1. Michael Bucci was born on June 5,1972 and is an American retired professional wrestler.
15 Facts About Mike Bucci
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Mike Bucci is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Nova, Super Nova, and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling Entertainment as Simon Dean.
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In late 1993, Mike Bucci made several appearances in the World Wrestling Federation, wrestling in tag team matches against the Steiner Brothers and the Headshrinkers on Monday Night Raw.
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In 1996, Mike Bucci debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Super Nova, utilizing a superhero character.
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Mike Bucci made his ECW debut at Hostile City Showdown against El Puerto Riqueno, with the match ending in a no contest due to outside interference by The Eliminators.
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Mike Bucci was later paired with Raven, Stevie Richards, and The Blue Meanie as part of the Raven's Nest faction.
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Mike Bucci would start wearing wrestling attires based in the suits of comic book characters like The Flash, Green Lantern and Venom.
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Mike Bucci formed a tag team with Chris Chetti as the two challenged Dudley Boyz for the World Tag Team Championship on numerous occasions but failed to win the titles.
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In June 2004, Mike Bucci was named the assistant booker of OVW.
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Mike Bucci then began to try out a fitness-expert gimmick using the ring name Simon Dean.
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The general belief was that the bWo appearance was going to be a one off, meaning Mike Bucci would keep to his "health sponsor" gimmick.
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The appearance of the bWo soon faded as The Blue Meanie wasn't staying with the company and Richards began returning to his previous heel gimmick while Mike Bucci continued with the Simon Dean persona.
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Mike Bucci has since wrestled for both 1PW and International Wrestling Cartel.
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Mike Bucci accompanied the Blue Meanie to the ring where they as the Blue World Order defeated the team of Little Guido and Big Sal the Full Blooded Italians.
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Mike Bucci appeared in the "On the Spot Title Shot" Battle Royal for Pro Wrestling Syndicate in March 2015 where he reunited with BWO stablemates Stevie Richards and the Blue Meanie.