Kammala wannan jumla: Blackman ya yi karo na biyu na WWF a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 1997 a cikin "Raw is War" lokacin da ya tsallake shingen tsaro, don taimakawa Vader ya kawar da hari daga Gidauniyar Hart. An bai wa Blackman wata dabarar wasan tsere, kuma aka sa masa suna "Makamin Mutuwa" Steve Blackman. Ya farko biya-da-gani bayyanar da aka a
Survivor Series 1997, a matsayin maye gurbin Patriot da ya ji rauni a matsayin memba na huɗu na Team USA (Vader, Goldust, da Marc Mero). Blackman shi ne na farko da aka fitar da shi daga wasan lokacin da aka ƙidaya shi daga cikin ring. Kungiyar Amurka ta yi rashin nasara ga Team Canada (British Bulldog, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Phillip Lafon, da Doug Furnas) lokacin da Bulldog na Burtaniya ya kama Vader. Bayyanar sa ta gaba ta biya-da-gani ya kasance a Royal Rumble 1998 a wasan Royal Rumble na maza 30. Shi ne mai shiga na goma a cikin Rumble, amma Kurrgan ya kawar da shi.