Beer Money, Inc.
| Beer Money, Inc. | |
|---|---|
 James Storm (left) and Robert Roode (right) | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | James Storm Robert Roode |
| Name(s) | Beer Money Beer Money, Inc. |
| Billed heights | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) - Roode 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) - Storm |
| Combined billed weight | 480 lb (220 kg) |
| Former member(s) | Jacqueline (manager) |
| Debut | June 12, 2008 |
Beer Money, Inc. (usually generalized to Beer Money) is a professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Robert Roode and James Storm in the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). They were previously managed by Storm’s continuing manager Jacqueline.
History
Background
James Storm and Robert Roode had teamed up on several occasions over the years 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) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship.[1] Storm and Roode were successful in winning the match following a high angled kick to the face from Storm, which he named the Last Call, to Hernandez with a leather-belt wrapped around his boot.[1] LAX's manager, Hector Guerrero, was at ringside and informed the referee about what happened and the match was restarted. LAX ended up retaining the titles after the restart.[1] After the match, Storm, Roode and Jacqueline handcuffed LAX to the ring posts, and then proceeded to whip them with leather belts.[1] Later that night they challenged LAX to retaliate.[1] The next week on Impact!, LAX challenged Storm and Roode to a Fan's Revenge Match at Victory Road for the titles, which would involve the two teams fighting in a ring surrounded by legitimate fans of the promotion armed with leather belts.[2] 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.[3] At Victory Road, LAX retained the titles.[4] At Hard Justice, there was a rematch where Beer Money defeated LAX to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship.[5] In the rematch at No Surrender, Beer Money defeated LAX to retain the titles.[6] 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.[7] After that Beer Money retained the tag team titles at Turning Point against The Motor City Machine Guns.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10] Beer Money faced Creed and Lethal again at Against All Odds, with Beer Money retaining the championship.[11]
Off the Wagon Challenge and various feuds (2009)
On the February 19, 2009 edition 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.[12] The second challengers were The Rock 'n Rave Infection (Lance Rock and Jimmy Rave), who were defeated when Rock was pinned.[13] On the March 5 edition of Impact!, LAX challenged Beer Money, but were unable to regain the titles as the champions got themselves disqualified. After the match Team 3D saved LAX from a beatdown and announced that they would accept Beer Money's Off the Wagon Challenge at Destination X.[14] 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.[15] 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 edition of TNA Impact, Beer Money came to Team 3D's aid against The British Invasion and shook hands with 3D afterwards which turned them Face. Beer Money then entered Team 3D's Open Invitational 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 assissted 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.
Face turn and TNA originals (2009-present)
After that Beer Money joined the TNA originals with Daniels, AJ Styles, Mick Foley, Jeff Jarret, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Sting, Bobby Lashley, Consequences Creed & Jay Lethal. They Debuted as the TNA Originals In A Ten Man Tag Team Match Against The British Invasion, Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi with Daniels, Styles & Eric Young.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- DWI – Drinking While Investing (Simultaneous powerbomb (Storm) / neckbreaker (Roode) combination)
- Signature moves
- Assisted swinging side slam
- Double suplex, with theatrics
- Scoop slam by Roode followed by elbow drops from both Roode and Storm
- Simultaneous Samoan drop (Storm) / diving neckbreaker (Roode) combination
- Spinning spinebuster (Roode) / Double knee backbreaker (Storm) combination
- Storm's finishing moves
- Eight Second Ride[16] (Spinning bulldog)
- Eye of the Storm[16] (Spinning crucifix toss)
- Last Call[17] (Superkick)
- Roodes's finishing moves
- Northern Lariat[18] (Running lariat to the back of an opponent's neck)
- Payoff[18] (Bridging cradle suplex)
- Entrance themes
- "No More Fears" by Dale Oliver (Originally preceded by Storm's "Sorry About Your Damn Luck" introduction before it was later preceded by a new introduction of "Beer! Money!")
- "No More Fears (Remix)" by Dale Oliver (with "Beer! Money!" introduction)
Championships and accomplishments
References
- ^ a b c d e Sokol, Chris (2008-06-13). "Impact: Angle feels the wrath of Kong". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-06-20). "Impact: A phenomenal reunion". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-07-11). "Impact: Last stop to Victory Road". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Kapur, Bob (2008-07-13). "Main event mars Victory Road". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ Pollock, John (2008-08-11). "Hard Justice delivers action and teases". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ Clevett, Jason (2008-09-14). "No Surrender a bore". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-09-26). "Impact: Cage and Styles at odds again". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-11-10). "Turning Point: Mafia gains momentum". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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- ^ Sokol, Chris (2009-02-20). "Impact: Mafia Melee". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
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- ^ a b "James Storm bio". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ "James Storm profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ a b "Robert Roode profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
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