 This marked the first time the NWA Light Heavyweight title was held by a Mexican and helped establish the title as the top title in Mexico from 1959 until the mid-1980s.Over the years Mendoza would become synonymous with the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship as he held it a record six times.During those title reigns he worked a legendary feud against Gory Guerrero, a feud between two of the most influential, unmasked wrestlers of the golden age of "Lucha Libre".