Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Dan Kroffat akazvishandura amene kuva "Phil LaFon". Furnas naLaFon vakasaina zvibvumirano neWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) uye vakaita yavo yekubhadhara-per-view (PPV) kutanga sezviso paSurvivor Series 1996, vachitora chikamu kekutanga muWWF mhete mumutambo weSurvivor Series kwavakabatana neThe Godwinns (Henry naPhineas) vachipesana neWWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart neBritish Bulldog neNew Rockers (Marty Jannetty naLeif Cassidy). Furnas naLaFon ndivo vakapukunyuka, shasha dzokupedzisira dzokubata mapini. Sezvo 1997 yakatanga, ivo vakatanga nharo naHart naBulldog pamusoro pemazita ematagi, nekuda kwekusunga makwikwi. Vakawana mukana wekukunda mukombe uye vakakunda mutambo uyu nekurambwa mushure mekunge Owen arova LaFon neSlammy yake sezvo Bulldog yaive naLaFon mupowerlam. Kunyange zvazvo Furnas naLaFon vakakunda mumutambo havana kukunda mazita nokuti zita harigoni kuchinja maoko neDQ. Pashure pokurwisana uku, vakatanga kukwikwidzana neLegion of Doom, vachichinja zvitsitsinho mukuita. Muzhizha ra1997, Furnas naLaFon vakaita tsaona yemotokari yakaita kuti varege kutamba kwemwedzi inoverengeka. Vakadzoka mumatsutso a1997 kwavakabatana neBritish Bulldog naJim Neidhart sechikamu cheChikwata cheCanada paSurvivor Series 1997
vachipesana neTeam USA (Vader, Goldust, Marc Mero, & Steve Blackman). LaFon aizova wechipiri kubviswa kubva kuChikwata cheCanada naVader apo Furnas akakwanisa kubvisa Mero asati abviswa naVader. Bulldog aizova muponesi bedzi. Mushure meSurvivor Series, Furnas naLaFon vaizoita zvimwe zviratidzo zvishoma kunyanya paShotgun Mugovera Manheru nemumwe mutambo uri kupesana neasina kuzivikanwa Hardy Boyz vasati vatumirwa kuECW.