Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Blackman mere WWF nke abụọ ya na Nọvemba 3, 1997 nke "Raw bụ Agha" mgbe ọ wụlitere ihe nchebe ahụ, iji nyere Vader aka ịlụ ọgụ site na The Hart Foundation. E nyere Blackman ihe eji eme ihe n'egwuregwu ọgụ, ma kpọọ ya "Ngwá Agha Na-egbu Ọkụ" Steve Blackman. Ọdịdị mbụ ya na-akwụ ụgwọ-kwa-ele anya bụ na
Survivor Series 1997, dị ka onye nnọchi maka Patriot merụrụ ahụ dị ka onye nke anọ nke Team USA (Vader, Goldust, na Marc Mero). Blackman bụ onye mbụ a chụpụrụ n'asọmpi ahụ mgbe a gụpụrụ ya n'ahịrị. Ndị otu USA meriri ndị otu Canada (British Bulldog, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Phillip Lafon, na Doug Furnas) mgbe ndị British Bulldog jidere Vader. Ọbịbịa ya ọzọ na-akwụ ụgwọ na-ele anya bụ na Royal Rumble 1998 na egwuregwu Royal Rumble nke mmadụ 30. Ọ bụ onye nke iri na-abanye na Rumble, mana Kurrgan kpochapụrụ ya.