Ace Darling

Ace Darling
Ring name(s)	Ace Darling[1][2] Mike Maraldo[1][2]
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1][2]
Billed weight	220 lb (100 kg)[1]– 240 lb (110 kg)[2]
Born	June 27, 1975 (1975-06-27) (age 36)[1][2] Wildwood, New Jersey[1]
Resides	Jersey Shore, Brick Township, New Jersey[2]
Billed from	Jersey Shore[2]
Trained by	Mike Sharpe[2] Bobby Piper[2]
Debut	1992[1][2]

Michael "Mike" Maraldo^[1][2] (born June 27, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Ace Darling.^[3] Darling has wrestled in various independent promotions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, most notably for the East Coast Wrestling Association, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling.^[3]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• Ace in the Hole (Tornado DDT)^[1]
• Bridging German suplex^[2]

• Signature moves

• Northern Lights suplex^[1]
• Super frankensteiner^[2]
• Superkick^[1]

• Managers

• ES Easton^[4]

Wrestlers trained by Darling

• Aden Chambers^[5]
• Mike Quackenbush^[5]

Championships and accomplishments

• Bloody Rage American Wrestling League

• BRAWL American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[6][7]

• Century Wrestling Alliance

• CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm^[8]

• East Coast Pro Wrestling

• ECPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm^[6][9]

• East Coast Wrestling Association

• ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[10]
• ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (4 times)^[11]
• ECWA Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Kid Flash (1), Devon Storm (1) and Striker (1)^[12]
• Super 8 Tournament (1997)^[13]
• ECWA Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)^[14]

• Empire Wrestling Alliance

• EWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[15]

• Eternity Wrestling Association

• EWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm^[16]

• Garden State Wrestling Alliance
  • GSWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[6]

• Independent Superstars of Pro Wrestling

• ISPW Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[6][17]

• Jersey Championship Wrestling

• JCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[18]
• JCW Television Championship (1 time)^[19]
• JCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Striker^[20]

• National Wrestling Alliance

• NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[21]

• NWA 2000

• NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm^[22]

• NWA New Jersey

• NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version) (1 time) – with Devon Storm^[23]
• NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (New Jersey version) (1 time)^[24]

• NWA New York

• NWA New York Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm^[25]
• NWA New York Television Championship (1 time)^[26]

• National Wrestling Superstars

• NWS Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Shane Taylor^[27]

• New Jack City Wrestling
  • NJCW Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[6]

• Richmond Championship Wrestling

• RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm^[28]

• Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling

• PCW America's Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[29]
• PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Mest / Glen Osbourne^1[30]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him #125 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1997^[31]

• World Wide Wrestling Alliance

• WWWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[6]

¹After throwing Mest out of the team, Darling chose Glen Osbourne as a replacement without interrupting the championship reign.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} "Cagematch profile". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=965&gimmick=Ace+Darling. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} "OWOW profile". http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/a/ace-darling.html. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Caltagirone, Stephanie (15 January 1999). "Wrestler tells what it's like to be the Darling of his fans". Reading Eagle (Reading Eagle Company): p. 20. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=0ZA0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=MKYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5718,7197488&dq=mike-maraldo&hl=en. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
4. ^ "Managers". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=965&view=manager#manager. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Wrestlers trained". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=965&view=trained#trained. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
7. ^ "BRAWL American Heavyweight Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ahtbrawl.html. 
8. ^ "CWA Tag Team Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttcwa2.html. 
9. ^ "ECPW title histories". http://ecpw1.com/titlehistories.htm. 
10. ^ "ECWA Heavyweight Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/whtecwa.html. 
11. ^ "ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/matecwa.html. 
12. ^ "ECWA Tag Team Championship". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttecwa.html. 
13. ^ "Bobby Shields sees ECWA Super 8 as his big chance". http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2011/04/14/17990091.html. 
14. ^ "ECWA Hall of Fame". http://ecwaprowrestling.com/ecwa/roster/hall-of-fame/. 
15. ^ "EWA Heavyweight Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/htewa.html. 
16. ^ "Devon Storm's OWOW profile". http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/devon-storm.html. 
17. ^ "ISPW Heavyweight Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/hwtispa.html. 
18. ^ "JCW Heavyweight Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/htjcw.html. 
19. ^ "JCW Television Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/tvjcw.html. 
20. ^ "JCW Tag Team Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttjcw.html. 
21. ^ "NWA North American Heavyweight Championship history". http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/others/na-h.html. 
22. ^ "NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship history". http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/nwa2000/2000-t.html. 
23. ^ "NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version) history". http://solie.org/titlehistories/usttnwa.html. 
24. ^ "NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (New Jersey version) history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/wltnwa.html. 
25. ^ "NWA New York Tag Team Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/nyttnwa.html. 
26. ^ "NWA New York Television Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/nytvnwa.html. 
27. ^ "NWS Tag Team Championship history". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=5&nr=1431. 
28. ^ "NWA Virginia Tag Team Championship history". http://www.nwavirginia.com/vatagtitlehistory.html. 
29. ^ "PCW America's Heavyweight Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/atpcw.html. 
30. ^ "PCW Tag Team Championship history". http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttpcw.html. 
31. ^ "Awards". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=965&view=awards#awards. 

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Name	Darling, Ace
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Date of birth	June 27, 1975
Place of birth	Wildwood, New Jersey
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