example of this trope. They went from just unintentionally sympathetic, to unintentionally ''[[TheHero the heroes]]''.
** Then again, this is standard fare for AJ Styles. A heel turn for him is really nothing more than a phase to slowly transition him into a stronger babyface.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for more details.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and Kazarian's comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
** More of a BrokenBase type situation in some forums. Try debating how Fortune is actually in the right in this feud with [=EV2=] to some diehard ECW fans who back up [=EV2=] regardless. Others also root for Fortune as they don't come off as whiny.
** What else didn't help was the fact that that episode of Impact was the '''second''' time (behind the aforementioned PPV) the Hardcore Originals took center stage just "one more time" to say "thank you". What ELSE didn't help was the fact that the [=EV2=] guys were being treated as faces for taking the spotlight out of the gate at the expense of TNA's homegrown and long-term talent, something that Paul Heyman '''never''' allowed outsiders to do in ECW at least without earning it in the company first -- which is ironically part of the reason they loved working for him.
** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
** Fortune are actually a greater example of this trope. They went from just unintentionally sympathetic, to unintentionally ''[[TheHero the heroes]]''.
** Then again, this is standard fare for AJ Styles. A heel turn for him is really nothing more than a phase to slowly transition him into a stronger babyface.details.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and Kazarian's comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
** More of a BrokenBase type situation in some forums. Try debating how Fortune is actually in the right in this feud with [=EV2=] to some diehard ECW fans who back up [=EV2=] regardless. Others also root for Fortune as they don't come off as whiny.
** What else didn't help was the fact that that episode of Impact was the '''second''' time (behind the aforementioned PPV) the Hardcore Originals took center stage just "one more time" to say "thank you". What ELSE didn't help was the fact that the [=EV2=] guys were being treated as faces for taking the spotlight out of the gate at the expense of TNA's homegrown and long-term talent, something that Paul Heyman '''never''' allowed outsiders to do in ECW at least without earning it in the company first -- which is ironically part of the reason they loved working for him.
** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
** Fortune are actually a greater example of this trope. They went from just unintentionally sympathetic, to unintentionally ''[[TheHero the heroes]]''.
** Then again, this is standard fare for AJ Styles. A heel turn for him is really nothing more than a phase to slowly transition him into a stronger babyface.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for more details.
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** The second "they" reveal on February 3rd, 2011. Originally the storyline was written for the [[DiscOneFinalBoss Main]] [[PowerStable Event]] [[TheMafia Mafia]] (or at least a babyface reincarnation thereof) to reunite. [[TooDumbToLive Despite Booker T, Sting, and Kevin Nash not even having signed back with TNA yet.]] At least two, possibly all three, of those guys recently heading for Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead, forced TNA to rewrite the story. And by God, the fans were happy. So who were "they", exactly? ''[[QuirkyMinibossSquad Fortune]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments epically]] [[ConspiracyRedemption rebelling against]] Wrestling/EricBischoff [[NebulousEvilOrganization and]] [[TheIlluminati Immortal]].'' And the best part? '''The original idea would've been closer to an AssPull.'''
** Oh that's not the best part, the best part is Wrestling/AJStyles [[CallingTheOldManOut calling Bischoff out]] for turning TNA into a WWE ripoff. Why is this the best part? This is ''exactly'' what the fans had been complaining about!
* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: As heels.
* DynamicEntry / HolyShitQuotient: Daniels' DynamicEntry on the March 31, 2011 edition of ''Impact!'', in which he took out all of Immortal by leaping off the top of a steel cage to save Fortune from a beatdown, making his return to TNA and aligning with Fortune.
* {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s
* FoeYay: Even years post-dissolution, it seems the final five members haven't gotten their hands on each other enough. Especially Styles and Daniels before AJ's darker gimmick change.
* HeterosexualLifePartners / HoYay:
** Wrestling/RicFlair and Wrestling/HulkHogan during the first "Immortal" promo had this in spades to the point that Ric told Hogan he was going to get up very morning loving him more than he's ever loved anything else. Hogan then asked if that included his ex-wives. Ric said yes.
** Wrestling/AJStyles and Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels revisited this trope during the stable's run. The whole reason Daniels came back and joined Fortune was to avenge Styles after the latter got superbombed off the stage by Bully Ray, then to help AJ get his own revenge against the Bully. Eventually the two got to squaring off in the ring again, which resulted in Daniels nearly breaking down into tears while explaining why he asked AJ for yet another rematch (closely resembling an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove) and outright hugging AJ when the rematch was accepted.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[Awesome/{{Fortune}}Has its own page]].
* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for moredetails.details.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and Kazarian's comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
** More of a BrokenBase type situation in some forums. Try debating how Fortune is actually in the right in this feud with [=EV2=] to some diehard ECW fans who back up [=EV2=] regardless. Others also root for Fortune as they don't come off as whiny.
** What else didn't help was the fact that that episode of Impact was the '''second''' time (behind the aforementioned PPV) the Hardcore Originals took center stage just "one more time" to say "thank you". What ELSE didn't help was the fact that the [=EV2=] guys were being treated as faces for taking the spotlight out of the gate at the expense of TNA's homegrown and long-term talent, something that Paul Heyman '''never''' allowed outsiders to do in ECW at least without earning it in the company first -- which is ironically part of the reason they loved working for him.
** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
** Fortune are actually a greater example of this trope. They went from just unintentionally sympathetic, to unintentionally ''[[TheHero the heroes]]''.
** Then again, this is standard fare for AJ Styles. A heel turn for him is really nothing more than a phase to slowly transition him into a stronger babyface.
** The second "they" reveal on February 3rd, 2011. Originally the storyline was written for the [[DiscOneFinalBoss Main]] [[PowerStable Event]] [[TheMafia Mafia]] (or at least a babyface reincarnation thereof) to reunite. [[TooDumbToLive Despite Booker T, Sting, and Kevin Nash not even having signed back with TNA yet.]] At least two, possibly all three, of those guys recently heading for Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead, forced TNA to rewrite the story. And by God, the fans were happy. So who were "they", exactly? ''[[QuirkyMinibossSquad Fortune]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments epically]] [[ConspiracyRedemption rebelling against]] Wrestling/EricBischoff [[NebulousEvilOrganization and]] [[TheIlluminati Immortal]].'' And the best part? '''The original idea would've been closer to an AssPull.'''
** Oh that's not the best part, the best part is Wrestling/AJStyles [[CallingTheOldManOut calling Bischoff out]] for turning TNA into a WWE ripoff. Why is this the best part? This is ''exactly'' what the fans had been complaining about!
* DracoInLeatherPants / UnintentionallySympathetic: As heels.
* DynamicEntry / HolyShitQuotient: Daniels' DynamicEntry on the March 31, 2011 edition of ''Impact!'', in which he took out all of Immortal by leaping off the top of a steel cage to save Fortune from a beatdown, making his return to TNA and aligning with Fortune.
* {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s
* FoeYay: Even years post-dissolution, it seems the final five members haven't gotten their hands on each other enough. Especially Styles and Daniels before AJ's darker gimmick change.
* HeterosexualLifePartners / HoYay:
** Wrestling/RicFlair and Wrestling/HulkHogan during the first "Immortal" promo had this in spades to the point that Ric told Hogan he was going to get up very morning loving him more than he's ever loved anything else. Hogan then asked if that included his ex-wives. Ric said yes.
** Wrestling/AJStyles and Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels revisited this trope during the stable's run. The whole reason Daniels came back and joined Fortune was to avenge Styles after the latter got superbombed off the stage by Bully Ray, then to help AJ get his own revenge against the Bully. Eventually the two got to squaring off in the ring again, which resulted in Daniels nearly breaking down into tears while explaining why he asked AJ for yet another rematch (closely resembling an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove) and outright hugging AJ when the rematch was accepted.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[Awesome/{{Fortune}}Has its own page]].
* NeverLiveItDown: Almost always having more than four members. See [[Trivia/{{Fortune}} Trivia]] section for more
* UnintentionallySympathetic: At the end of {{TNA}} Impact's "The Whole F'n Show," while the [[strike:{{Wrestling/ECW}}]] [=EV2.0=] group were gathered in the ring, Fourtune jumped them from behind as they delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to them with RicFlair yelling at Dixie Carter that it was her fault. While Fortune are supposed to come off as heels, even before hearing AJ Styles and Kazarian's comments on "Reaction" about Dixie bringing in RingOldies rather than using (established) home grown talent (they even got their own PPV that was a tribute to the old ECW), many fans believed that the [[DesignatedVillain "heels"]] [[StrawmanHasAPoint were justified]]. The chants of "THIS IS AWESOME!" during said beatdown didn't help at all.
** More of a BrokenBase type situation in some forums. Try debating how Fortune is actually in the right in this feud with [=EV2=] to some diehard ECW fans who back up [=EV2=] regardless. Others also root for Fortune as they don't come off as whiny.
** What else didn't help was the fact that that episode of Impact was the '''second''' time (behind the aforementioned PPV) the Hardcore Originals took center stage just "one more time" to say "thank you". What ELSE didn't help was the fact that the [=EV2=] guys were being treated as faces for taking the spotlight out of the gate at the expense of TNA's homegrown and long-term talent, something that Paul Heyman '''never''' allowed outsiders to do in ECW at least without earning it in the company first -- which is ironically part of the reason they loved working for him.
** Then Fortune joined Hogan and Bischoff's [[MassiveMultiplayerScam Immortal]] conspiracy upon TheReveal, which not many people thought would last and even fewer wanted to. Not only was Immortal was doing the same thing Fortune was accusing [=EV2=] of, not only were Hogan and Flair always portrayed as enemies until that point, but there were a few subtle and/or inadvertent hints being thrown out there that TNA was at least thinking of having Fortune turn on Immortal somewhere down the line. Cue Immortal and Fortune working together to basically end [=EV2=], Fortune grabbing a couple titles, Bischoff [[KickTheDog mistreating]] AJStyles some (who is his own case of UnintentionallySympathetic every time he turns heel anyway), and finally, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Main Event Mafia members going to]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} instead of signing on for a plan to reunite as Crimson's "[[IronicEcho them]]" outfit� and Fortune finally got that HeelFaceTurn, officially recognized as the good guys fans viewed them as all along, and went on to make 2011 a collection of awesome moments for themselves, mostly at Immortal's expense. Between this and JeffHardy's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous issues]], Immortal never recovered.
** Fortune are actually a greater example of this trope. They went from just unintentionally sympathetic, to unintentionally ''[[TheHero the heroes]]''.
** Then again, this is standard fare for AJ Styles. A heel turn for him is really nothing more than a phase to slowly transition him into a stronger babyface.
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