Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na June 30, 1997, o meriri Rockabilly na ihe omume "Raw is War" na Des Moines, Iowa. Egwuregwu TV mbụ ya bịara izu abụọ ka e mesịrị na July 14, 1997, nke "Raw" ma na-alụ ọgụ na Bret Hart. Ihe kpatara esemokwu a bụ na Hart ka malitere ụlọ ọrụ Hart Foundation nke na-emegide ndị America, na Patriot bụ, dị ka aha ya na-egosi, nwoke na-eguzosi ike maka United States of America. O yi ihe mkpuchi nke nwere kpakpando na eriri ndị America ma buru ọkọlọtọ US (na-eji isiokwu ntinye nke ga-eji mee ihe maka onye mgba Kurt Angle afọ ole na ole mgbe e mesịrị). Ọ meriri Hart na telivishọn na asọmpi na July 28, 1997, mgbe Shawn Michaels kwụsịrị ya. N'abalị iri na otu n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1997, Patriot so Ken Shamrock lụso ndị otu The British Bulldog na Owen Hart ọgụ, The Patriot gbanyere The British Bulldog maka mmeri. Wilkes gara n'ihu na-agbagha Hart maka WWF World Heavyweight Championship na'ebe Hart manyere ya iji Sharpshooter nyefee ya. Na One Night Only, Wilkes meriri Flash Funk. N'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ, Wilkes na Vader gbakọrọ aka megide Bret Hart nke Hart Foundation na The British Bulldog, mana ha meriri egwuregwu ahụ. Mgbe Badd Blood gasịrị, Patriot na Vader, Goldust, na Marc Mero ga-eso Team USA na "Survivor Series 1997
" mana ọ tara ahụhụ n'ọkpụkpụ triceps izu ole na ole gara aga, Steve Blackman nọchiri ya. Wilkes gbara asọmpi ikpeazụ ya na WWF na November 1, 1997, nke WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (nke e dekọrọ na October 21) ebe ọ meriri Jim Neidhart site na nkwụsị. A tọhapụrụ ya ná mmalite afọ 1998.