Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pipiri 30, 1997, i hinga ia i a Rockabilly i te huihuinga "Raw is War" i Des Moines, Iowa. Ko tana whakaaturanga TV i tae mai i nga wiki e rua i muri mai i te Hōngongoi 14, 1997, te waahanga o "Raw" me te whawhai ki a Bret Hart. Ko te kaupapa o tēnei riri ko te mea i tīmata noa iho a Hart i tana Whare Whakatūnga Hart anti-American, a ko te Patriot, e ai ki te ingoa, he tangata i tu mo te United States of America. I mau ia i tetahi kopare me nga whetu me nga rarangi o Amerika me te kawe i te haki o te US (ma te whakamahi i te kaupapa urunga patriotic ka whakamahia mo te kaiwhawhai a Kurt Angle i etahi tau i muri mai). I hinga ia i a Hart i runga pouaka whakaata i te tukinga i te Hurae 28, 1997, whai muri i te aukati a Shawn Michaels. I te 11 o Akuhata 1997, i hono atu a Patriot ki a Ken Shamrock ki te whawhai ki te roopu o Te Bulldog Ingarangi me Owen Hart, I whakawhiwhia e te Patriot te Bulldog Ingarangi mo te wikitoria. I haere a Wilkes ki te wero i a Hart mo te WWF World Heavyweight Championship i te'i reira ka akiaki a Hart ia ki te tuku me te Sharpshooter. I One Night Only, i hinga a Wilkes i a Flash Funk. I te ', i mahi tahi a Wilkes me Vader ki a Bret Hart o te Hart Foundation me The British Bulldog, engari i ngaro te tukinga. Whai muri i a Badd Blood, i whakaritea a Patriot ki te mahi tahi me Vader, Goldust, me Marc Mero hei waahanga o Team USA i te "
"Survivor Series 1997" engari i whati i te triceps wiki i mua, i whakakapia ia e Steve Blackman. I whakataetae a Wilkes i tana tukinga WWF whakamutunga i runga i te pouaka whakaata i te Noema 1, 1997, te waahanga o WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (i tuhia i te Oketopa 21) i ngaro ai ia ki a Jim Neidhart na te whakakore. I tukuna ia i te tīmatanga o te tau 1998.