You just gotta think the age demo and about how much time has passed since Hogans time. These fans (parents and kids) didn’t grow up with Superman Hulk Hogan, they grew up with TMZ Hogan. There’s hour long YouTube compilations of Hulktales. Adults in the audience grew up with Austin/Rock and the kids grew up with Cena and Cody.
True. NWO Hogan was interesting but yeah.. WCW fell off before the Rock/Austin peak years. He popped in and out of WWE during that time, but he was a legacy act by then.
I'm shocked. Hogan has always been good money for every crowd I've seen him in front of. Even as a heel he was beloved.