On Monday afternoon, Samantha Irvin announced🎃 h🧔er departure from WWE.
Irvin was the ring announcer for ꦐWWE Raw and had been working for the company since 2021. Irvin was praised for her𓆉 work as an announcer by fans and peers as she sowed range and emotion.
On Instagram, a user wrote under her, "I can't prove it but I know Ricochet is behind this because he couldn't stay in the b🎐ig league."
Ricochet,🐈 who is engaged to Irvin, left WWE over the summer and signed with AEW.
Irvin shut down that comment.
"I don’t like announcing," she wrote. "I’m serious! Announcing was only supposed to be my way in. I wanted to manage, maybe even become general manager one day. But WWE saw no other future for me besides announcer. I love watching the action but I don’t love being an announcer."
The user then replied, "With that being said I totally understand you have been a huge light for that industry and them not utilizing your full potential is disrespectful thank you for all that you've have done here I will always remember the energy I felt when you announce names thank u again continue shining your light around the world."
Irvin followed up by saying, "thank you so much, I love WWE and I’m so proud and honored I got to share all the moments with fellow fans much love! also, they wanted Rico to stay in the big leagues. I don’t know why everyone pretending like he was always in great positions at WWE."
Samantha Irvin says she didn't like announcing and she's happy she doesn't have to do a job she doesn't like anymore.
— AIR (@AIRGold_)
She also wanted to do mo🌸re in WWE, but WWE saw no othe🌳r future for her besides being an announcer.
Ricochet previously commented that Irvin would not be coming to AEW.
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