Samantha Irvin says she'll be back.
Samantha Irvin joined WWE in 2021, and she became a fan-favorite ring announcer. She announced her departure from the company in October 2024.
In an interview with USA Today, Samantha Irvin opened up about leaving WWE. She noted that "touring is hard", and she struggled with not being able to sing as much as she wanted to.
“It just became more and more sad as time went on, because it's like, ‘Wow, am I just not a singer anymore? Like, what am I doing?’' I know that I am a performer and being a ring announcer on WWE, it was the performance of a lifetime. But then when people stopped calling me for singing gigs, and now they're asking me to announce everything, I said, ‘Oh no, I took it too far.’ I was like, man, like, this cannot be forever,” Irvin said.
After noting that there were no hard feelings with WWE, she noted that she didn't leave the company to pursue anything specific. Instead, she said that she wanted the freedom to be able to be herself and follow her passion.
“I didn't leave WWE to necessarily pursue anything specific. I just knew that I'm not a ring announcer, and I knew that if I continued going any longer, that was it. It was done. I could kiss any other thing that I wanted to do goodbye. I just need to be myself. That's literally it," Irvin said.
Iron also made it clear that she intended to return to wrestling. She stated that it would be a waste of everything that she had done if she didn't come back at some point. Irvin expressed her hope that she would bring even more value once she came back,
“That's a guarantee. My wrestling career has barely even begun. I think it would be an absolute waste of everything that I've done so far to not continue the story. I gotta finish my story. Now, I want to just see creatively what else I can do. Hopefully, when I come back (to wrestling), I'll bring even more value than I did before," Irvin said.
Irvin previously said that she didn't like announcing. Check out her comments here.
Click here to see what Ricochet had to say about Samantha Irvin's WWE departure.
Irvin is set to release a new single on Valentine's Day. More information is available here.
