 However, by the mid-1950s, an aging Lutteroth began to cede control of the EMLL to his son Chavo, who commanded the same level of respect from the wrestlers.Obtaining the recognition from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), for the welterweight and light-heavyweight world titles for Mexico, which brought him great pride as promotion in that time was done without television because the mayor of Mexico City, Lic.Ernesto Uruchurtu banned the wrestling matches from being televised, and yet ticket sales at the arena averaged 90% with a maximum capacity of 16,500 seats; wrestlers were brought from Spain, England, Argentina, France, Japan, Korea, and Jamaica among others.