Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Background (2008–2009) James Storm and Robert Roode had teamed up on several occasions over the years prior and following the end of their alliances in
America's Most Wanted and
Team Canada respectively, but it wasn't until the second quarter of 2008 that they started to become a regular tag team. On the June 12, 2008 episode of TNA's primary television program,
TNA Impact!, Storm and Roode challenged
The Latin American Xchange (LAX) (
Homicide and
Hernandez) for the
TNA World Tag Team Championship. Storm and Roode were successful in winning the match following a
superkick from Storm, which he named the Last Call, to Hernandez with a leather-belt wrapped around his boot. Furthering the feud, the following week on
Impact!, Homicide challenged Roode to a Parking Lot Brawl, which he accepted. Although both Storm and Hernandez were meant to be barred from the area, Storm interfered during the brawl, and the two dragged Homicide back into the arena and attacked him, until Hernandez saved him. At Victory Road, LAX retained the titles. At
Hard Justice, there was a rematch where Beer Money defeated LAX to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. In the rematch at
No Surrender, Beer Money defeated LAX to retain the titles. Two weeks later, on
Impact!, they faced LAX again in a Six Person Mixed Tag Team match with the two teams managers also competing, in which the losing team would lose the services of their manager. Beer Money won the bout, and as per the pre-match stipulation, Guerrero could no longer be LAX's manager. After that Beer Money retained the tag team titles at
Turning Point against
The Motor City Machine Guns (
Alex Shelley and
Chris Sabin). Beer Money, Inc. later engaged in a feud with
Matt Morgan and
Abyss, retaining the titles against them at
Final Resolution. On the January 8 episode of
Impact!, they lost the titles to
Jay Lethal and
Consequences Creed after Lethal cashed in his
Feast or Fired briefcase. At
Genesis, they won back the TNA World Tag Team Championship by defeating
Matt Morgan and
Abyss and Lethal and Creed in a 3-Way Dance. Beer Money faced Creed and Lethal again at
Against All Odds, with Beer Money retaining the championship.
Off the Wagon Challenge and various feuds (2009–2010) On the February 19, 2009 episode of
Impact! Beer Money began a weekly segment they called the "
Off the Wagon Challenge", where the stipulation was that any two wrestlers could challenge them and they would put the World Tag Team Championship on the line, however, if they were able to retain their belts the wrestler who was pinned or made to submit would be released from TNA. They were first challenged by
Eric Young and
Petey Williams, in which Williams was pinned. The second challengers were
The Rock 'n Rave Infection (
Lance Rock and
Jimmy Rave), who were defeated when Rock was pinned. On the March 5 episode of
Impact!, LAX challenged Beer Money, but were unable to regain the titles as the champions got themselves disqualified. After the match
Team 3D (
Brother Ray and
Brother Devon) saved LAX from a beatdown and announced that they would accept Beer Money's Off the Wagon Challenge at
Destination X. At Destination X, Beer Money got themselves disqualified, however
Jim Cornette restarted the match and made it a No Disqualification match, in which Roode walked out with Storm draped over his shoulder, resulting in a
countout. At
Lockdown, Beer Money lost the TNA World Tag Team titles to Team 3D in a match where Team 3D's
IWGP Tag Team titles were also on the line. On the May 21, 2009 episode of
TNA Impact!, Beer Money came to Team 3D's aid against
The British Invasion (
Doug Williams,
Brutus Magnus and their bodyguard
Rob Terry) and shook hands with 3D afterwards which turned them
face. Beer Money then entered Team 3D's
Invitational Tag Team Tournament, where the winners would receive a tag team title shot against Team 3D. Beer Money made it all the way to the finals, and they beat The British Invasion at
Sacrifice on May 24, 2009, to face Team 3D for the TNA World Tag Team Titles. In the weeks leading up to Slammiversary, Team 3D assisted Beer Money in fending off The British Invasion however, Beer Money didn't return the favour. In the last week before Slammiversary, Beer Money brawled with Team 3D after making crude remarks. At
Slammiversary, Beer Money defeated Team 3D to win the TNA World Tag Team Titles for the third time. Two weeks after Slammiversary,
Booker T and
Scott Steiner of
The Main Event Mafia defeated Team 3D to win the right to face Beer Money for the titles at
Victory Road, thus entering into a feud with the two. At Victory Road, Beer Money lost the titles to Booker T and Scott Steiner. The two teams would see their feud intervene with that of Team 3D and the British Invasion, causing a 4-way war that would last the next 3 months. Beer Money would go on to lose to the British Invasion in an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at
Hard Justice, win a
Lethal Lockdown match at
No Surrender (teaming with Team 3D against MEM and the Invasion), and lose a 4-way
Full Metal Mayhem match at
Bound for Glory for both the TNA and IWGP Tag Team Championships, with Team 3D winning the IWGP belts and the British Invasion the TNA belts. Beer Money were permitted one last title shot the following
Impact!, where they fought the British Invasion in a
Six Sides of Steel match. Brutus Magnus would have his team disqualified by punching the referee, causing him and Doug Williams to retain the championships. On the November 12 episode of
Impact! Beer Money defeated the British Invasion in a non-title match to join the Motor City Machine Guns in the TNA World Tag Team Championship match at
Turning Point. At Turning Point, the British Invasion managed to retain their titles after
Kevin Nash nailed Storm with the
TNA Global Championship belt. At
Genesis Roode and Storm scored an upset victory over
The Band of Kevin Nash and
Syxx-Pac.
Fortune (2010–2011) : (from left to right)
Desmond Wolfe, Roode,
A.J. Styles and Storm. With
Hulk Hogan and
Eric Bischoff taking over TNA at the beginning of 2010, Beer Money's TV time was significantly reduced. Upon their return to
Impact!, Beer Money turned
heel on the March 8 episode of
Impact! by first volunteering to face
Jeff Jarrett in a handicap match and then defeating him after a low blow and the DWI, claiming it was the only way they were going to get noticed by the new management. Roode and Storm have since acted as Bischoff's henchmen, taking on wrestlers he's had problems with, often in two-on-one situations. At
Destination X Beer Money challenged Matt Morgan and Hernandez for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, but were unable to dethrone the defending champions. At
Lockdown Beer Money, along with
Sting and
Desmond Wolfe, represented Team Flair in the annual
Lethal Lockdown match, where they were defeated by Team Hogan (Abyss, Jeff Jarrett,
Rob Van Dam and
Jeff Hardy). They then started a feud with the newly formed team of Jeff Hardy and
Mr. Anderson, known collectively as The Enigmatic Assholes, who would go on to defeat them at
Slammiversary VIII. On the following episode of
Impact! Ric Flair, who had aligned himself with Beer Money, A.J. Styles, Desmond Wolfe and
Kazarian, announced that he would reform the
Four Horsemen under the new name , stating that each of them would have to earn their spots in the group and that in order for Roode and Storm to earn their spots, they needed to become the
Ole Anderson and
Tully Blanchard of the group. After the TNA World Tag Team Championship was vacated in June, Beer Money entered a four–team, two–week-long tournament to decide who would get to face The Motor City Machine Guns for the titles at
Victory Road. Beer Money advanced to the title match at the pay-per-view by defeating Team 3D and
Ink Inc. (
Jesse Neal and
Shannon Moore). At Victory Road Beer Money was defeated by the Motor City Machine Guns in the match for the World Tag Team Championship. in January 2011. After Victory Road Beer Money entered a Best of Five Series with the Motor City Machine Guns, contested for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Beer Money won the first two matches, a
ladder match and a
Street Fight, after knocking their opponents out with beer bottles. On the July 29 episode of
Impact!, Ric Flair announced that Roode and Storm, who were just one victory away from becoming four–time TNA World Tag Team Champions, had earned the right to join himself, Styles and Kazarian to become the final two members of . However, Shelley and Sabin came back to win the two following matches in the Best of Five Series, a
steel cage match and an
Ultimate X match, to even the score to 2–2 and set up a deciding match for the August 12 episode of
Impact!. On the August 12 episode of
Impact! Beer Money, Inc. was defeated in a
Two Out of Three Falls match and as a result lost the Best of Five Series 2–3. Later that night Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan were added to , as the stable attacked
EV 2.0, a stable consisting of former
Extreme Championship Wrestling performers. At Bound for Glory Roode, Storm, Styles, Kazarian and Morgan were defeated in a Lethal Lockdown match by EV 2.0 members
Tommy Dreamer,
Raven,
Rhino,
Sabu and
Stevie Richards, ending the feud between the two factions. On the following episode of
Impact! Fortune formed an alliance with Hulk Hogan's and Eric Bischoff's new stable,
Immortal. At
Turning Point Fortune defeated EV 2.0 in a ten-man tag team match and, as a result, EV 2.0's Sabu was released from TNA. The following month at
Final Resolution, Beer Money, Inc. returned to the TNA World Tag Team Championship picture by defeating Ink Inc. in a number one contender's match. On January 9, 2011, at
Genesis, Beer Money, Inc. defeated the Motor City Machine Guns to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship for the fourth time. On January 31 at the tapings of the February 3 episode of
Impact!, Fortune turned face by attacking Immortal, when they interfered in a
TNA World Heavyweight Championship match between Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy. Ric Flair, who did not take part in Fortune's turn due to being out with a torn rotator cuff, returned at the February 14 tapings of the February 17 episode of
Impact!, turning on Fortune and jumping to Immortal. On April 17 at
Lockdown, Roode, Storm, Kazarian and
Christopher Daniels, who replaced an injured A.J. Styles, defeated Immortal representatives Ric Flair, Abyss,
Bully Ray and
Matt Hardy in a Lethal Lockdown match. In early May, Roode returned to using the first name Bobby, which he had previously used during his days as a member of Team Canada. On May 15 at
Sacrifice, Beer Money, Inc. successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Immortal representatives Matt Hardy and Chris Harris, Storm's old tag team partner who had made his surprise return to TNA on the previous episode of
Impact!. On the following episode of
Impact Wrestling, Immortal assaulted Roode, sidelining him with a storyline shoulder injury. Two weeks later, Eric Bischoff attempted to strip Beer Money, Inc. of their TNA World Tag Team Championship due to Roode's injury, but was interrupted by the champions' former rival Alex Shelley, who agreed to take Roode's spot in the title defense against the British Invasion at
Slammiversary IX. At the pay-per-view, Storm and Shelley were successful in their title defense. Roode made his in-ring return on the June 23 episode of
Impact Wrestling, in a tag team match, where he and Storm were defeated by
Crimson and Matt Morgan. On July 13, Beer Money, Inc. became the longest reigning TNA World Tag Team Champions in the title's history, breaking the previous record of 184 days set by
A.J. Styles and Tomko in 2007. On August 7 at
Hardcore Justice, Beer Money, Inc. successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against
Mexican America (
Anarquia and Hernandez). Two days later, at the tapings of the August 18 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Mexican America defeated Beer Money, Inc. in a rematch, following interference from Jeff Jarrett, to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship, ending Roode's and Storm's record-setting reign at 212 days.
Bound for Glory Series and split (2011) From June to September, Roode and Storm were two of the twelve participants in the
Bound for Glory Series to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. When the
group stage of the tournament concluded, both of them finished in the top four and thus advanced to the finals at
No Surrender along with Immortal members Bully Ray and
Gunner. On September 11 at No Surrender, Storm was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Ray via disqualification. Meanwhile, Roode defeated Gunner via submission to set up a tiebreaker match against Ray later in the event, in which Roode managed to pick up the win via pinfall to become the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at
Bound for Glory. On October 16 at Bound for Glory, Roode failed in his attempt to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship when he was pinned by
Kurt Angle, after the referee failed to notice his arm under the ropes or Angle using the ropes for leverage. On the following episode of
Impact Wrestling, after it was revealed that Roode was not eligible for a rematch with Angle, new authority figure Sting gave the next title shot to James Storm, who then went on to defeat Angle to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. On the November 3 episode of
Impact Wrestling, Roode defeated Storm to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, after hitting him with his own beer bottle, dissolving Beer Money, Inc.
Occasional teaming (2013–2014) Storm and Roode reunited for the first time in two years on December 4, 2013 (aired January 2, 2014) at
Impact Wrestling. Beer Money defeated
Kurt Angle and
Gunner. On February 2, Roode and Storm appeared as Beer Money in the
TNA One Night Only Joker's Wild, where they were beaten by
The Wolves.
Reunion (2016) On January 5, 2016, on TNA's debut on
Pop, James Storm returned to TNA to help Bobby Roode fight off
Eric Young and
Bram. After Storm told Roode he wanted to "get back to having fun". Storm handed Roode a beer officially reuniting Beer Money, Inc. On the January 26, 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling, Storm won feast or fired briefcase for future World Tag Team Championship. On February 9, 2016, Beer Money attempted to cash in their title shot against current champions the Wolves, however in their attempt to cash in, The
Decay stopped them and mysteriously asked them to join their path of Decay. They eventually challenged the group to a match, but it ended in disqualification when
Abyss pulled the referee out of the ring and began choking him. On May 29, 2010, Beer Money, Inc. made their debut for British professional wrestling promotion
One Pro Wrestling (1PW), challenging Fight Club (Kid Fite and Liam Thomson) for the
1PW Tag Team Championship and winning the match via disqualification, which meant that Fite and Thomson retained their titles. On June 6, 2010, Beer Money, Inc. participated in the Mexican wrestling promotion
AAA's
Triplemanía XVIII event. The team competed in a 4-way elimination match for the
AAA World Tag Team Championship and outlasted both then champions
Atsushi Aoki and
Go Shiozaki as well as former champions
La Hermandad 187 (
Joe Líder and
Nicho el Millonario), but were defeated by
Los Maniacos (
Silver Cain and
Último Gladiador), who won the championship. The match was a result of a working relationship between TNA and AAA. On October 12, 2010, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Beer Money, Inc. would return to the promotion on October 22. In their match Roode and Storm defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions,
Bad Intentions (
Giant Bernard and
Karl Anderson), in a non–title match. The following day Beer Money, Inc. continued their undefeated streak in Japan, by defeating
No Limit (
Tetsuya Naito and
Yujiro Takahashi). Beer Money, Inc. returned to New Japan on January 4, 2011, at
Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, where they unsuccessfully challenged Bad Intentions for the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, which also included Muscle Orchestra (
Manabu Nakanishi and
Strong Man). == Championships and accomplishments ==