1 professional wrestling career
1.1 extreme championship wrestling
1.1.1 blue world order (1996–1998)
1.1.2 various storylines (1998–2001)
1.2 independent circuit , overseas (2001–2002)
1.3 world wrestling entertainment (2002 - 2007)
1.3.1 ohio valley wrestling (2002–2004)
1.3.2 raw (2004–2005)
1.3.3 smackdown (2005–2006)
1.3.4 retirement, talent development manager, , departure (2006–2007)
1.4 post-retirement (2007–2009)
1.5 return independent circuit (2009–present)
professional wrestling career
after graduating in 1990 toms river high school east in toms river, new jersey, attended nearby ocean county college few semesters. there, met friend informed him of wrestling school in nearby brick township, new jersey, run iron mike sharpe. bucci trained @ school , officially went pro in 1992.
bucci s first taste of superstar exposure came between 1992 , 1994 when wwf chairman vince mcmahon used talent various promotions jobbers various , coming superstars on wwf programming.
during time spent in mike sharpe s wrestling school , world wide wrestling alliance, bucci debuted name of super nova , gimmick of golden age of comic books-era superhero, having hair in mullet , wearing sparkly blue cape , star-shaped makeup on right eye. characterized technical wrestling style.
super nova sparked interest of raven raven looking add raven s nest extreme championship wrestling , asked bucci appear @ ecw arena in south philadelphia.
extreme championship wrestling
blue world order (1996–1998)
bucci hollywood nova.
bucci debuted in ecw super nova in match against el puerto ricano, being attacked eliminators when going pin ricano after superkick. nova continued wrestling jobber, losing against established wrestlers before being paired raven, stevie richards, , blue meanie in raven s nest. first big exposure crowd parody of kiss wrestlers came out kiss s hit rock , roll nite , did bump , strut air guitars. although intended garner heat crowd, immediate hit. later quote stated have been said bubba ray dudley in rise , fall of ecw book, great; crowd loved it. thing better ... parody of nwo.
bucci, along richards, asked permission both raven , paul heyman parody new world order (nwo); granted, , bucci given credit creation of blue world order (bwo) logo. bucci parody hollywood hogan, after dispute between raven , richards, richards said if s hogan, fans think s leader of flock , raven said fuck ... s hogan (and introduced stevie hollywood bob star). richards became big stevie cool (a takeoff on kevin nash s nickname of big daddy cool ), , meanie da blue guy , takeoff on scott hall, bad guy . many other members added , removed between 1996 , 1998 before team split in latter.
in 1998, he, along many other ecw talent, competed @ jersey pro wrestling s first anniversary show.
nova known having unique , creative move set , called joey styles imitated man in wrestling , innovator of offense jeremy borash due fact moves adopted other wrestlers in business.
various storylines (1998–2001)
both during , after closure of flock , blue world order, super nova , blue meanie continued teaming up. started feud larger stable full blooded italians, nonetheless trading victories through cards. 1 of highest points of feud @ wrestlepalooza event, in nova , meanie defeated full blooded italians , danced entrance theme y.m.c.a. village people afterwards. briefly feuded danny doring , roadkill, defeating them in november remember 1998.
after meanie left company, bucci changed gimmick, shortening name nova , adopting more serious personality. start wearing wrestling attires based in suits of comic book characters flash, green lantern , venom. formed tag team chris chetti, briefer 1 kid kash. in late 2000 through 2001, nova , chetti broke team , started heated rivalry, nova beating former partner in match loser fired.
nova s last televised appearance in ecw @ last pay-per view, guilty charged. @ second last ecw event in poplar bluff, missouri, named danny doring s substitute tag team partner (filling in amish roadkill) defend world tag team championship against hot commodity; doring , nova defended titles.
independent circuit , overseas (2001–2002)
when ecw went out of business, bucci, nova, became more active on indy scene until 2003. nova wrestled in various promotions such california s ultimate pro wrestling, , new jersey s phoenix championship wrestling, latter of founded brother don bucci. during time, formed successful tag team frankie kazarian known evolution (not confused world wrestling entertainment stable of same name). in of promotions competed for, successful in becoming tag team champions. briefly wrestled in short-lived australia-based world wrestling all-stars, feuded a.j. styles amongst other cruiserweights promotion s international cruiserweight championship, unable win before company folded. in late 2001, worked number of shows in england. in april 2002, bucci received phone call then-world wrestling federation partake in developmental program @ ohio valley wrestling.
world wrestling entertainment (2002 - 2007)
ohio valley wrestling (2002–2004)
in april 2002, nova, in ovw debut, beat prototype (who later wrestle in wwe john cena) , became promotion s heavyweight champion. held title half year before losing title damaja. in june 2004 bucci named assistant booker of ovw. around time called start competing in smackdown! dark matches , on velocity. began try out fitness-expert gimmick.
raw (2004–2005)
in debut world wrestling entertainment (wwe), bucci portrayed gimmick of physical-fitness guru named simon dean. name inspired dean malenko s real name, dean simon. introductory promos showed him selling simon system , supposed program of diet, exercise, , supplementation. promos parodied fitness infomercials, simon routinely insulted supposed customers. promos went far provide actual telephone number call , order simon system; however, unlike virtually infomercials, number not toll-free. people called number hear wwe promo.
during gimmick, acted sponsor of raw, wrestling after first insulting fitness of crowd , area in located. after making minor impact on raw brand, formed tag team maven supposedly user of simon system . still minor impact made, bucci traded smackdown brand on june 30, 2005.
smackdown (2005–2006)
during wwe produced ecw pay-per-view, 1 night stand, bucci returned hollywood nova da blue guy , big stevie cool bwo. during event, joey styles made reference simon dean character. after bucci hit 2 chairs, styles said, s more painful having simon dean on national tv .
when bucci moved smackdown part of draft lottery, joined other members of bwo , appeared hollywood nova first appearance on show. next appearance brand wrestling on sister show, velocity, simon dean. general belief bwo appearance going 1 off, meaning bucci keep health sponsor gimmick. announced, however, bwo participate in 6-man tag match @ great american bash against mexicools (juventud, psicosis, , super crazy). announcement of match occurred on same edition of smackdown! bucci s simon dean character had match booker t. @ great american bash, bwo lost mexicools in six-man tag team match. appearance of bwo faded blue meanie wasn t staying company , richards began returning previous heel gimmick while bucci continued simon dean persona.
in late august, simon dean character began coming ring on dean machine (a segway pt type machine). force feed simon system products jobbers wouldn t accept offer try them after defeating them in squash matches. simon dean character had first major wwe pay-per-view appearance @ no mercy, in loss against bobby lashley. after match, lashley forced dean eat 20 double cheeseburgers, causing him vomit backstage. dean had been noted on later appearances head of smackdown! s welcoming committee , position in used jobber debuting wrestlers.
during january 6, 2006 episode of smackdown!, dean came ring , challenged tag team. paul london , brian kendrick answered challenge, brutally attacked gymini (jake , jesse), 2 alleged users of simon system. dean entered 2006 royal rumble match 3rd entrant eliminated match-starters triple h , rey mysterio. dean began managing gymini, team faded off television after jesse suffered injury in may 2006 , dean went jobbing other superstars.
retirement, talent development manager, , departure (2006–2007)
bucci s retirement in-ring performer seemingly precipitated incident on wwe european tour roddy piper; locker room felt bucci had been disrespectful piper, , soaked belongings in shower. @ point bucci offered , took job talent development manager in ovw.
on august 31, 2007 bucci parted ways wwe.
post-retirement (2007–2009)
after retiring bucci began working licensed mortgage broker throughout united states. has claimed may , said shows on independent circuit next year, focusing on real estate , family heard in november 2008 interview.
return independent circuit (2009–present)
on april 18, 2009, bucci, hollywood nova, along many other ecw alumni appeared @ 1 pro wrestling s extreme weekend event, teamed blue meanie first in-ring performances in 3 years, match, unsuccessfully challenged project ego (kris travis , martin kirby) 1pw tag team championship. bucci has since wrestled both 1pw , international wrestling cartel.
on june 27, 2009, bucci, again hollywood nova appeared many other former ecw talent @ francine fournier run benefit show entitled legends of arena. event took place @ original ecw arena in south philadelphia. benefit deceased members of francine s family portion of ticket sales went american cancer society. accompanied blue meanie ring blue world order defeated team of little guido , big sal full blooded italians.
on august 8, 2010, bucci took part in total nonstop action wrestling s ecw reunion show, hardcore justice, he, hollywood nova, accompanied stevie richards ring , later attacked tommy dreamer during match raven.
bucci appeared in on spot title shot battle royal pro wrestling syndicate in march 2015 reunited bwo stablemates stevie richards , blue meanie. 3 appeared @ pro wrestling syndicate s supercard show on june 6, 2015 part of mick foley s 50th birthday celebration.
on september 4, 2015, hollywood nova, big stevie cool , da blue guy reunited blue world order chikara s 2015 king of trios tournament. eliminated tournament in first round match devastation corporation (blaster mcmassive, flex rumblecrunch , max smashmaster). during third night of tournament, bucci worked tag team match under simon dean gimmick.
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