Waxa uu ku guuleystay tartan lagu magacaabo "Raw is War" oo ka dhacay magaalada Des Moines ee gobolka Iowa. Bandhigiisii TV-ga wuxuu yimid laba toddobaad ka dib 14kii Luulyo, 1997, dhacdo ka mid ah "Raw" oo uu la kulmay Bret Hart. Asalkii muranka waxa uu ahaa in Hart uu bilaabey aasaaskiisa Hart Foundation oo ka soo horjeeda Mareykanka, iyo in Patriot uu ahaa, sida magacu tilmaamayo, nin u taagan Mareykanka. Wuxuu xidhay maaskaro leh xiddigaha iyo xariiqyada Mareykanka wuxuuna watay calanka Mareykanka (isagoo adeegsanaya mowduuc waddaninimo ah oo si aan rasmi ahayn loogu isticmaali lahaa gorgorka Kurt Angle dhawr sano ka dib). Waxa uu ka adkaaday Hart telefishanka 28kii Luulyo, 1997, kadib markii uu faragelin ka helay Shawn Michaels. Bishii Ogosto 11, 1997, Patriot wuxuu la midoobay Ken Shamrock si ay ula dagaallamaan kooxda The British Bulldog iyo Owen Hart, Patriot wuxuu ku dhajiyay The British Bulldog guusha. Wilkes waxa uu ku guuleystay tartanka tartanka culus ee WWF World Heavyweight Championship ee'halkaas oo Hart uu ku qasbay in uu ku soo gudbiyo Sharpshooter. Hal habeen oo kaliya, Wilkes wuxuu ka adkaaday Flash Funk. At ', Wilkes wuxuu la midoobay Vader oo ka soo horjeeday Bret Hart oo ka tirsan Hay'adda Hart Foundation iyo The British Bulldog, laakiin wuu lumiyay ciyaarta. Kadib Badd Blood, Patriot waxaa loo qorsheeyay inuu la shaqeeyo Vader, Goldust, iyo Marc Mero oo qayb ka ah Kooxda USA ee "Survivor Series 1997
laakiin waxa uu qabay cilad dhanka triceps todobaadyo ka hor, waxaa badalay Steve Blackman. Wilkes wuxuu ku tartamay kulankiisii ugu dambeeyay ee telefishanka ee WWF 1-dii Nofeembar, 1997, dhacdadii WWF Shotgun Sabtidii Fiidkii (oo la duubay 21-kii Oktoobar) halkaas oo uu kaga badiyay Jim Neidhart ganaax. Waxaa la sii daayay horaantii 1998.