Ace Darling
Ace Darling | |
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Birth name | Michael Maraldo |
Born |
[1][2] Wildwood, New Jersey[1] | June 27, 1974
Resides | Jersey Shore, Brick Township, New Jersey[2] |
Professional wrestling career | |
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] |
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
Wrestlers trained by Darling
- Aden Chambers[5]
- Mike Quackenbush[5]
- Deavon Cowzer
Championships and accomplishments
- Century Wrestling Alliance
- CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm[8]
- 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]
- Jersey Championship Wrestling
- 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 Osbourne1[30]
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 "Cagematch profile".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 "OWOW profile".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ↑ "Managers".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Wrestlers trained".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ "BRAWL American Heavyweight Championship history".
- ↑ "CWA Tag Team Championship history".
- ↑ "ECPW title histories".
- ↑ "ECWA Heavyweight Championship history".
- ↑ "ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship history".
- ↑ "ECWA Tag Team Championship".
- ↑ "Bobby Shields sees ECWA Super 8 as his big chance".
- ↑ "ECWA Hall of Fame".
- ↑ "EWA Heavyweight Championship history".
- ↑ "Devon Storm's OWOW profile".
- ↑ "ISPW Heavyweight Championship history".
- ↑ "JCW Heavyweight Championship history".
- ↑ "JCW Television Championship history".
- ↑ "JCW Tag Team Championship history".
- ↑ "NWA North American Heavyweight Championship history".
- ↑ "NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship history".
- ↑ "NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version) history".
- ↑ "NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (New Jersey version) history".
- ↑ "NWA New York Tag Team Championship history".
- ↑ "NWA New York Television Championship history".
- ↑ "NWS Tag Team Championship history".
- ↑ "NWA Virginia Tag Team Championship history".
- ↑ "PCW America's Heavyweight Championship history".
- ↑ "PCW Tag Team Championship history".
- ↑ "Awards".