Marking out is "OMG I am part of a historic moment", not "OMG I love this guy!"
I think Hogan's a no-talent politicking piece of garbage who got where he is/was due to looks and charisma alone, but damn if I wouldn't have screamed my head off if they cranked up Real American after the #30 buzzer.
If they were prepared to cheer him for being part of such a historic moment for just coming out, then surely winning it was an equally historic moment?
It honestly just seemed like they got caught off guard, cheered their socks off because that was their natural reaction, then realized 'hey, we're the MSG crowd! The smarkiest of the smarks! We're supposed to hate this guy, remember?' and then gave a forced, unnatural reaction.
Absolutely not. It was a huge surprise, which got a big pop and then once the shock wore off, of course the people who don't like him are going to start booing