Courtesy of The Wrestling Blog:
Triple H, after dropping the title to Hulk Hogan:
“I went out there with one of the greatest f**king icons in our business and blew the roof off Kansas City… Tonight, I went out there with a guy that is one of the best in the business, of all time, and we did what we do. There’s nothing better than that… I think that when my career winds down, one of the matches I’ll always remember will be… the time I wrestled Hulk Hogan in Kansas City at the peak of his comeback. It’s like pitching against Babe Ruth. What more can you ask for?“
So yeah I think it's more to do with the current company climate than anything, if HHH had said after his match then that he didn't give a shit about Hogan then it wouldn't really do much for company togetherness.