Nova (wrestler)
Bucci as Simon Dean in 2006
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| Birth name | Michael Bucci |
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| Born |
June 5, 1972 Toms River, New Jersey |
| Residence | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Alma mater | Ocean County College |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Hollywood Nova Nova Super Nova Mike Bucci Simon Dean Bob Star Nova Frehley |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 214 lb (97 kg) |
| Billed from |
Clearwater, Florida (as Simon Dean) Silicon Valley (as Nova) Toms River, New Jersey |
| Trained by | Mike Sharpe |
| Debut | 1992 |
Michael Bucci (born June 5, 1972) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. Bucci is probably best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) as Nova, Super Nova, and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Simon Dean.
After graduating in 1990 from Toms River High School East in Toms River, New Jersey, he attended nearby Ocean County College for a few semesters. There, he met a friend who informed him of a wrestling school in nearby Brick Township, New Jersey, run by "Iron" Mike Sharpe. Bucci trained at the school and officially went pro in 1992.
Bucci's first taste of superstar exposure came between 1992 and 1994 when WWF Chairman Vince McMahon used talent from various promotions as jobbers to various up and coming superstars on WWF programming.
During his time spent in Mike Sharpe's wrestling school and World Wide Wrestling Alliance, Bucci debuted the name of Super Nova and the gimmick of a Golden Age of Comic Books-era superhero, having his hair in a mullet and wearing a sparkly blue cape and star-shaped makeup over his right eye. He was characterized by his technical wrestling style.
Super Nova sparked the interest of Raven as Raven was looking to add to Raven's Nest Extreme Championship Wrestling and asked Bucci to appear at the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia.
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