Michael Maraldo (born June 27, 1974) is an American

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

, best known by his

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Ace Darling. Darling has wrestled in various independent promotions in

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, and

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, most notably for the

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and

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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 *

** ECWA Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) ** ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship ( 4 times) ** ECWA Tag Team Championship ( 3 times) – with

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(1), Devon Storm (1) and Striker (1) ** Super 8 Tournament (

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) ** 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 Matthew Kaye (born June 26, 1974) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, professional wrestling Sports commentator, commentator, actor and former high school teacher, signed to Major League Wrestling, using the ring name ...

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NWA North American Heavyweight Championship The NWA North American Heavyweight Championship, also known simply as the NWA North American Championship, was a professional wrestling championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance in 1994 after World Championship Wrestling withdrew fro ...

( 1 time) * NWA 2000 **NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Storm *

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** 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 Osbourne Glen Osbourne (born June 5, 1971) is an American retired professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with Eastern Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s, where he was the second ever, and the overall second youngest holder ...

¹ *

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**PWI ranked him #125 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the

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in 1997 * World Wide Wrestling Alliance **WWWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ¹After throwing Mest out of the team, Darling chose

as a replacement without interrupting the championship reign.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Darling, Ace 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