Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1997, ka whakautu a Vince McMahon ki te angitu nui o te WCW ma te tango i te WWF ki tetahi ara rereke me nga tohu tino pono me nga korero korero. Ko nga whetu e piki ake ana ko te roopu D-Generation X (kei roto ko Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Rick Rude, X-Pac, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn me Chyna) me Stone Cold Steve Austin, nana nei i tiimata te rongonui me tana 1996 King of the Ring wikitoria me te korero rongonui "Austin 3:16". Ahakoa i tiimata mai i te kino, ka tiimata te rongonui o Austin ki te neke atu i nga mea pai o nga kaiwhaiwhai i roto i te whakatairanga. I te
Survivor Series i te Whiringa-a-rangi 9, 1997, WWF debuted te waitohu "whakarewa" e kia te waitohu o te kamupene puta noa i te Attitude Era me i runga i Hakihea 15, 1997, Vince McMahon whiti te promo i runga i "Raw Ko War" te whakatutuki i te whakarongo i runga i te kamupene tīmata i runga i te "rapu ake auaha me te wā", e ka tohutohu matua whakaaro mo te hunga whakarongo taitamariki. Ko tenei waahanga ano hoki te timatanga o te waitohu karapa e whakamahia ana mo nga whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata WWF ka uru ki te mana katoa, ka whakakapi i te waitohu New Generation.