Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te korero a Vince McMahon i te Mahuru 22, 1997, ko te ahuatanga tahua o te WWF i aukati i te kamupene ki te whakatutuki i tana kirimana 20-tau, i hainatia e Hart tetahi kirimana me WCW i te Oketopa 1997. I taua wa, ko Hart te Toa WWF, a i hiahia ia ki te wehe i te WWF i runga i te pai, a kua whakaae ia ki te whakakore i te taitara whai muri i te korero poroporoaki i te Noema 10, 1997 i te pouaka whakaata o "Raw Is War" i Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ka tu i te ra i muri o te WWF.
1997 Ngā Whawhai Ora i Montreal. Ahakoa i whakaae a McMahon ki te whakaritenga, i muri mai ka whakatau ia ki te whakakore i te kirimana ka ngaro a Hart i te taitara i te Survivor Series, ki te hoa whawhai o te ao Shawn Michaels. Ko te kaupapa, i puta i te whenua o Hart o Canada, i mohiotia ko te Montreal Screwjob.