Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana June 30, 1997, akakunda Rockabilly pachiitiko che"Raw is War" muDes Moines, Iowa. Kutanga kwake kweTV kwakauya masvondo maviri gare gare musi waChikunguru 14, 1997, chikamu che "Raw" uye akarwisana naBret Hart. Pfungwa yokutanga yenharo iyi yakanga iri yokuti Hart akanga achangobva kutanga Hart Foundation yake inorwisana neAmerica, uye Patriot akanga ari, sezvinoreva zita racho, munhu akamira nokuda kweUnited States of America. Akapfeka chifukidziro chine nyeredzi dzeAmerica nemitsetse uye akatakura mureza weU.S. (achishandisa musoro wekupinda wenyika uyo waizoshandiswa zvisina basa kune mutsimba Kurt Angle makore mashoma gare gare). Akakunda Hart paterevhizheni mumutambo musi waChikunguru 28, 1997, mushure mekupindira kubva kuna Shawn Michaels. Musi waAugust 11, 1997, Patriot akabatana naKen Shamrock kurwisana nechikwata cheThe British Bulldog naOwen Hart, The Patriot yakasunga The British Bulldog kuhwina. Wilkes akapfuurira kunetsa Hart nokuda kweWWF World Heavyweight Championship pa'apo Hart akamumanikidza kuzviisa pasi neSharpshooter. PaOne Night Only, Wilkes akakunda Flash Funk. Pa', Wilkes akabatana naVader vachirwa naBret Hart weHart Foundation neThe British Bulldog, asi vakakundwa. Kutevera Badd Ropa, Patriot yakarongerwa kubatana naVader, Goldust, naMarc Mero sechikamu cheChikwata USA pa "Survivor Series 1997
"asi akabatwa nechirwere chetsandanyama masvondo mashoma akanga apfuura, akatsiviwa naSteve Blackman. Wilkes akakwikwidza mumutambo wake wekupedzisira weWWF paterevhizheni musi waNovember 1, 1997, chikamu cheWWF Shotgun Mugovera Manheru (yakanyorwa musi waGumiguru 21) kwaakarasikirwa naJim Neidhart nekurambidzwa. Akasunungurwa mukuvamba kwa1998.