 Matches between Mendoza, Guajardo and Lagarde drew full houses all over Mexico, including a record breaking show where Guajardo defeated Mendoza in a "Lucha de Apuesta" match, the show drew the largest gate of that year and one of the best gates in Mexico in the 1960s.Guajardo and Mendoza also feuded over the NWA World Middleweight Championship, although once Mendoza won it he vacated it to focus on the Light Heavyweight division.In the late 1960s and early 1970s Mendoza would often work in the United States, working for the Southern California based NWA Hollywood.