Do bare in mind, Hogan's popularity was on a drastic slop downwards as the nWo became more and more stale. By 2000 Hogan was little more than a laughing stock and not a good draw. When he came back to WWE in 2002, he had been away for 2 years, he was fresh in a nostalgia way, and it was his grand return to the WWE after over a deace. Those are the things that made him a draw again. But as time has shown again, people can only watch so many big boots, waving of the finger, and leg drops before he becomes stale again. His last few stints have shown no sign of improved ratings, and short of a "dream" match (such as the one purposed with Austin) he isn't a stand alone draw.
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