Report on why Samantha Irvin decided to leave her WWE RAW announcing job

Prior to the October 21st 2024 edition of WWE RAW, ring announcer Samantha Irvin wrote that she was leaving WWE. Lilian Garcia returned to WWE as Samantha’s replacement on the RAW broadcast.

According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com, Samantha resigned from her position and the belief is that WWE was made aware of her decision earlier on Monday. Samantha then noted on Twitter/X that it was actually months since she notified WWE about her decision. It was not a case of Samantha being released.

During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com commented on why Samantha decided to leave the company…

“She (Samantha Irvin)’s actually been thinking about it (leaving WWE) for a year. — She wants to get more involved with her music. It was just something she had been talking about for a long, long time and finally pulled the trigger on it… It’s not like planning on going to AEW, not saying 100 per cent that she won’t go. Ricochet actually tweeted that she’s not going and it’s not her intention to go there.” (quote courtesy of WrestlePurists.com)