11:03 AM EST

WWE Talent Relations Executive Mike Bucci, who performed as Simon Dean and also as Nova, was fired by World Wrestling Entertainment today. Bucci, who took over as Manager of Developmental Territories for Thomas Laughlin aka Tommy Dreamer, was caught up in the scandal of being associated with an internet drug company that illegally sold steroids and growth hormones to WWE superstars. The Signature Pharmacy scandal resulted in ten suspensions of WWE superstars.
 
www.wrestlingnewsdesk.com has been told this firing came as a surprise to no one, as Bucci was universally disliked. He was literally banned from returning to Ohio Valley Wrestling by OVW owner Danny Davis, who told WWE officials he caught Bucci going behind his back many times with talent and would not stand for it any further.