Cika wannan magana: A 1997, Vince McMahon ya amsa ga babban nasarar WCW ta hanyar ɗaukar WWF a wata hanya ta daban tare da halayen gaskiya da kuma labaran labarai. Taurari masu tasowa sun haɗa da rukunin D-Generation X (wanda ya ƙunshi Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Rick Rude, X-Pac, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn da Chyna) da Stone Cold Steve Austin, wanda ya fara samun farin jini tare da nasarar da ya samu a shekarar 1996 na Sarkin Zobba da kuma sanannen jawabin "Austin 3:16". Duk da farawa a matsayin mugun mutum, shaharar Austin za ta fara wucewa a hankali fiye da waɗanda aka fi so a cikin talla. A cikin
Survivor Series a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 1997, WWF ta fara amfani da tambarin "saki" wanda zai zama sa hannun kamfanin a duk lokacin Zamanin Halin da kuma a ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1997, Vince McMahon ya ba da talla a kan "Raw Is War" yana magana da masu sauraro kan kamfanin da ke fara "ƙarin kirkire-kirkire da na zamani", wanda zai ba da shawara ga iyayen iyaye ga matasa masu sauraro. Wannan labarin kuma ya nuna farkon tambarin karce da ake amfani da shi a hukumance don watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin na WWF kuma ya fara aiki sosai, yana maye gurbin tambarin New Generation.