Silo Sam
John Elmo Harris was an American professional wrestler and actor who became known under his ring name Silo Sam under the American Wrestling Association and for a brief stint with the WWE he was known as Trapper Jon.
Life and career
Professional wrestling
Harris played basketball before his wrestling career. In 1984, he started wrestling professionally and first appeared under the ring name "Big John Harris" in Jerry Jarrett's Memphis-based CWA.In 1985, he worked as "Little John" for Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling and acted as the bodyguard for The Fantastics. He would guide The Fantastics to winning the tag team titles in March 1987.
In 1986, he had a short appearance for the American Wrestling Association as Silo Sam. Because of his large size, he primarily wrestled in handicap matches. He was interviewed by AWA's Ken Rensick and replied to his questions with "Yup" every time. At one point in June 1987, he made an appearance in WWE as Trapper John and wrestled in a dark match, but was never used again. He remained under the WWF's payroll for about a year, unused and never brought into television tapings. He retired from professional wrestling by 1990.