Simon Hill talks Samantha Irvin and Kayla Braxton's recent comments on ring announcing.
Following their recent WWE exits, Samantha Irvin and Kayla Braxton both expressed frustration over not enjoying ring announcing during their tenure. Both women are also multi talented, with Samantha being a singer and Kayla branching out into acting since exiting the company.
While speaking to Fightful's Corey Brennan in a new interview, prominent UK and Ireland announcer Simon Hill discussed Samantha and Kayla's comments, noting the added pressure would undoubtedly weigh on the talent.
"I think for those guys, they were on the road constantly their expectations were always to be bigger and better every single show and I think when you're in a position where you're seen every week on TV in front of millions of people, not just the live crowds and then you do something like what Samantha did which was become iconic, she went viral, she was then thought of as one of the greatest ring announcers that we've seen of the modern era so her expectations have grown exponentially so I can only imagine the pressure that those guys are under in that position I think from my standpoint on the role within the business itself you know you're there to set the tone for the entire show as an announcer, so in between we've all been to live tapings right and you yourself would have seen the announcers just talking with the crowd, hyping the crowd up in between takes and before the the cameras start rolling again.I think, if you're if you're under that amount of pressure where you're setting the tone for such an important show, I can only imagine that eventually gets on top of you, especially if you want to explore different avenues you know look those two names you just mentioned are ridiculously talented in more than just announcing. Samantha is a multicultural musician. She's not just an announcer, an actress and all these amazing things. Same with Kayla Braxton now. She's managed to get herself into some acting roles and other TV spots. Maybe it was just about not so much the announcing side of things, but they just wanted to grow and explore and maybe at that time they felt like they couldn't."
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