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The listener then points out that NXT has failed to crown any homegrown talents as Champion yet, with talents continuing to come into NXT from outside of the company and entering right into the main event picture. The caller asks Taz if there’s any apparent reason for this.

Taz says NXT’s Lars Sullivan is an example of a great homegrown talent who will certainly have an opportunity at the NXT Title down the line. The thing about homegrown talents is that they’re often starting from scratch and it takes a while to get to a main event level, where as guys like Kevin Owens, Nakamura, Bobby Roode and others have been professionals for years.

This is why these guys step right into the main event picture and ultimately win the Title. Nonetheless, Taz thinks it’s only a matter of time before a homegrown talent wins the NXT Title.

Taz goes on to say that most young wrestlers in NXT are still blocks of clay that are ready for moulding. He wishes that NXT would outsource some of these talents to a different group of trainers on occasion because he’s beginning to notice that a lot of the young talents are starting to work identical styles in the ring.

Another listener calls into the show speaking about the death of kayfabe. The caller says he doesn’t think the infamous MSG ‘Curtain Call’ didn’t kill it because Scott Hall then went into WCW and his debut was believable in the sense that many people really felt that WWE was invading WCW. The caller thinks the Montreal Screwjob and all the subsequent shoot interviews is what really killed kayfabe.