Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I eke a Blackman i tana tuarua o WWF i te Noema 3, 1997 i te waahanga o "Raw is War" i tana peke i te kaitiaki, hei awhina i a Vader ki te aukati i te whakaeke mai i te Hart Foundation. I whakawhiwhia ki a Blackman he taonga whawhai, ka tapaina ko "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman. Ko tana putanga utu-i-te-tirohanga tuatahi i te
Survivor Series 1997, hei whakakapi mo te Patriot i whara hei mema tuawha o Team USA (Vader, Goldust, me Marc Mero). Ko Blackman te tukinga tuatahi o te tukinga i a ia e tatau ana i waho o te mowhiti. I hinga a Team USA ki a Team Canada (British Bulldog, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Phillip Lafon, me Doug Furnas) i te wa i whiua ai e te Bulldog o Ingarangi a Vader. Ko tana putanga utu-i ia tirohanga i muri mai i te Royal Rumble 1998 i te whakataetae Royal Rumble 30-tangata. Ko ia te kaiuru tekau ki te Rumble, engari i whakakorea e Kurrgan.