Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 11 o Akuhata 1997, ka hoki a Rude ki te WWF hei "puka inihua" o te roopu e mohiotia ana ko D-Generation X (DX) (Shawn Michaels, Triple H, me Chyna). Ko te ingoa D-Generation X i whakamahia tuatahihia i te Oketopa 13, 1997. Hei mema o DX, kaore a Rude i whawhai, engari i noho ki te taha o te ring i nga whakataetae a te roopu. He torutoru rā i muri i te Montreal Screwjob i
Survivor Series, Kua wehe anō a Rude i te WWF. E ai ki a Bret Hart, i noho a Rude ki roto i te ruuma whakakakahu i te wa o te whakaeke a Bret ki a Vince McMahon i muri i te tukinga i Montreal, ana ka karanga a Eric Bischoff, ka kii atu ki a Bischoff ko te mea i pa mai he mea pono. Kaore a Rude i hainatia ki tetahi kirimana wa-katoa me te WWF, a, i te mahi i runga i te "utu-mo-te-tuhinga", i taea e Rude te whakawhitiwhiti korero me Bischoff me WCW, na te mea he nui te riri ki a ia mo te Montreal Screwjob.