Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 30 ga Yuni, 1997, ya ci Rockabilly a wani taron "Raw is War" a Des Moines, Iowa. Gidan talabijin ya fara fitowa ne makonni biyu bayan haka a ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1997, a cikin "Raw" kuma ya yi fada da Bret Hart. Dalilin wannan rikici shi ne cewa Hart ya fara kafa Gidauniyar Hart ta Amurka, kuma Patriot ya kasance, kamar yadda sunan ya nuna, mutumin da ya tsaya ga Amurka. Ya sanya abin rufe fuska tare da taurari da ratsi na Amurka kuma ya ɗauki tutar Amurka (ta amfani da taken shiga na kishin ƙasa wanda za a yi amfani da shi ba tare da bata lokaci ba don ɗan gwagwarmayar Kurt Angle 'yan shekaru bayan haka). Ya doke Hart a talabijin a cikin wasa a ranar 28 ga Yuli, 1997, bayan tsangwama daga Shawn Michaels. A ranar 11 ga watan Agusta, 1997, Patriot ya haɗu da Ken Shamrock don yin gwagwarmaya da ƙungiyar The British Bulldog da Owen Hart, The Patriot ya ɗora The British Bulldog don nasara. Wilkes ya ci gaba da kalubalanci Hart don WWF World Heavyweight Championship a'inda Hart ya tilasta shi ya mika tare da Sharpshooter. A dare ɗaya kawai, Wilkes ya ci Flash Funk. A ', Wilkes ya haɗu da Vader a kan Gidauniyar Hart ta Bret Hart da The British Bulldog, amma ya rasa wasan. Bayan Badd Blood, an shirya Patriot don haɗin gwiwa tare da Vader, Goldust, da Marc Mero a matsayin ɓangare na Team USA a "
Survivor Series 1997" amma ya sha wahala a tsage triceps makonni da suka wuce, an maye gurbinsa da Steve Blackman. Wilkes ya yi gasa a wasan karshe na WWF da aka watsa a talabijin a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1997, wasan WWF Shotgun Asabar da dare (wanda aka yi rikodin a ranar 21 ga Oktoba) inda ya yi rashin nasara ga Jim Neidhart ta hanyar rashin cancanta. An sake shi a farkon shekara ta 1998.