Nenguva iyi, kukwikwidzana kwaHart nemhepo naVince McMahon kwakawedzerawo. Kukakavadzana kwakapisa pakati pevaviri kwakaita kuti vateveri vazhinji vasada McMahon, uyo panguva iyoyo aive achifumurwa semuridzi weWWF kazhinji uye kazhinji pamhepo. Kunyange zvazvo Hart akanga asaina chibvumirano chemakore 20 kare muna 1996, WWF yakanga iri mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma emari mukupera kwa1997 uye yakanga isingachakwanisi kukudza chibvumirano chacho. Kunyange zvazvo Hart akanga ari mukurusa wrestler munyika pakati pe1990s, McMahon akaonawo kuti kukosha kwehunhu hwake kwakanga kuchitanga kuderera, uye akakurudzira Hart kuti asvike World Championship Wrestling (WCW) nezvechibvumirano, netariro imwe yakafanana neyekutanga yavo. Ikoku kwakanga kuri pasinei zvapo nokusada kwaHart kusiya WWF uye kuda kutauriranazve. Hart akazosaina chibvumirano chemakore matatu neWCW. Mutambo wake wokupedzisira neWWF waizova mutambo wokukunda mukwikwidzi wake chaiye Shawn Michaels paSurvivor Series
muMontreal. Hart haana kuda kupedza basa rake reWWF nekurasikirwa naMichael munyika yake kunyanya nemamiriro ezvinhu ehukama hwavo-hwakavakirwa; uye akazvipira kurasikirwa, kurasikirwa kana neimwe nzira kupa bhandi kuna Michaels mune chero imwe nzira yaidiwa naMcMahon. McMahon akabvumirana nepfungwa yaHart yokurega kuva shasha usiku hunotevera pa"Raw Is War" kana kuti kuirasa vhiki shomanana gare gare.