Features 16 And the Winner Is... The Writers Hand Out the Year-End Awards! 22 DeGeneration Next? Will More Superstars Join the "Elite?" 28 Who Rules the Road? Could a Possible Collision With the D.O.A. Spell Doom for Animal and Hawk? 36 One Night of Pure Hell! Exclusive In Your House: Badd Blood Results! 44 Looking Into the Crystal Ball Vince Russo's Predictions for 1998! 50 Emerging From the Shadows The Startling Return of the "Darker" Marc Mero! 54 Under the Mask and Beneath the Skin--Part 2 The Patriot Del Wilkes: Uncovered! Departments 2 Letters to the Editor 4 Tales From the Turnbuckle 8 Rookies To Legends Mexican Midget Wrestlers 10 The Bite 60 Barred From the Back 62 Private Eye 64 Pin 'Em Down