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#1 Hulk Hogan - 2002
Following the end of the Invasion angle, WWE was in need of something big, and that became the NWO. The biggest heel faction of all time, and arguably the biggest heels of all time, Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash returned to WWE in 2002 and were set for dream feuds with WWE's two most popular superstars, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
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As per the fan reception, things went according to plan with Steve Austin vs. Scott Hall, but things took a major turn for The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan. Last time the fans had seen Hulk Hogan on WWE TV, it had been 9 years, and he was sorely missed.
Hogan received very loud cheers during segments from the NWO leading up to WrestleMania X8, but I don't know if anyone was expecting things to go down the way they did in his match with The Rock.
All of the near 70,000 in attendance at the SkyDome in Toronto went insane for Hogan, cheering everything he did and booing The Rock. Much of the happenings in the match changed on the fly because of it. The following night on RAW, Hogan, still in NWO colours, came out to perhaps the loudest reception in RAW history, and officially turned face.
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