Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Neidhart laghachiri na WWF na Eprel 28, 1997 nke "Raw bụ Agha", na ịwakpo Stone Cold Steve Austin na ijikọ ọzọ na Bret na Owen Hart dị ka akụkụ nke ọhụrụ Hart Foundation, otu nkwụsi ike nke ndị Canada nwere ọmịiko, gụnyere Davey Boy Smith na Brian Pillman. Na July 6 na n'obodo Bret bụ Calgary, The Hart Foundation meriri ndị otu America nke Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust na The Legion of Doom. Neidhart bụ akụkụ nke Team Canada na Survivor Series na Montreal, na-arụkọ ọrụ na The British Bulldog, Doug Furnas na Philip Lafon meriri Team USA Vader, Goldust, "Marvelous" Marc Mero na mbido nke "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman (Bulldog bụ naanị onye lanarịrị, Neidhart bụ onye Vader gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ). Mgbe Bret na Davey Boy Smith hapụsịrị WWF n'ọnọdụ ọjọọ n'ihi Montreal Screwjob na "Survivor Series"
Ọ dị mma. Onye ndu D-Generation X na WWF Champion Shawn Michaels nyere Neidhart ebe n'ime otu ahụ na November 24 nke "Raw Is War". Neidhart nabatara, naanị ka ekpughere ya dị ka ntọala ka ndị otu ahụ wakporo Neidhart na njedebe nke ngosi ahụ. N'izu na-eso ya na Disemba 1 nke "Raw bụ Agha", onye otu DX bụ Triple H meriri Neidhart. Mgbe egwuregwu ahụ gasịrị, DX wakporo Neidhart ọzọ wee gbanye "WCW" na azụ ya, na-egosi na ọ na-eso Bret Hart na World Championship Wrestling. Sgt. Slaughter na Ken Shamrock zọpụtara ya, tupu Slaughter na Shamrock awakpo D-Generation X na njedebe nke ihe ngosi ahụ. Egwuregwu ikpeazụ ya na WWF bụ mgbe o meriri The Sultan na ihe ngosi ụlọ na Disemba 1. WWF kwupụtara na a tọhapụrụ Neidhart na nkwekọrịta WWF ya na Disemba 2, 1997.