Ace Darling

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title: "Ace Darling" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1975-births", "american-male-professional-wrestlers", "gcw-world-champions", "gcw-tag-team-champions", "living-people", "nwa-north-american-heavyweight-champions", "people-from-brick-township,-new-jersey", "people-from-wildwood,-new-jersey", "professional-wrestlers-from-new-jersey"] description: "American professional wrestler (born 1974)" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Darling" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American professional wrestler (born 1974) ::

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Field	Value
name	Ace Darling
birth_name	Michael Maraldo
names	Ace Darling
Mike Maraldo
Doink
height
weight	220 lb–
240 lb
birth_date
birth_place	Freehold, New Jersey, U.S.
billed	Jersey Shore
trainer	Mike Sharpe
Bobby Piper
debut	1992
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|name=Ace Darling |image= |caption= |birth_name = Michael Maraldo |names=Ace Darling Mike Maraldo Doink |height= |weight=220 lb– 240 lb |real_height= |real_weight= |birth_date= |birth_place=Freehold, New Jersey, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |billed=Jersey Shore |trainer=Mike Sharpe Bobby Piper |debut=1992 Michael Maraldo (born June 27, 1974) is an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Ace Darling. 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, World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling.

Championships and accomplishments

• Bloody Rage American Wrestling League
  • BRAWL American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Century Wrestling Alliance
  • CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm
• East Coast Pro Wrestling
  • ECPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm
• East Coast Wrestling Association
  • ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (4 times)
  • ECWA Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Kid Flash (1), Devon Storm (1) and Matt Striker (1)
  • Super 8 Tournament (1997)
  • ECWA Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
• Empire Wrestling Alliance
  • EWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Eternity Wrestling Association
  • EWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm
• Garden State Wrestling Alliance
  • GSWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Independent Superstars of Pro Wrestling
  • ISPW Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
• Jersey Championship Wrestling
  • JCW Championship (1 time)
  • JCW Television Championship (1 time)
  • JCW Tag Team Championships (1 time) – with Matt Striker
• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA 2000
  • NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm
• NWA New Jersey
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version) (1 time) – with Devon Storm
  • NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (New Jersey version) (1 time)
• NWA New York
  • NWA New York Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm
  • NWA New York Television Championship (1 time)
• National Wrestling Superstars
  • NWS Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Shane Taylor
• New Jack City Wrestling
  • NJCW Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• Richmond Championship Wrestling
  • RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm
• Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling
  • PCW America's Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Mest / Glen Osbourne1
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #125 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1997
• World Wide Wrestling Alliance
  • WWWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

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

Notes

References

References

1. "OWOW profile".
2. "Cagematch profile".
3. (2022-10-24). "Charleston Diggler - Biografía, mejores películas, series, imágenes y noticias".
4. Royal Duncan & Gary Will. (2000). "Wrestling Title Histories". Archeus Communications.
5. "BRAWL American Heavyweight Championship history".
6. "CWA Tag Team Championship history".
7. "ECPW title histories".
8. "ECWA Heavyweight Championship history".
9. "ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship history".
10. "ECWA Tag Team Championship".
11. "Bobby Shields sees ECWA Super 8 as his big chance".
12. "ECWA Hall of Fame".
13. "EWA Heavyweight Championship history".
14. "Devon Storm's OWOW profile".
15. "ISPW Heavyweight Championship history".
16. "JCW Heavyweight Championship history".
17. "JCW Television Championship history".
18. "JCW Tag Team Championship history".
19. "NWA North American Heavyweight Championship history".
20. "NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship history".
21. "NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(New Jersey version)'' history".
22. "NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship ''(New Jersey version)'' history".
23. "NWA New York Tag Team Championship history".
24. "NWA New York Television Championship history".
25. "NWS Tag Team Championship history".
26. "NWA Virginia Tag Team Championship history".
27. "PCW America's Heavyweight Championship history".
28. "PCW Tag Team Championship history".
29. "Awards".

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