Who is Sami Callihan? Biography, Net Worth, Wife, 4 Other Interesting Facts

A wrestler indeed and to the core, Sami Johnson is also known as Sami Callihan. He became known for fighting in different promotions including the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Major League Wrestling (MLW) under which he became very successful as well as the WWE. He currently works of Impact Wrestling.

He began his career in the ring professionally in 2006. Since then, he has not only come to amass a massive following but to also register his name across promotions and win a good number of titles in the process.

Sami Callihan Biography

Sami Callihan was born Sam Johnston on 1st of September, 1987 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States. Details about his family background as well as his educational background are not yet known by the public.

He started his career in 2006 when he fought in the Heartland Wrestling Association. He would continue to take part in many competitions in his early years in the promotion but would not record any success. Within the same period, 2006 to 2011, he was also fighting in the Insanity Pro Wrestling.

In 2012, Callihan won the Best of the Best tournament and in 2013 he was signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and picked a ring name, Solomon Crowe.  In his 2014 debut for NXT television, Crowe defeated Sylvester Lefort but the episode was dismissed thus his February 2015 episode against Bull Dempsey became his debut for NXT television which ended in his favor. Callihan was released from WWE contract in November 2015 and in December that year, he signed with Pro Wrestling Guerilla (PWG) where he defeated Drew Gulak in the All-Star Weekend 11.

Currently, Callihan’s major appearance is in ‘Impact Wrestling’ and ‘Major League Wrestling’ (MLW). In his career so far, Callihan recorded his major achievements in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). Some of his striking achievements in CZW include; the 25th October 2009 Ultraviolent Underground Championship where Callihan defeated Danny Havoc. Also, in the November 2011 CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, Calinhan defeated Adam Cole. On the 14th of February, 2009 CZW Iron man/ New Horror Championship title, Callihan defeated Brain Damage to win the CZW Iron man/ New Horror Championship title. In April 2012, Callihan won the Best of the Best title in Voorhees, New Jersey.

As much as Callihan is celebrated, he is also disregarded at some point in time for what people term as infamous acts and controversies especially when he used an errant swing of a baseball bat to Eddie Edwards’ face during a wrestling match but in his defense, Callihan was quoted telling Newsday that ‘No one can truly know what happened except me and Eddie’. Later on, Callihan made available T-shirts for sale with the inscription ‘I broke Eddie’s face’. And still defended him by saying ‘…. If this is professional wrestling, I’m doing nothing wrong’. Callihan has reiterated that he didn’t break Eddie’s face on purpose. With all the controversies going round, Callihan doesn’t seem to be distracted as he was quoted saying ‘… that’s what makes me special … I am unpredictable’ amidst the controversy.

What is the Net Worth of Sami Callihan?

Sami Callihan’s salary and net worth is under review. There are speculations going round in social media about his estimated fortune with some sources placing him within the range of $500,000 thousand to $1 million, while some estimated it within $1 million to $10 million.  Callihan’s primary source of income is wrestling.

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Wife 

Callihan’s marital status is currently not available to the public through rumor has is that he is still single. His relationship with his girlfriend Jessicka Havok is also not clear if they are still together or separated. Callihan has kept his private life very confidential and away from the public therefore details about his wife, child, present or past relationship remains a mystery to the public.

Other interesting facts about the wrestler

• He was trained by Leslie Malady best known as Les Thatcher, a former American Professional wrestler, and Dean Mathew Roll best known as Shark Boy, also an American professional wrestler
• During an independent show in Chicago Callihan wrestled Jimmy Jacobs at Logan square auditorium. It was reported after the match that security threatened to shoot Sami.
• Born Sam Johnston, he has picked different ring names for different promos. Some of his ring names include; Jeremiah Snake (Jeremiah crane) in Lucha underground, Solomon Crowe in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) NXT and currently Sami Callihan in Impact Wrestling.
• Callihan is has been labeled in several media reports as a controversial wrestler

Complete profile of Sami Callihan