Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1997, Vince McMahon akapindura kubudirira kukuru kweWCW nokutora WWF munzira yakasiana navanhu chaivo zvikuru nemitsetse yenyaya dzakapinza zvikuru. Nyeredzi dzinosimuka dzinosanganisira boka reD-Generation X (rinosanganisira Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Rick Rude, X-Pac, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn naChyna) uye Stone Cold Steve Austin, uyo akakwira mukurumbira akatanga na 1996 Mambo weRingi kuhwina uye mukurumbira "Austin 3:16" kutaura. Pasinei nokutanga semunhu akaipa, kufarirwa kwaAustin kwaizotanga zvishoma nezvishoma kudarika kwevanonyanya kufarirwa nevateveri mukusimudzira. MuMutsara weVakapona
musi waNovember 9, 1997, WWF yakatanga chiratidzo che "scratch" icho chaizove siginecha yekambani muAttitude Era uye musi waZvita 15, 1997, Vince McMahon akaburitsa promo pa "Raw Is War" achitaura kune vateereri pakambani iri kutanga "mutsva uye wazvino mushandirapamwe", iyo yaizopa zano rekufunga kwevabereki kune vateereri vadiki. Chiitiko chimwe chete ichi chakaratidzawo kutanga kwechiratidzo chekutsvaira chiri kushandiswa zviri pamutemo paWWF nhepfenyuro yeterevhizheni uye chakatanga kushanda zvizere, ichitsiva chiratidzo cheNew Generation.